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Donald Foster

January 04, 2011 03:33PM

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Festus Wrote:
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> In the top photo, the loco seems to have been
> converted from outside frame to inside frame with
> altered valve gear, while at the bottom it is
> still outside frame.

In the top photo, it had been converted to standard gauge. Seems they did away with the outside frame counterweights and replaced them with standard gauge wheel sets thus converting it to an inside frame loco. Pretty ingenious.

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Donald Foster

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Photos of 458 and 459 on the Nacionales De Mexico	chamafun463	January 02, 2011 05:57PM
Re: Photos of 458 and 459 on the Nacionales De Mexico	Jerry Day	January 02, 2011 06:32PM
Re: Photos of 458 and 459 on the Nacionales De Mexico	Ed Stabler	January 02, 2011 08:35PM
Re: Photos of 458 and 459 on the Nacionales De Mexico	Everett Lueck	January 02, 2011 08:46PM
Re: Photos of 458 and 459 on the Nacionales De Mexico	chamafun463	January 02, 2011 09:33PM
Re: Photos of 458 and 459 on the Nacionales De Mexico	Stephen Peck	January 04, 2011 10:29AM
Re: Photos of 458 and 459 on the Nacionales De Mexico	Festus	January 04, 2011 10:38AM
Re: Photos of 458 and 459 on the Nacionales De Mexico	chamafun463	January 04, 2011 10:54AM
Re: Photos of 458 and 459 on the Nacionales De Mexico	Earl	January 04, 2011 10:59AM
Re: Photos of 458 and 459 on the Nacionales De Mexico	Donald Foster	January 04, 2011 03:33PM

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