Re: Yard Sale found pic of SP #12 Cascade 16th St.
Author: Tom Moungovan
Date: 04-28-2011 - 16:42
DELMONTE Wrote:
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> Photo says summer 1952 mountain #4329 train #12.
> Why mention'Warbaby' GS-6 4-8-4s?
There's no mistaking that the power is an MT class. As far the the GS-6 types go, there was
a tie-in with passenger trains heading to Oregon as at any one time back then, a number of
the class were assigned to the Portland and even Shasta Divisions. Their 73" drivers
worked better on the sustained grades than those with 80' drivers.