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		<title>A Berkshire on the Move</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following a lengthy and expensive upgrade to Nickel Plate Road no. 765&#8242;s tender to to tune of $60,000 and six months of work to the existing Buckeye trucks, the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society is putting miles on its 2-8-4 in new and familiar territory this summer and fall. No. 765 will operate nearly every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Milwaukee 261 rebuild progress</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://steamcentral.com/2010/07/26/milwaukee-261-rebuild-progress/</link>
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		<title>William J. &#8220;Bill&#8221; Purdie, Jr. 1915 &#8211; 2010</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://steamcentral.com/2010/07/23/william-j-bill-purdie-jr-1915-2010/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Light it, Howell!&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Video of Southern Railway&#8217;s steam crew replacing a driver tire. No. 722 can be seen in the back of the shop, no. 4501 is over the drop pit (with most of the locomotive outside). Visible are Bill Purdie, Doug Karhan, Howell Edmunds, Ronald Norman, and Steve Wickersham of the American Freedom Train crew. The time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southern 2-8-0 154 makes its debut</title>
		<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>
		<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>
		<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>
		<link>http://steamcentral.com/2010/06/30/a-post-i-never-expected-to-write/</link>
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		<title>Canadian Pacific announce tour of no. 2816</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Canadian Pacific Railway have announced that 4-6-4 no. 2816 will be kicking off a tour of Alberta and British Columbia to celebrate &#8220;the legacy of the Last Spike.&#8221; The Empress will pull its heritage fleet which includes CP&#8217;s museum car – a vintage baggage car from the 1950s refurbished and transformed to capture CP&#8217;s history. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://steamcentral.com/2010/06/29/canadian-pacific-announce-tour-of-no-2816/</link>
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		<title>Two locomotives debuting this weekend</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://steamcentral.com/2010/06/29/two-locomotives-debuting-this-weekend/</link>
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		<title>CSX:  &#8220;No steam on its own wheels&#8221; is official policy</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://steamcentral.com/2010/06/25/csx-no-steam-on-its-own-wheels-is-official-policy/</link>
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