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Re: Connor 2-2-2

From: James Keeline <keeline~at~yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:46:52 -0800 (PST)
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--- Ian Thompson <Ian.Thompson~at~ges.gla.ac.uk> wrote:

> There are no survivors of this type but there is a good model in the National
> Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Incidentally, comparing Verne's account in
> Backwards to Britain with the 1859 time table, his train arrived on time in
> Edinburgh...something not often achieved today!
> Ian Thompson

The depth of detail of your research always impresses me and has inspired some
of my research projects into the life of Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930).
Noting this, I'm sure that you have checked http://www.SteamLocomotive.info to
see if any of the 2-2-2 locomotives are similar to the Connor 2-2-2 you
describe here.

Incidentally, the locomotive my wife and I operate one or more days a month is
listed there:

  http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=1447

"A Drama on the Railway" by Stephen Baxter in The Mammoth Book of New Jules
Verne Adventures is a nice narrative.

James Keeline
San Diego, CA
NAJVS
Received on Tue 29 Jan 2008 - 15:46:58 IST

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