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DBH
 Post subject: New Guy Here
PostPosted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:52 am 
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Hello all, Dave Huffman here. I am from St. Joseph Illinois in East Central Illinois. I have been interested in mines & mining sinc the nid 60's. I had a great unclw who owned a coal mine near Petersburg IL. After serving in the Navy I worked underground near Silverton Colorado in the Sunnyside Mine for Standrd Metals. I worked on the main level track crew in the American tunnel haulage adit.
I love to talk mines & railroads. I volunteer at the Monticello Railway Muesum in Monticello IL. We just returned Southern Railway #401 to operation & I mainly work on her but we have to be willing to work on what ever need fixed .

Dave Huffman

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Welcome aboard! Is the mine you worked in still in operation? You'll find train, plane, and mine buffs on here so you've come to the right place.

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Dave,

Welcome aboard! A good portion of the group is Pa. Anthracite. There is a sprinkling of folks from all over.

And a couple of us who are from the Illinois Basin. So feel free to jump in. But be forewarned there is a running war between the Anty guys lead by Chris and Banks. And the Bitty guys lead by Pete. They like to make noise but are mostly harmless.

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oh great another bitty coal guy........ hahaha..... welcome aboard! :D

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Chris
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Location: Within 60 Miles of the Northern Anthracite Field
oh by the way, i see over on dans forum you were mentioning a backyard mining rr. have you seen the work we and ovcc did at our locations.... pics on the project photos page. ours had to be relocated and ovcc is in the middle of a renovation as well but ours should be back up and going this summer possibly.....

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OVCC East is up and running. Should be expanding when the weather breaks. We should have some sort of competition amongst the railways.
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You've got a home to run your stuff Chris? Oh pree, do tell!

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Thanks for the warm welcome all!! The mine I worked at in Colorado has been closed for several years but I want to take my wife out there & show her where it was.
My plans for building a small mine railroad are for now just in the planning stage & looking for & buying track & rolling stock. We want to relocate in the next few years so I don't want to build something & then just have to rip it out.
Once again, thanks for the welcome, I am sure I can learn lot's here.

Dave Huffman

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Welcome aboard Dave from the Bitty group here.

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And a big welcome from the down-under tramway builder. I toured the Old Hundred and the Mayflower Mill up at Silverton.

Chris
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