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[[File:BobGrey FiremanSeat OBrotherWhereArtThou 2.png|thumb|center|400px|Bob Grey sits in the fireman's seat in this frame from the movie "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?", 2000.]]
[[File:BobGrey FiremanSeat OBrotherWhereArtThou 2.png|thumb|center|400px|Bob Grey sits in the fireman's seat in this frame from the movie "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?", 2000.]]


[http://www.movie-trains.com/obrother.html Stan Garner, Train Coordinator for the production company, describes the train filming scene as follows]:
[http://www.movie-trains.com/obrother.html Stan Garner, Train Coordinator for the production company, describes the filming of the train scene as follows]:


:The train is featured in the opening sequence. It was shot on the Columbus & Greenville Railway near Leland, MS and consists of Dardanelle & Russellville Railroad Locomotive #4 from North Dardanelle, Arkansas (Baldwin 2-6-2 built in 1913, W.T. Carter & Brother #4, Reader RR #4). The stock car (CB&Q), tank car (Superior Oil) and outside braced box car (NP) came from the Texas State Railroad at Rusk Texas. The hopper car, steel box car and flat car are from the C&G Railway and the wood caboose is from the Reader Railroad at Reader, Arkansas. Everything, except the C&G equipment, was brought to the C&G at Greenville, MS by truck.
:The train is featured in the opening sequence. It was shot on the Columbus & Greenville Railway near Leland, MS and consists of Dardanelle & Russellville Railroad Locomotive #4 from North Dardanelle, Arkansas (Baldwin 2-6-2 built in 1913, W.T. Carter & Brother #4, Reader RR #4). The stock car (CB&Q), tank car (Superior Oil) and outside braced box car (NP) came from the Texas State Railroad at Rusk Texas. The hopper car, steel box car and flat car are from the C&G Railway and the wood caboose is from the Reader Railroad at Reader, Arkansas. Everything, except the C&G equipment, was brought to the C&G at Greenville, MS by truck.

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Bob Grey is a retired railroad engineer of the Columbus and Greenville Railway in Mississippi. Bob is an avid live steamer. He has been attending meetings at the Annetta Valley & Western Railroad in Texas for over 40 years. AV&W's Grey Yard is named in honor of Bob Grey.

Bob owns an 0-6-0 switcher in 1.5 inch scale built by Paul Brien.

Movie Role

Bob played an uncredited part in the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?". He appears as the fireman in the locomotive at the opening of the movie.

Bob Grey sits in the fireman's seat in this frame from the movie "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?", 2000.

Stan Garner, Train Coordinator for the production company, describes the filming of the train scene as follows:

The train is featured in the opening sequence. It was shot on the Columbus & Greenville Railway near Leland, MS and consists of Dardanelle & Russellville Railroad Locomotive #4 from North Dardanelle, Arkansas (Baldwin 2-6-2 built in 1913, W.T. Carter & Brother #4, Reader RR #4). The stock car (CB&Q), tank car (Superior Oil) and outside braced box car (NP) came from the Texas State Railroad at Rusk Texas. The hopper car, steel box car and flat car are from the C&G Railway and the wood caboose is from the Reader Railroad at Reader, Arkansas. Everything, except the C&G equipment, was brought to the C&G at Greenville, MS by truck.