Ed Stabler Wrote:
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> J.B.Bane Wrote:
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> So that
> > is one members practical side of looking at it.
>
> > On the less practical side it would be cool to
> > have them both in steam with 20 restored as it
> > looked in it's early years on the SVRy.
>
> Hopefully, it won't have one of those fake fat
> stacks when restored to operation. IMNSHO, it
> should be restored in the same manner as the 19,
> which looks extremely good. If they restore the
> 20 with the fat stack, it should be restored as an
> actual wood burner. The restoration budget should
> include funds for a goodly number of chain saws
> and pay for logging types to run them, not to
> mention a lease on timber lands and funds to fight
> the enviro-nazis.
-- Ed
Ed, the fire problem in the Sumpter Valley is "more tinder" than in Colorado, even. 20 wouldn't get to run for much of the year.
Skip Luke
Switchman (ret): Grand Canyon Railway;
Engineer (ret): Georgetown Loop RR Inc., Sumpter Valley Ry., Monticello & Sangamon Valley;
Dispatcher(ret): Illinois Central, White Pass & Yukon, Burlington Northern Ry.
Mariner, Musician, Miner