Re: All o' them B-4Gs.

jalbers Wrote:
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> The future is cloudy for the #44 and #111. We have
> talked about the "no progress" of the 111 here
> recently. As for #44....she'll just rest for a
> while. Lindsey is in no hurry to do anything with
> her at this time. #40 is being baby sat very well
> at the museum. At least she gets some excersise
> now and then.
>
> Jerry

Regarding 111, there were either 24 or 25 of that class on the
IRCA and were considered heavy Consolidations. Most ended up with
front end throttles. I believe sister 116 might have been the last
to see service on FEGUA in Guatemala as she ran on a pair of
charters in 1975. Some of these that had been transferred to
El Salvador also lasted late, among them 117, which was an
oddball with outside admission piston valves. My only experience
firing and running nearly deckless engines. I don't know just
where you draw the line on this, but you had to have eye contact
with the other engineman over the top of the boiler and you were
more along side than to the rear of it. They were favored for
patio (yard) and branches with lighter rail.