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Earl

June 14, 2010 07:43PM

Registered: 16 years ago
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Charlie is correct. It is a Porter fireless cooker. Exact history escapes me right now, but it was built for the US Navy (1942?) and ended up at the Natl Museum of Transport in St. Louis. They wanted to get rid of it. So we got it.

Why?

One of our sister RR's the Chicago Terminal, has a customer with a suitable steam plant to charge up this beast. So, in our "spare time" we get to work on it, with idea of someday sending to Chicago to operate there.

Don't ask how it fits into the overall priority of things....

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NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	Steve Forney	June 14, 2010 05:45PM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	CharlieMcCandless	June 14, 2010 06:49PM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	Earl	June 14, 2010 07:43PM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	Tom Stewart	June 14, 2010 08:29PM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	FordCVP71	June 15, 2010 04:55PM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	Bill M.	June 14, 2010 08:53PM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	Greg Scholl	June 15, 2010 07:14AM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	Earl	June 15, 2010 10:58AM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	Will Gant	June 15, 2010 08:11PM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	guymonmd	June 15, 2010 02:15PM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	Robbie	June 15, 2010 08:21PM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	Will Gant	June 15, 2010 08:47PM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	Robbie	June 15, 2010 09:02PM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	stuart olson	June 16, 2010 12:29AM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	jim pallow	June 16, 2010 07:13AM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	Eldon Elmore	June 16, 2010 09:55AM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	Greg Scholl	June 16, 2010 02:45PM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	Russo Loco	June 17, 2010 01:25PM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	Phil Raynes	June 19, 2010 06:22PM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	John E. Bull	June 21, 2010 04:20PM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	jessvanwinkle	June 17, 2010 02:26PM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	Earl	June 17, 2010 02:42PM
Re: NNG - Helper for SLRG #18?	rehunn	June 21, 2010 06:23PM

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