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Tom Shreve

September 26, 2001 09:36AM

I heard this story from Dan Ranger about his early firing days on the SP. He was assigned to an old cab forward out of Oakland and he couldn't get her to steam. Two days later, with the same engine, same run, similar consist but a different engineer she steamed like a champ.
He asked the roundhouse foreman what they had done to the engine. "Nothing",replied the Foreman, "Now what does that tell you."

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Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Kevin	September 24, 2001 08:43PM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Bruce Pryor	September 24, 2001 10:12PM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	George B.	September 24, 2001 10:34PM
69 was built a slide valved soak(saturated) NM	Paul D	September 25, 2001 08:31AM
69 was built superheated	Bruce Pryor	September 25, 2001 05:33PM
Re: 69 was built superheated	Paul D	September 26, 2001 10:48AM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Mik	September 25, 2001 08:04AM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Jim Adams	September 25, 2001 09:18AM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Kelly Anderson	September 25, 2001 03:55PM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Brian Norden	September 25, 2001 07:09PM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Scott Green	September 25, 2001 09:54PM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Mik	September 25, 2001 10:23PM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Herb Kelsey	September 30, 2001 03:25PM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Shane Roberts	October 01, 2001 03:48PM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Tom Shreve	September 26, 2001 09:36AM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	C.H.Irvin	September 27, 2001 09:02AM
Re: Once a poor steamer, always a poor steamer?	Jim Adams	September 28, 2001 06:00PM

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