Re: Engine 169 - The boiler

rehunn Wrote:
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> but that boiler
> is older than you and I put together!

I thought the Class 47 engines were re-boilered in the 1912-16 period like the Class 60 & the 1881 Class 70 engines. Replacing iron with steel and all that.

Unlike the Class 56 & 45 1/2 engines which remained iron and were scrapped in 1916-17...

have i got the wrong end of the stick?

hank

ps Hooper isn't far enough, have to go at least to the wye at Moffat to get the true feel of the Alamosa Branch - probably the only rebuildable section that would make the Santa Fe branch north of Taos Jct attractive by comparison!