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Re: Santa Maria Valley 100 has a new home
Author: Queen of the Shortlines
Date: 06-28-2022 - 00:06
Will it make it to the Great Western Steam Up in Carson next weekend?
BNSF1995 Wrote:
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> Here's some news that flew under even my radar:
>
> Santa Maria Valley 100, a Baldwin 2-8-2 built in
> 1926 for the Charles R. McCormick Lumber Company,
> has found a new home. In May 2022, the locomotive
> was trucked out of Garibaldi, Oregon, and a few
> days later, arrived at its new home in Nevada,
> where it was offloaded at Eastgate Siding and
> taken to Gold Hill to await restoration.
>
> No. 100 is now the future Virginia & Truckee
> Railroad No. 30 (I've heard SP No. 1251 isn't
> getting restored because it exceeds the loading
> gauge imposed by Tunnel #4).
>
> And to prove I'm not crazy, here's a picture of
> No. 100 being pulled by SW1200 No. D-4:
> [scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net]
> /283737173_5580898728601564_1621110698120849043_n.
> jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s600x600&_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_s
> id=730e14&_nc_ohc=jaeqQQRHu2gAX8UWut6&_nc_ht=scont
> ent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=00_AT8rKXiNx6eupBPhp4EQfpx2Rse0dy
> abaZXzD5WtjoELXg&oe=62BDD03F
BNSF1995 Wrote:
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> Here's some news that flew under even my radar:
>
> Santa Maria Valley 100, a Baldwin 2-8-2 built in
> 1926 for the Charles R. McCormick Lumber Company,
> has found a new home. In May 2022, the locomotive
> was trucked out of Garibaldi, Oregon, and a few
> days later, arrived at its new home in Nevada,
> where it was offloaded at Eastgate Siding and
> taken to Gold Hill to await restoration.
>
> No. 100 is now the future Virginia & Truckee
> Railroad No. 30 (I've heard SP No. 1251 isn't
> getting restored because it exceeds the loading
> gauge imposed by Tunnel #4).
>
> And to prove I'm not crazy, here's a picture of
> No. 100 being pulled by SW1200 No. D-4:
> [scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net]
> /283737173_5580898728601564_1621110698120849043_n.
> jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s600x600&_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_s
> id=730e14&_nc_ohc=jaeqQQRHu2gAX8UWut6&_nc_ht=scont
> ent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=00_AT8rKXiNx6eupBPhp4EQfpx2Rse0dy
> abaZXzD5WtjoELXg&oe=62BDD03F
