This has little to do with this song, but I am curiuos to the dating and the version when you guys run it down. First, I think I'd like to learn it, but second, I'm curious about the line that WVpicker posted. Hinton as I'm sure picker is aware has always been an important C&O coal yard. Some of the most powerful engines ever used on ANY railroad were used out of Hinton, but also the passenger trains that Chessie ran used fast and powerful engines. The reason I mention this is that Chessie called TWO entirely different engines the "Mountain" type. Just a dumb thing, but I am curious as the times would be different. They first used the 4-6-2 Pacific class at the turn of the century which the C&O called "Mountains" but everyone else called "Pacifics." Later, around the late twenties, they developed a 4-8-2 which Chessie again called "Mountain" type and in this case, so did everybody else. Intersting point is that the majority of the Chessie orders were from Alco and not Baldwin.

Picker-----Do you know any more details on this as to when, where, passenger(probably) or freight? Like I said, just curious.

Spaw