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Earl

August 18, 2016 06:58AM

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Having a front end throttle, I would expect 111 to have an overhead "grapevine" throttle lever in the cab. The old pic of 111 shows this hanging down from the cab roof. The video clearly shows a conventional throttle lever mounted on top of the boiler.

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Found a nice whistle video on Youtube...	Robbie	August 15, 2016 08:52PM
Re: Found a nice whistle video on Youtube...	wishiwasincolorado	August 15, 2016 09:22PM
Re: Found a nice whistle video on Youtube...	cdaspit	August 15, 2016 09:41PM
Re: Found a nice whistle video on Youtube...	vince heying	August 16, 2016 01:49PM
Riding 111 up the hill...	74ford	August 15, 2016 10:07PM
Re: Riding 111 up the hill...	jalbers	August 16, 2016 10:57AM
Re: Riding 111 up the hill...	Samart	August 16, 2016 04:45PM
Re: Riding 111 up the hill...	cdaspit	August 17, 2016 04:30PM
Re: Riding 111 up the hill...	Brian Norden	August 17, 2016 07:55PM
Re: Riding 111 up the hill...	christopher king	August 18, 2016 09:06PM
Updated link...	74ford	August 18, 2016 09:16PM
Re: Found a nice whistle video on Youtube...	Earl	August 18, 2016 06:58AM
Re: Found a nice whistle video on Youtube...	Will Gant	August 18, 2016 09:15AM

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