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[Trains Magazine Back Cover]

Description: Clipping of the back cover of Trains Magazine. There is a photo of T&P train #610 on the tracks. The Caption reads "En route to the site of The Great Dynamometer Test, Southern's ex-Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 is eased down 2.1 per cent toward Old Fort, N. C., by Engineer Frank Clodfelter. The Texas type, only survivor of original Lima Super-Power design, was working an Asheville-Salisbury excursion on July 29, 1977, when photographed near Andrews Geyser." Written underneath the clipping is "-Trains… more
Date: July 29, 1977
Creator: Abernathy, Robert E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: The Grace Museum

[SR Train #610]

Description: Clipping of a captioned photograph of SR train #610. There is a plume of smoke rising from the engine. The caption reads: "Ex-Texas & Pacific No. 610 is back in action on July 15, leading a Southern Railway excursion at Efland, NC. The Greensboro-Raleigh round trip drew a big crowd for part of the Lima engine's second season on the Southern. The 610 is leased by the railroad from a private Texas foundation." Written below the image is "Passenger Train Journal Dec 1978 - pg. 12."
Date: December 1978
Creator: Bryan, Wiley M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Postcard of Mt. Mitchell Railroad at Rainbow Gap]

Description: Postcard of an illustration of a small green passenger train with a steam engine car as the second from the caboose, on a track that winds around the side of a mountain covered in green bushes and trees. Printed text at the bottom of the postcard identifies the train as the Mount Mitchell railroad train at Rainbow Gap. The other side of the postcard is blank except for postcard markings.
Date: 19uu
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

[Postcard of Southern Railway Across French Broad River]

Description: Postcard of an illustration of a steam train crossing a stone bridge, stretching across a large river. In the background, a few trees and buildings dot a small hillside. A few figures can be seen walking between the two railroad tracks on the bridge. Printed text below the illustration identifies the train as part of the Southern Railway, over the French Broad River in Asheville, North Carolina.
Date: 19uu
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

Oral History Interview with Edward Nielsen, August 23, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward Nielsen from Medaryville, Indiana. He discusses undergoing Amry training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, before being assigned as B Company of the 69th Army Regiment at Fort Knox as a private. Afterwards he got lucky and was assigned to drive a truck from Louisiana to North Carolina, Mr. Nielsen describes this as the best job he ever had in the Army. After Pearl Harbor he is transferred to the 1st Armored Division and Regimen… more
Date: August 23, 2001
Creator: Nielsen, Edward
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Edward Nielsen, August 23, 2001

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Edward Nielsen from Medaryville, Indiana. He discusses undergoing Amry training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, before being assigned as B Company of the 69th Army Regiment at Fort Knox as a private. Afterwards he got lucky and was assigned to drive a truck from Louisiana to North Carolina, Mr. Nielsen describes this as the best job he ever had in the Army. After Pearl Harbor he is transferred to the 1st Armored Division and Regimen… more
Date: August 23, 2001
Duration: 2 hours 21 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Nielsen, Edward
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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