It was 40 years ago this summer that...
NdeM abruptly quit the use of both standard & narrow gauge steam, mostly in and around Mexico City. Rumor was that they did not want the world visting the Summer Olympics to judge them as a backward nation. Several modern 4-8-4's and a few ng 2-8-0's were stored.
It was 40 years ago this summer that...
Hillcrest Lumber Co. on Vancouver Island quit the use of 3T Climax 10. She had been used for the last several years two days a week to take finished loads out of the mill @ Mesachie Lake down to the E&N connection @ Lake Cowichan. They also hauled finished products for nearby Western Forest Industries, a couple miles up the line @ Honeymoon Bay. Harry Wright was engineer, Preston Belcher was brakie and I forget the firemans name.
It was 40 years ago this summer that...
Magma Arizona quit the use of steam with newly arrived & painted ex-Medco Baldwin switcher #8 taking over. Reports that steam quit in August of 1968 are in error as I have movies and slides of 2-8-2 7 switching Superior on September 4 of that year. 3 trips there & I always managed to catch the backup engine as 2-8-0 5 was built new for the line and the preferred power. Lee Jeter was engineer, Sterling Tucker was fireman, Morris Mannheimer was one of the trainmen.