Paul Boschan Wrote:
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> I've never been part of a formal discussion to
> consider if the Climax should be made stand-
> ard gauge and operated on the Santa Cruz
> Big Trees & Pacific, but it seems to me with
> no indoor facilities for equipment and no infra-
> structure to support the proper storage and
> maintenance of a steam locomotive, that op-
> tion was probably not considered. That and
> we couldn't very well discuss a standard gauge
> Climax on NGDF unless it was being modified
> to narrow gauge
That last sentence is not strictly true, Paul -
Per the very top of the message-list page (emphasis mine)
:
"Narrow Gauge Discussion Forum This is a forum for the discussion of narrow gauge
and steam railroading with a primary emphasis on railroads operating in the US.
"
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender