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Re: Shasta Division- September 30, 1952
Author: Tom Moungovan
Date: 03-04-2009 - 16:28

J Mann Wrote:
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> Tom Moungovan Wrote:
> > Strange that SP would place a 2-6-0 on display
> in
> > Dunsmuir when they so rarely worked there.
>
> Many people believe that Southern Pacific donated
> small locomotives since their scrap value was
> lower than a big one. But I have heard the real
> reason was that local communities wanted smaller
> locomotives to display because they took up less
> space.


You have a valid point, but a Consolidation would have been a better choice here or even
3295, a Dunsmuir switch engine for many years.

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  Locomotives Assigned Southern Pacific Company Tom Moungovan 03-03-2009 - 21:30
  Re: Locomotives Assigned Southern Pacific Company John West 03-03-2009 - 21:44
  Re: Locomotives Assigned Southern Pacific Company Tom Moungovan 03-03-2009 - 21:47
  Re: Locomotives Assigned Southern Pacific Company Tom Moungovan 03-03-2009 - 22:14
  Re: Locomotives Assigned Southern Pacific Company John West 03-03-2009 - 23:17
  Re: Locomotives Assigned Southern Pacific Company Tom Moungovan 03-04-2009 - 06:29
  Re: Shasta Division- September 30, 1952 Tom Moungovan 03-04-2009 - 07:07
  Re: Shasta Division- September 30, 1952 William Nicholson 03-04-2009 - 07:41
  Re: Shasta Division- September 30, 1952 Tom Moungovan 03-04-2009 - 10:31
  Re: Western Division- September 30, 1952 Tom Moungovan 03-04-2009 - 11:04
  Re: Shasta Division- September 30, 1952 J Mann 03-04-2009 - 11:27
  Re: Shasta Division- September 30, 1952 Tom Moungovan 03-04-2009 - 16:28
  Re: Coast Division-March 31, 1955 Tom Moungovan 03-04-2009 - 19:27
  Re: Coast Division-March 31, 1955 Tony Johnson 03-04-2009 - 22:44
  Re: Coast Division-March 31, 1955 Exespee 03-05-2009 - 08:15
  Re: Coast Division-March 31, 1955 Tom Moungovan 03-05-2009 - 10:15
  Re: Coast Division-March 31, 1955 Exespee 03-06-2009 - 09:24
  Re: Coast Division-March 31, 1955 John West 03-07-2009 - 21:07
  Re: Coast Division-March 31, 1955 Tom Moungovan 03-07-2009 - 23:47
  Re: "Retirement of Motive Power" Ken Middlebrook 03-04-2009 - 21:26
  Re: "Retirement of Motive Power" John West 03-04-2009 - 22:47


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