Re: 458 & 459 sale to Mexico

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Randy Hees

November 27, 2019 08:43PM

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It was WWII.... so likely they wouldn't have been able to purchase locomotives from the US, Britain or Germany. Their shops would have been capable to do the work, so buying used narrow gauge locomotives (for their narrow gauge) then choosing one to convert to standard gauge made sense... likely they didn't have options.

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458 & 459 sale to Mexico	SebJ	November 27, 2019 12:57AM
Re: 458 & 459 sale to Mexico	Greg Scholl	November 27, 2019 10:01AM
Re: 458 & 459 sale to Mexico	Bill Scobie	November 27, 2019 11:38AM
Re: 458 & 459 sale to Mexico	bcp	November 27, 2019 12:00PM
Re: 458 & 459 sale to Mexico	MSRRKevin	November 27, 2019 12:55PM
Re: 458 & 459 sale to Mexico	Earl	November 27, 2019 03:18PM
Re: 458 & 459 sale to Mexico	hank	November 29, 2019 03:57PM
Re: 458 & 459 sale to Mexico	Steve Forney	November 27, 2019 04:27PM
Re: 458 & 459 sale to Mexico	bcp	November 27, 2019 05:49PM
Re: 458 & 459 sale to Mexico	John K	November 27, 2019 06:22PM
Re: 458 & 459 sale to Mexico	SebJ	November 27, 2019 01:26PM
Re: 458 & 459 sale to Mexico	michael	November 27, 2019 01:16PM
Re: 458 & 459 sale to Mexico	Randy Hees	November 27, 2019 08:43PM
Re: 458 & 459 sale to Mexico	Earl	November 27, 2019 09:57PM
459 and 2250 compared	bcp	November 28, 2019 12:31AM
Re: 459 and 2250 compared	Sharrod	November 28, 2019 02:50AM
Re: 459 and 2250 compared	Brian Norden	November 28, 2019 09:51AM
Re: 459 and 2250 compared	Russo Loco	November 29, 2019 07:03PM
Re: 459 and 2250 compared	John K	November 29, 2019 07:23PM
Re: 459 and 2250 compared	Casey Akin	November 30, 2019 12:35AM
Re: 459 and 2250 compared	John K	November 30, 2019 04:38AM
Re: 459 and 2250 compared	Earl	December 01, 2019 01:26PM
Re: 459 and 2250 compared	John K	December 01, 2019 02:18PM
Re: 459 and 2250 compared	Brett B	November 30, 2019 09:36AM
Re: 459 and 2250 compared	John K	November 30, 2019 04:57PM
Re: 459 and 2250 compared	Brett B	November 30, 2019 11:55PM

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