Re: K-37

drgwk37 Wrote:
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> TonyK375 Wrote:
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> > Anyone have the date handy when 497 got 490's
> > tender as pictured? I know 492 got part of
> 490's
> > smokebox and the SB front after kissing the big
> > rock..
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> Tony I believe it was 1960 or 1961 when the 497
> got the 490's tender. Both 498 and 497 had their
> tenders scrapped after their derailment near
> Cumbres. 498 waited until 494 was retired and
> took her tender.
>
> William
> aka drgwk37

There is a shot of 498 headed to Durango with 478 helping, and as it passed by I noticed the tender sloping forward quite a bit. I was wondering what tender
it got after the wreck. I had the fortune to see and ride behind 490 in 1956, chase 494 and 495 in 1961, and see 498 in the final year-1968.
Greg