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		<title>Milwaukee 261 rebuild progress</title>
		<link>http://steamcentral.com/2010/07/26/milwaukee-261-rebuild-progress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Craft</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Photo by Steve Glischinski.) Last week Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 no. 261 was lifted off its drivers as part of the locomotive&#8217;s 1472-day inspection. Tires and journals will be attended to while work on the boiler progresses. No date for 261&#8242;s return to service has been set; you donate to the project at the link.]]></description>
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		<title>William J. &#8220;Bill&#8221; Purdie, Jr. 1915 &#8211; 2010</title>
		<link>http://steamcentral.com/2010/07/23/william-j-bill-purdie-jr-1915-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Craft</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[William J. &#8220;Bill&#8221; Purdie Jr. passed away on the evening of Thursday, July 22, 2010. Bill Purdie was born in New Jersey in 1915, and moved to East Point, Georgia, with his family while a child. At the age of 20 he joined the Southern Railway as a Machinist&#8217;s Helper at South Shops (later Pegram [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southern 2-8-0 154 makes its debut</title>
		<link>http://steamcentral.com/2010/07/03/southern-2-8-0-154-makes-its-debut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Craft</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The newest addition to the Three Rivers Rambler stable is ex-Southern Railway 2-8-0 154, gleaming after a two-year overhaul. From southern154.com: The locomotive was delivered in 1890 to the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia (ETV&#038;G) as locomotive #466 (builder&#8217;s #3114). In 1894 the ETV&#038;G and the Richmond and Danville Railroad merged to form the Southern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ex-D&amp;RGW 484 takes a road trip</title>
		<link>http://steamcentral.com/2010/07/01/ex-drgw-484-takes-a-road-trip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Craft</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Photos by Zack Blea.) No. 484 is being hauled by road from Chama, NM to Cumbres, CO, to be used on the eastern end of the Cumbres &#038; Toltec Scenic Railroad as a result of the Lobato Trestle fire. (Thanks to Zack Blea.)]]></description>
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		<title>A post I never expected to write . . .</title>
		<link>http://steamcentral.com/2010/06/30/a-post-i-never-expected-to-write/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Craft</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[but I&#8217;m delighted to have the opportunity to do so. According to this Norfolk Southern press release, Southern Railway steam will be out on the main line again soon: Norfolk Southern Corporation is in negotiations with the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum with regard to the operation of a limited schedule of steam locomotive event appearances [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two locomotives debuting this weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Craft</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two steam locomotives are making their debut runs after overhaul this Independence Day weekend. At 11:00am Eastern time, ex-Southern Railway 2-8-0 154 will make its inaugural run to Marbledale on the Three Rivers Rambler, the first train hauled by a Southern Railway steam locomotive since 1998. Built as East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia 466 in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CSX:  &#8220;No steam on its own wheels&#8221; is official policy</title>
		<link>http://steamcentral.com/2010/06/25/csx-no-steam-on-its-own-wheels-is-official-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Craft</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Cumberland Times-News article, a follow-up to this article, is interesting: Bob Sullivan contradicted statements made two days earlier by Jason Johnson, event promoter, and said it’s been the policy of CSX not to allow steam locomotives on its tracks because of increased risk and liability. . . . “The decision on the steam locomotive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trestle Fire on C&amp;TS</title>
		<link>http://steamcentral.com/2010/06/24/trestle-fire-on-cts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Craft</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From KRQE TV in Albuquerque comes word that there has been a fire on Lobato Trestle on the Cumbres &#038; Toltec Scenic Railroad. Officials do not know when started the fire as of right now, however New Mexico State Police Lt. Eric Garcia said there were aerial fireworks in that area around 9 p.m. Wednesday. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>C&amp;O 614 to return to service in 2012?</title>
		<link>http://steamcentral.com/2010/06/20/co-614-to-return-to-service-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Craft</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both local and national press outlets are reporting that Jim Justice, owner of The Greenbrier Resort, is investing in a luxury train to bring passengers to the resort: The owner of The Greenbrier says the resort is investing $15 million in a luxury train that should be operating in 12 to 14 months. Jim Justice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MILW 261 sold to RHMA / Friends of 261</title>
		<link>http://steamcentral.com/2010/05/08/milw-261-sold-to-mrha-friends-of-261/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 12:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Craft</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Photo by Aaron Jors.) The Green Bay Press Gazette reports that the National Railroad Museum has sold ex-Milwaukee Railroad 4-8-4 261 to]]></description>
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