Re: OutdoorRestorations
Author: Johnny Law
Date: 05-17-2014 - 16:32
I Was There Wrote:
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> Turd Ferguson Wrote:
> > Was it true that the lubricating 'pads' or
> > something like that weren't original and were
> > fabricated by the restorers and didn't
> effectively
> > work?
>
> Good question. I remember work being done on the
> spring pads but don't remember what. The
> locomotive was fine going to Sacramento and back
> as I recall. The bearing heated up somewhere
> around Sunol on the way from Hunters Point to
> Oakdale. It is doubtful that they would have ever
> left San Francisco if they knew they had a bearing
> issue.
>
> I Was There
I thought the engine went from Oakland to Stockton via Sunol and then Stockton to Hunters Point never ever returning to Oakland? How did it get to Sacramento with bad legs?