Favourite train songs ...

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Petticoat Junction had more adverturous women, but could be the North Coast Line.  See pic.  Steam train still puffs past every day. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinwhelan/2480401972/

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Looks like the Shady Rest to me.
We really are showing our age ...

Regards,
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"Rocky Mountain" - Bressa Creeting Cake (NZ band on the Flying Nun label)

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"The Last Train To San Fernando" - The Event, The Song and The Myth.

Most people will tell you that San Fernando's last service train was hauled by engine TGR No11 which today is on display at Harris Promenade, San Fernando. This is incorrect.
The very last train, as this short video reveals, was the service which departed platform 1, Port of Spain railway station on Monday August 30th 1965 at 5:12pm (it was 37 minutes late, scheduled to depart at 4:35pm).
The Locomotive which hauled the last service train was TGR (Trinidad Government Railway) Engine No27, which was a member of the 21 Class 4-6-0 locomotives.

This train really was the very last passenger train to San Fernando.

Over the years both the event and the song - "The Last Train to San Fernando" - have become a part of Trinidad folklore, although largely through myth rather than fact.

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