Found this new photo real Tweetsie 4-6-0 #12

[on30gn15]

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=328887

Remarks: Tweetsie #12 (ex- ET&WNC) speeds along the line in this 1/8th sec pan.

[on30gn15]

with train on big trestle
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=328866

[J3a-614]

Thought you might want to see where some of these amazine photos originally came from before they were posted to Railpictures:

http://scriptunasimages.smugmug.com/Galleries/Trains

This fellow's home page:

http://scriptunasimages.smugmug.com/

http://scriptunasimages.smugmug.com/Other/Abou/10170100_sCGtR

He has movies on YouTube as well, under the name "ShayFan"--enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGHWJkdrqCE&feature=related

[raveoned]

I'll get the book out and scan it when I get home today, but I have a book from the 1960's that someone compiled vintage photos of older steam passenger service, and there's a nice period shot of the Tweetsie #12 pulling the passenger cars.

What's amazing is it looks like the Bachmann set frozen in the past!

I'll post it tonight!

[raveoned]

Sorry, the photo is of #10, but I'm posting it anyway because it's really neat!  This is from the 1972 book Steam Powered Passenger Trains of Yesteryear, Volume 1 by E.T. Mitchell.  Found this book for $1.00 at one of my favorite scenic lines, the Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern.  Its full of vintage photos.  This photo I'm guessing is about the 1930's based on the dress of some of the people in it: