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Mark Fuller

March 01, 2010 02:29PM

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I have Nils Huxtable's Narrow Gauge Memories 2010 calendar, and for March there is a picture of a Cuban 2'6" 2-8-0, number 1315 (Baldwin 1905). This beauty has three domes. I get that the middle dome with the whistle is the steam dome, but does it have 2 sand domes? The caption said that the engine faced short but steep grades, so I guess I see the reason for it, but couldn't they just fill the sand after every trip?

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Mark

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Cuban 2-8-0 question	Mark Fuller	March 01, 2010 02:29PM
Re: Cuban 2-8-0 question	Donald Foster	March 01, 2010 03:35PM
Re: Cuban 2-8-0 question	Jim Grigsby	March 01, 2010 03:58PM
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