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🐈 Station Cat Mini-series Stop #8: Chessie- Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Mascot + Bonus

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Chessie-Cheseapeake & Ohio Railroad Mascot On today's trip we take another trip out of England from leaving Liverpool, England and travel across the Atlantic ocean to the United States to visit the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad society in Clifton Forge VA to learned about Chessie the feline mascot of C&O.  As we come to today's feline spotlight, we have covered: Tama in Japan  Felix & Bolt at Huddersfield train station in Yorkshire, England Hector at  Redruth Train Station Cat in Cornwall, England  Jess at Andover train station in Hampshire, England.  Stan the Charlbury Train Station Cat.  Hi-Vis the Inverness Train Station (Scotland) Paul: South Parkway Station (Liverpool) Note: This post will contain my own though of Chessie with link to the researched site down below at the end. This is my own thoughts so please be patient with me on this post.  The Chesapeake & Ohio railroad,  had one of the most successful...
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Taking a break from my Opinion and Answer series

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  Hi Folks,  Just wanted to let you all know that for right now that I'm temporarily taking a break from doing my Opinion & Answer series currently. The reason is that, I ran out of ideas to do the opinion & answer series. But before you think about it, I'm still doing my steam train post series.  The good news is that I'm still doing my steam train posts here on my steam train blog. It's fun making these posts for all to enjoy. I'm still planning on doing them for Saturdays via editing Friday Evening.  Do hope you enjoy these steam train posts. Feel free to check out my steam train posts and my Opinion & Answer series.  From Conductor Wolf
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Steam Train Post #107-110: London,Brighton & South Coast Railway: C1 Class,C2 Class, C2X Class & C3 class locomotives

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  Welcome to another Saturday edition of Steam Train Posts. For Posts #107-110 we return back to the London,Brighton & South Coast Railway to see their C1,C2,C2X and C3 steam locomotives classes. These four steam locomotives are great to research and learn more about. Please Enjoy the follow and see you Sunday for Opinion & Answer edition. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 107. LB&SCR C1 Class Details Railroad/Basic: London Brighton & South Coast Railway Engine: Tender Locomotive  Designer: William Stroudley Builders: LB&SCR Brighton Works  Built (Year): 1874-1880 => 12 locomotives  1882-6 locomotives 1884- 3 locomotives  1887-3 locomotives Withdrawn: 1907-1911,1920 & 1924 (withdrawn years) 1907-4 locomotives 1908-2 locomotives 1910-1 locomotive 1911-3 locomotives 1920-1 locomotive 1924-1 locomotive Number of Wheels: 12 Wheels Configuration: ...
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Steam Train Post #103-106: Furness Railway to see their Class D5 locomotive,K1 locomotive and 115 class locomotives AND Caledonian Railway to see their 439 class locomotives

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  Good Saturday Afternoon, time for another edition of my Steam Train Posts. On this edition we head off to the Furness Railway to see their Class D5 locomotive,K1 locomotive and their 115 class locomotive before moving up to Scotland to the Caledonian Railway to see their 439 class locomotives. I do hope you enjoy  =========================================================================== 103. Furness Railway Class D5 Details Railroad/Basic: Furness Railway   Engine: Tender Locomotive  Designer: W. F. Pettigrew Builders: North British Locomotive Co. and Kitson & Co.  Built (Year): 1913-1920 => 19 locomotives North British Locomotive Co. => 15 locomotives  Kitson & Co. => 4 locomotive  Withdrawn: 1930-1957 (withdrawn years) Number of Wheels: 12 Wheels Configuration: 0-6-0 Disposition-Preservation/Scrapped 19 scrapped  104.Furness Railway K1 Details Railroad/Basic: Furness Railway   Engine: Tender Locomotive  D...
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Steam Train Posts #99-102: Virginian Railway Class AG,Nilgiri Mountain Railway X class, JNR Class D51 and DB Class 10

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  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42.Virginian Railway Class AG Details Railroad/Basic: Virginian Railway Class AG Engine: Tender Locomotive  Designer: William Woodard Builder: Lima Locomotive Works Built (Year): 1945 => 8 locomotives Withdrawn: 1955 (withdrawn year) Number of Wheels: 20 Wheels Configuration: 2-6-6-6 Disposition-Preservation/Scrapped  1 locomotive-preserved (Sam from Thomas and Friends) 8 locomotive-scrapped (#900-907) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43. Nilgiri Mountain Railway X class Details Railroad/Basic: Nilgiri Mountain Railway X class Engine: Tender Locomotive  Designer: Canadian National Railway Builders: Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works => 17 Locomotives & Golden Rock Railway Workshop => 6 Locomotives Built (Year): 1914, 1920, 1925, ...
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