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Re: Phil Anschutz buys a boat
Author: butler
Date: 07-18-2011 - 11:48

TT Wrote:
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> > I once got into an argument with a rivet
> counter
> > railfan as to whether a certain steam
> locomotive
> > burned coal or oil. The argument was settled
> when
> > I produced a recent picture of the loco taken
> from
> > a bridge over the tracks. The coal in the
> tender
> > was clearly visible.
>
> Yeah, well you can also find plenty of shots of
> Sierra #3 with wood in the tender, so that's not
> always the definitive answer. :)

Point well taken! In this case the loco in question was a large Pacific, built in 1923. Would have taken a LOT of wood to keep her hot!

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  Phil Anschutz buys a boat OPRRMS 07-16-2011 - 10:40
  Re: Phil Anschutz buys a boat Drew Jacksich 07-16-2011 - 10:55
  Re: Phil Anschutz buys a boat butler 07-16-2011 - 12:14
  Re: Phil Anschutz buys a boat Ken Shattock (KRK) 07-16-2011 - 14:17
  Re: Phil Anschutz buys a boat OPRRMS 07-16-2011 - 19:07
  Delta King John West 07-16-2011 - 14:23
  Delta Queen OPRRMS 07-16-2011 - 19:05
  Re: Delta Queen Alfred Doten 07-16-2011 - 20:59
  Re: Delta Queen Tom Farence 07-17-2011 - 07:27
  Re: Delta Queen Butler 07-17-2011 - 12:37
  Re: Phil Anschutz buys a boat TT 07-18-2011 - 10:35
  Re: Phil Anschutz buys a boat butler 07-18-2011 - 11:48
  Wood burning pacifics John West 07-18-2011 - 17:33


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