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John Bush

October 18, 2010 07:53AM

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Russ,

Additionally as I recall one of the big problems was that the valve cage was broken during the tumble into the pit thus the cylinder saddle was not salvageable. Of course it all could have been repaired if there had been sufficient demand for steam locomotives. At the time however the handwriting was on the wall for the third division and I don't think the "pipe boom" had gotten rolling. On top of that the Rio Grande was dieselizing as fast as they could.

John bush

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485/496	hank	October 17, 2010 11:54PM
Re: 485/496	bonefish	October 18, 2010 07:22AM
Re: 485/496	Russ489	October 18, 2010 07:41AM
Re: 485/496	John Bush	October 18, 2010 07:53AM
Re: 485/496	Wade Hall	October 18, 2010 09:41AM
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