Red River & Gulf Railroad - New Video Series
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2020 6:19 amThis isn't NG, but only because the rails are too far apart. 
All the flavor that makes NG so special is in abundance on the Red River & Gulf in Long Leaf, Louisiana, so I don't think it's out-of-line to post this here.
We have a fully operational belt-drive Machine Shop in Long Leaf and it was used by the late John Weiss ( http://www.redriverandgulf.net/John-Weiss.html ) to produce some of the parts for the new wooden passenger car trucks the Friends built in Antonito. So, Long Leaf definitely has a strong connection to the C&T.
We've started producing videos on the history of all the buildings and rolling stock at the museum and on the railroad. The first 6 episodes are complete (see below).
In addition, here are a couple of new photo galleries featuring some very good grey scale and aerial photography: http://www.redriverandgulf.net/RRG-Spec ... raphy.html
If you're in the area, please consider getting involved. We have long-term goals of returning steam to the railroad and running regular trains. But, we need to finish rebuilding the railroad first and we're working through a 5-year plan to do that.
http://www.RedRiverAndGulf.net
http://www.LongLeaf.LA
Long Leaf Historical Series: Episode I - The Planer Mill
Long Leaf Historical Series: Episode II - The Machine Shop
Long Leaf Historical Series: Episode III - The McGiffert Log Loader
Long Leaf Historical Series: Episode IV - The Commissary
Long Leaf Historical Series: Episode V - The Post Office
Long Leaf Historical Series: Episode VI - The Saw Mill (Part I)
All the flavor that makes NG so special is in abundance on the Red River & Gulf in Long Leaf, Louisiana, so I don't think it's out-of-line to post this here.We have a fully operational belt-drive Machine Shop in Long Leaf and it was used by the late John Weiss ( http://www.redriverandgulf.net/John-Weiss.html ) to produce some of the parts for the new wooden passenger car trucks the Friends built in Antonito. So, Long Leaf definitely has a strong connection to the C&T.
We've started producing videos on the history of all the buildings and rolling stock at the museum and on the railroad. The first 6 episodes are complete (see below).
In addition, here are a couple of new photo galleries featuring some very good grey scale and aerial photography: http://www.redriverandgulf.net/RRG-Spec ... raphy.html
If you're in the area, please consider getting involved. We have long-term goals of returning steam to the railroad and running regular trains. But, we need to finish rebuilding the railroad first and we're working through a 5-year plan to do that.
http://www.RedRiverAndGulf.net
http://www.LongLeaf.LA
Long Leaf Historical Series: Episode I - The Planer Mill
Long Leaf Historical Series: Episode II - The Machine Shop
Long Leaf Historical Series: Episode III - The McGiffert Log Loader
Long Leaf Historical Series: Episode IV - The Commissary
Long Leaf Historical Series: Episode V - The Post Office
Long Leaf Historical Series: Episode VI - The Saw Mill (Part I)