Independence Day, 2026 - 250 Years

The 4014 spent 52 years as yard art at the Pomona fairgrounds before being acquired by Union Pacific in 2013 and then restored. Quite the beast !
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Yes, dad & my grand son are climbing in my Jeep & we looking for the place to film from above cumming around the curve and also down track side. I am first generation in 5 not to work for PRR..looking back, man i should of taken the guaranteed job right out of High School. Been retired by now.
 
Here is my Pop Pop with the ticket hoop sticks back in late 1920's Harrisburg PA & on my wall are the oak sticks usedView attachment 111257View attachment 111258
My Gma had a great house in Mississippi with a water tower and tracks in her easement. We used to run out there at 5yrs old and put pennies on the rail.:celebrate2:Then we would climb the water tower. I was born in New Orleans
 
I want to bring this up to the mountains this weekend and play Hendrix version of the Anthem
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I'm not really that great a guitar player, but for years I've thought it would be a blast to learn to play it Jimmy style. Stick my 20w Traynor in a window like a window AC unit and serenade the neighborhood. So...... my suggestion is.... Go for it!!!!!
 
So...... how many here are old enough to remember when we celebrated 200 years. Glancing thru the ages of some folk in TTR, some of you weren't born yet and others were maybe 10ish. As for me. I was 4 years removed from high school. Dating my eventual wife. Got on board with several other guys in town and grew a beard. Hated it. If memory serves, I may have shaved it off, just keeping the mustache, on July 5th.
 
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