William J. Purdie's 90th Birthday celebration at the SoutheasternRailroad Museum

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I do not know if he was contacted or not, but I was under the impression 
that the two of them were not the best of friends.
I am luck enough to be able to say I have worked with Big Bill, the old man 
as we call him in Atl, on A&WP 290 while he was able to come out and lead us 
and I have talked with him during our rebuilding of Georgia Power 97, 
ex-USATC 5050. Watching him work is a memory I will never forget.


Jason Greene
Dahlonega, GA

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Subject: William J. Purdie's 90th Birthday celebration at the 
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> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 12:28:14 -0500
> CC: "Dan Sparks" <danrsparks at hotmail.com>
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> Subject: William J. Purdie
>
>
> All -
>
> Bill Purdie, who ran the Mechanical and Operating end
> of Southern's Steam Program for many years, turns 90
> years of age on April 5, 2005.
>
> A celebration is planned for him on April 10th at the
> railroad museum in Duluth, Ga. from 2 until 5 PM.
>
> Anyone interested can contact Bill's son Donald at
> Donald at dataensureinc.com.
>
> Ed King
>
>
> March 3, 2005
>
> Hello, Ed:
>
> I wonder if Jim Bistline knows about this event and
> will be able to get down there in April?  As you may
> recall, he had the title "General Manager - Steam"
> during the later years of the Southern Railway's
> excursion program.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Frank
>
>
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