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Hey Mickey!

Not a bad idea tho. Mickey is probably just recovering from all the car shows in Townsend.

Dale,

in my ignorance, I had to look up your very cool Daimler SP250.(Wikipedia of course)

Looks like Hollywood borrowed the design concept for the original "batmobile"
Best regards
 
Looks like a great RR trip. We did the Durango to Silverton a few years back and plan to do Cumbres to Toltec soon. Looks like I need to add the Smoky Mtn to my bucket list.
 
Taking them on the Great Smoky Mtn. Railroad tomorrow:

https://www.gsmr.com/train-excursion/Nantahala#.V08q2L6m3D4

Then they go home Friday. Been a full week.

Did you go steam or diesel?
BTW: I watched the steam engine#1702 video (thru the link you listed). It is a very well done video. However towards the end,
the train is passing an old fella out plowing behind a sturdy draft horse. Very nice touch, except the horse didn't like the train & bolted. Hope the old fella was ok!
 
The ride was fun; kids had a good time and are worn out. (So am I!)

We took the diesel; kids probably wouldn't have known the difference, as we were in an enclosed car five or six back from the engine. Very personable and attentive staff; eccentric story-teller and a guitarist and banjo player doing old-time stuff (clawhammer banjo!), which I enjoyed.

Janet and I are headed out to the front deck with a glass of wine while the boys are just now tucked away in bed.
 
Grandkids are so much fun and you can spoil the heck out of them, then you can send them back home to their mom and dad! Pay backs are quite proper in this area! :highly_amused: PJ
 
The ride was fun; kids had a good time and are worn out. (So am I!)

We took the diesel; kids probably wouldn't have known the difference, as we were in an enclosed car five or six back from the engine. Very personable and attentive staff; eccentric story-teller and a guitarist and banjo player doing old-time stuff (clawhammer banjo!), which I enjoyed.

Janet and I are headed out to the front deck with a glass of wine while the boys are just now tucked away in bed.

Any pictures?
 
The ride was fun; kids had a good time and are worn out. (So am I!)

We took the diesel; kids probably wouldn't have known the difference, as we were in an enclosed car five or six back from the engine. Very personable and attentive staff; eccentric story-teller and a guitarist and banjo player doing old-time stuff (clawhammer banjo!), which I enjoyed.

Janet and I are headed out to the front deck with a glass of wine while the boys are just now tucked away in bed.

Any pictures?

Here ya go:

glass-of-wine.jpg
 
Phone camera was acting up and we couldn't get many decent shots, but here are the kids as we waited to board; and then Drew checking out the scenery from the rail car.

kids-train.jpg


kids-train2.jpg
 
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