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Tom Moungovan

August 07, 2008 10:26PM

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With tenders total wheelbase was 65' 11 3/8". This from official drawings of the IRCA in Guatemala which operated the pair after 1947 on their Pacific Division as tender engines.
Engine alone (with tanks) would have been 46'4"
Hope this helps

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