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Andrew Roth

March 20, 2018 05:27AM

Registered: 14 years ago
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Hi,
I was reading old posts about 537 and I am curious about how complicated and expensive it was to convert the locomotive from an oil to a coal burner.
Sincerely,
Andy

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CB&Q 537 converted to coal	Andrew Roth	March 20, 2018 05:27AM
Re: CB&Q 537 converted to coal	MSRRKevin	March 20, 2018 11:41AM
Re: CB&Q 537 converted to coal	Jim McKee	March 20, 2018 11:58AM
Re: CB&Q 537 converted to coal	Earl	March 20, 2018 02:25PM
Re: CB&Q 537 converted to coal	Jimr260	March 21, 2018 01:09PM
Re: CB&Q 537 converted to coal	Will Gant	March 21, 2018 06:29PM
Re: CB&Q 537 converted to coal	Will Gant	March 21, 2018 06:27PM
Re: CB&Q 537 converted to coal	Andrew Roth	March 21, 2018 06:50PM
Re: Converting from coal to oil . . .	Johnson Barr	March 22, 2018 11:12AM
Re: Converting from coal to oil . . .	Will Gant	March 22, 2018 12:28PM
Re: CB&Q 537 converted to coal	Kelly Anderson	March 22, 2018 02:21PM
Re: CB&Q 537 converted to coal	bmt4449	March 22, 2018 07:48PM
Re: CB&Q 537 converted to coal	Earl	March 23, 2018 10:47AM
Re: CB&Q 537 converted to coal	Jimr260	March 23, 2018 12:42PM
Re: CB&Q 537 converted to coal	Earl	March 23, 2018 01:03PM
Re: CB&Q 537 converted to coal	TomZorko	March 23, 2018 09:15PM
Re: CB&Q 537 converted to coal	Will Gant	March 23, 2018 07:03PM

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