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Awesome news!!! I have honestly been waiting for my next trip to Orlando to be after she returned, I have been waiting for a long time obviously. I am so excited right now, better start planning soon.

According to the article guests are supposed to be able to get "upclose" to the locomotives. Now I am not sure how they define "upclose" but I doubt the suits will let guests near a locomotive that was/is fired up for towing purposes. I was thinking they would couple three locomo...

Yay! Progress...

I visted Strasburg today and took the shop tour. I was able to see Lilly but from a distance. I was unable to take a picture or be able to get a good look to see what kind of work is completed or what still needs to be done.

Whoever is running this show of unnessacary "saftey regulations" which are at this point (actually more like any point) hurting more than helping needs to stop. Filling up the tanks every trip wont work forever, it justs takes too long. As stated above common sense no longer exists in this...

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'nuff said

If I remember correctly the WDWRR had this same issue a few years back. There solution to the problem was to have the fireman stand on the rear of the tender instead of on top of it.

Ugh...I just wish that awful whistle would just fall off and go away. I too prefer Roy's deep whistle.

Here's to a speedy return of both Roy's regular whistle and too Lilly Belle.

(Yes I had to add something on about Lilly Belle)

WOW!!! ARE THEY THAT STUPID?!

Anyway, as hilarious as i find the Kimball wheel arrangment, i think my favorite is that Ripley pulls the freight train. Even if they were going for 1955 when each locomotive did exclusively pull a train they would still have it wrong.

I say "almost" all because this shop didn't have the track sections that you hook the wires up to from the power pack. In fact he says they're no longer available? Something about China? ??? I can't inagine they're completely unavailable. Are you looking for Atlas terminal track? If you a...