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A nice photo. The comment about the number on the tender is funny, as the tender in the photo was indeed 318's tender, although renumbered 346. 346 operated for years with the renumbered tender from 318.
318 operated for a short time, long enough for the condition of the boiler to be questioned.
My very limited knowledge is that 318's running gear was given some serious work.
Eventually the loco was put back together with little hope of operation without major boiler work, or a new boiler altogether.
Rex Beistle
NMRA RMR
Estes Valley Division