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Re: Medco 3/CWR 45
Author: Tom Moungovan
Date: 10-21-2009 - 22:14

Tony J. Wrote:
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> Tom Moungovan Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > sp4294 Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Don't forget Yreka Western's last steam
> powered
> > > freight was also with a mikado and that was
> in
> > > 2007!
> > >
> > > Tim Stricker
> > > Redding/Chico, CA
> >
> > And the list goes on...
> > Cal Western used the 45 to switch at Fort
> Bragg
> > in the 70's.
>
>
> You could add that California Western #45 powered
> two last steam powered freights. California
> Western's and Medford Corporation's (MEDCO) last
> freight in 1962 as it's the same engine. In fact,
> Medco's sole diesel was to power the last log
> train but was having some mechanical woes that
> day, so Medco #3 filled in and did the job. Then
> in 1965 No. 3 went to the Cal Western.
> Tony J.


Well done Tony. thanks for adding this.

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