Re: Apache 300/SWFI 25

Tom Moungovan Wrote:
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> Earl Wrote:
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> >
> > Anyway, #2 - 25 never operated with the small
> > slope back tender that is displayed with. It
> is
> > the same tender seen behind Apache Ry 300, and
> I
> > have serious doubts that tender ran behind 300
> > either as it was too small to be of much use.
> > There is a shot of this tender behind Malley #4
> > before the side tanks and rear fuel bunker were
> > removed and a larger tender was applied.
> >
> > The 25 has a unique story in that it has spent
> its
> > entire existence hauling log trains in the
> > Flagstaff area.
>
> Earl, your statement regarding the 2 never
> operating with the small slope-back tender
> should be clarified in that the tender was added
> behind the regular tender and used at
> least during the years 1957 and 1958. I have
> slides of it that way in my collection.

So, they used it as an aux tender/water car

I did no know that.