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June 20th 2009
September 5, 2009
October 10th, 2009
Arrival Time 8am for confederates 9am for Union
Last Train is around 4 pm
It's usually 5-6 trips
The trains are covered (no need for umbrellas)
Civilians: are asked to dress in period. Be sure to have water and food/snacks.
Carry only period "Carry on luggage" (A single basket)
Soldiers: Bring enough rounds for the "battles" and Canteen with rations
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Link to here from Calendar
Hi Deb,
I linked to this post from the calendar event I created. If you would like, I can copy the contents of your post into the event I created. If you like, you can create separate events for each of the various dates, or any other 15th Ala. event you would like to publicize.
Thanks!
June Event
The June Event has been Cancelled
Deb
Too bad
Any reason that any of us should know about?
I'll update the calendar.
Train
the First time we ever did the event we did it and they had their diesel train, then we did it with the steam train, and it looked a lot better, of course a more authentic addition to a event that is on the edge of authentic....albeit a fun event for us and spectators....and gives the train an extra draw....well the orginal steam schedule had the fathers day wekend as a steam train and now it doesnt, so we would rather hit the steam train than the diesel........I dont know if that sounds like getting on a high horse but I think the experiance is enhanced with a steam train...for all involved....
Seamus
Makes sense
I always prefer steam. I've adjusted the calendar to the September date.
Hi to all from down South. We
Hi to all from down South. We did our train raid this past weekend in the small Florida town of Parrish. All whent well and had a great time. Unfortunately they had to use their diesel engine, and I agree it was not as much fun as the steam engine was in Portland. One good thing that happend as a result of the diesel was the addition of an air conditioned bar car, and let me tell you at a 90* Florida event that was the most poular car on the train! At this point I will be there in Portland for the October run, and I am trying to find extra time off for the September run we will see. everybody stay safe and I will see you at Norlands!
Tophat
you are a crazy man todd,
you are a crazy man todd, maybe this year we will have enough blue so you can go reb this time!
Seamus
Mike, that would be great!
Mike, that would be great! Hardly ever get to wear grey or butternut, which of course are my true colors! Sorta sad you can not go much further South than where I am, yet I must resort to fighting Fedral down here in the lower Confederacy! Oh well somebody needs to be the bad guy, or we wouldn't have anyone to shoot at!
Fought with the 14th brooklyn for our train raid. we held the train for the first run and then attacked it on the second run. Florida Gulf RR actualy has a fairly long road bed. I would guess it to be at least a five mile ride.
the premis is that the local confederate forces had torched a bridge so we needed to return to Parrish and on the way back they had "blocked" the tracks. So we piled off the train fought off the 20 or so confederates and cleared the tracks, then it was back to the bar car!
Tophat
June 20th is back on!
The train robbery for June 20th is ON!!!!! There will be a steam engine that day, and the Narrow Gage RR is expecting us to re-enact the train robbery. Please mark your calendars
It appears that there was
It appears that there was some confusion at the railroad, and they had their steam schedulde wrong, so we are back on for that weekend and now the plea for union defence of the train goes out.......three trains this year, we need some kind of blue.....same deal as before, you get to run us off a few times so its not a one sided event.......talk to the guys who have done it before...its a blast!
Seamus
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