ff Wrote:
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> No more Topes ..about half of the road to the
> capitol is 4 lane divided speedway now.. The
> Michatoya has 6 wheel trucks. Looked like looking
> under a shrunken Pullman. The 3 cars are in the
> museum now. You were fortunate to have ridden
> one.. Passing thru where "Thistle,Utah" was...in
> the dark just last Monday on 6 the conductor was
> telling a story, if I can recall right, when he
> worked on a UP 4000 when the auger broke...He said
> he and others tried shoveling coal into the huge
> firebox as fast as they could but finally the
> engine was reduced to running at about 3 mph. No
> substitute for an auger....This reminded me of
> your experience...== A new never used copy of that
> what? 1953 employees tt was given to me also.
> Many supplements followed..but it was the last
> published... Again..have you ever heard of 6
> wheel narrow gauge trucks elsewhere?


I apologise for not answering your question earlier. No, I do not know of any others, but
I'll add that I'm not an authority on this for sure. John West may well be able to help as
he visited many more ng lines than did I. Another place that you might try is the NGDF or
Narrow Gauge Discussion Forum...many folks there have considerable knowledge of rails less
than standard gauge.
My IRCA TT is number 23, published 1 September, 1957
I thank you again for sharing some of your great old stories. I'm not surprised that those
UP guys had such a hard time with the 4000 and no stoker, think of how large that firebox
was! The only experience that I can recall firing wood was at Castro Point in the early
70's with the little Kennecott 0-4-0T. Even as tiny as she was, she was always hungry for
wood.