Re: Discovery Channel Episode about White Pass (2016)
| February 04, 2017 08:55PM |
John C Wrote:
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> Btw, the whistle currently on the 73 is most
> likely from a K-28. It has a Nathan 6 chime top
> that has been modified at the fins and a clearly
> stamped D&RGW bowl. Somewhere awhile back somebody
> found a picture taken of a K-28 while in service
> on the White Pass that shows a whistle that I
> would bet money is the exact same one the one the
> 73 is still wearing. I want to say it was the 474?
> The picture was a vantage point from a caboose
> cupola with the engine operating in helper
> service.
One of these?
Bruce
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> Btw, the whistle currently on the 73 is most
> likely from a K-28. It has a Nathan 6 chime top
> that has been modified at the fins and a clearly
> stamped D&RGW bowl. Somewhere awhile back somebody
> found a picture taken of a K-28 while in service
> on the White Pass that shows a whistle that I
> would bet money is the exact same one the one the
> 73 is still wearing. I want to say it was the 474?
> The picture was a vantage point from a caboose
> cupola with the engine operating in helper
> service.
One of these?
Bruce
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