Re: SP 2355 - A brief history of fencing
Author: Keith Ode
Date: 12-24-2019 - 11:41
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> > HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
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> > > > A while ago (~ 5 or 10 years ago) some guys
> > > from
> > > > Niles Canyon talked about trying to get the
> > > 2355.
> > > > I think it was discussed in the Mesa
> > newspaper
> > > at
> > > > the time.
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> > > Why not rebuild SP 2467?
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> > 2467 is already rebuilt. Aside from FRA 1472
> day
> > certifications (which I know nothing about)
> isn't
> > there just the problem associated with the
> > fireman's side cylinder? Either way 2467 has
> to
> > be the most roadworthy SP steam engine in
> storage
> > anywhere.
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> Think you might be overlooking 2472, which has
> already
> had a 1472 and is most certainly roadworthy.
No disrespect to 2472 at all, I was replying to Hutch asking about rebuilding the already restored 2467 and I think he was referring to another roadworthy but currently stored Espee steam engine that's not 2355. Off the top of my head that would be 2467. PLA also owns 2467.