Re: East broad top question

lbiemiller Wrote:
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> Also, Nos. 16, 17, and 18 have Southern valve
> gear. The smaller engines are Walschaerts.
>
> The local lore is that No. 16 was in the shops for
> an overhaul shortly before common-carrier
> operations ended. So theoretically she could be in
> good shape, at least as far as running gear goes.
> No. 18 suffered some sort of mechanical problem
> right before the end that led to No. 17's pulling
> the final narrow-gauge trains, but what that
> problem was no one seems to know exactly.
>
> -- Lawrence
I heard that to..from The author who gave tours of the roundhouse at fall spectacular in 2007