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Is there something causing the exhaust's erratic behavior and is there a way to fix this?

According to Trains magazine... Trains magazine will live stream excursions with famed Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 No. 611 on July 3 and July 5. We'll try for two great run-bys on the morning excursions from Roanoke, Va., to Lynchburg, Va., via Blue Ridge grade and again in the afternoon...

More than 5,000 persons showed up for 611's send off party last year, when she left Roanoke for restoration in Spencer, N.C., but this Saturday, over 10,000 persons are expected to be in attendance for the 611 Homecoming Celebration. N&W No. 611, "The Spirit of Roanoke", is scheduled to arrive...

Rumors are claiming that the big Norfolk & Western Y6a Mallet No. 2156 will be leaving the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis on Saturday, May 9th, to begin its journey back to its birthplace in Roanoke, Virginia, as part of a 5 yr. "loan" agreement. Other rumors say that sometime after...

If you been thinking of visiting the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad (WMSR) to see its 2-8-0 steam locomotive in action, you might want to consider scheduling a visit this year, because at the end of the 2015 season, the locomotive known as "Mountain Thunder" will be out of service -- for an...

As reported by Trains magazine... ROANOKE, Va. – Legendary Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 will shake off 20 years of inactivity to pull its first mainline passenger train May 30 from its restoration site in Spencer, N.C., to its hometown of Roanoke where a gala celebration awaits the reborn...

SPENCER, N.C. – The North Carolina Transportation Museum Foundation has reached an agreement to sell Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 No. 4, a 1926 Baldwin-built steam locomotive with deep West Virginia roots, to the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad for restoration and operation in the Mountain...

... a promotional gimmick from the 1930 by the Norfolk & Western Railway (N&W) This pic came across on one the lists I subscribe to, and I thought it'd be worth mentioning here. :D

Trains magazine reported on this last month and I'm rather surprised no one here has posted anything about this yet. Inquiring minds want to know: What's the Trainz community think about this? :)

I was going to post a link to an audio recording I made at the mouth of Dunloup Creek, across the river from the old railroading town of Thurmond, West Virginia, deep in heart of the New River Gorge, but after reading some of the latest posts regarding T:AiN, I thought I'd turn that recording...

As noted on page 297 of the book "A Text-Book of Physics" (pub. 1911), the "chuffing" sound produced by steam locomotives is produced in the smokebox, by the firing of exhaust gases (from each exhaust stroke from the cylinders) through the exhaust pipe (which is actually a nozzle called a...

I searched the DLS for telltale, telltail, tell-tale, tell-tail, tell tail, and tell tale, but didn't find any tell-tales. Anyone know of any that exist for Trainz?

Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) will begin testing a small number of locomotives using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an alternative fuel later this year, as will be announced by Matthew K. Rose, BNSF chairman and CEO at the CERAWeek conference on March 6. "The use of liquefied natural gas...

Below is a drawing of a PRR steam locomotive of the "super, multi-section articulated type". Although it was never built, the Pennsylvania Railroad did apply for a patent on it, circa 1944. It's just one of the weirder things that can turn up in a Google Patent Search. Oddly enough, its...

Jonathan Luther "John" "Casey" Jones (March 14, 1863 -- April 30, 1900) was an American railroad engineer from Jackson, Tennessee, who worked for the Illinois Central Railroad (IC). He became an internationally known icon due to his heroic last ride on April 30, 1900, when he saved all the...