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trainrider47

March 10, 2017 11:55AM

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A lot of credit goes to the Tweetsie for saving this loco. The previous "restorer" hired by the Forest Service dismantled the loco, scrapped the factory built cab since he wanted it to have a wood cab to "look older" and spread the rest of the pieces on the ground behind his shop. The Forest Service finally lost patience with his failure to work on the loco and hired the Tweetsie to finish the job, which meant finding all the missing parts and fabricating a new steel cab.

Here is a link to a photo from the museum website. Champion Fibre #3

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Ely Thomas Shay #5 and Climax #?	hudsonut1	March 10, 2017 08:19AM
Re: Ely Thomas Shay #5 and Climax #?	LOGGERHOGGER	March 10, 2017 08:27AM
Re: Ely Thomas Shay #5 and Climax #?	Jeff Tolan	March 10, 2017 08:40AM
Re: Ely Thomas Shay #5 and Climax #?	trainrider47	March 10, 2017 08:42AM
Re: Ely Thomas Shay #5 and Climax #?	hudsonut1	March 10, 2017 11:05AM
Re: Ely Thomas Shay #5 and Climax #?	Mike Stillwell	March 10, 2017 11:38AM
Re: Ely Thomas Shay #5 and Climax #?	trainrider47	March 10, 2017 11:55AM
Re: Ely Thomas Shay #5 and Climax #?	Murph	March 10, 2017 04:26PM
Re: Ely Thomas Shay #5 and Climax #?	Brian Norden	March 10, 2017 05:47PM
Re: Ely Thomas Shay #5 and Climax #?	Murph	March 10, 2017 07:10PM
Re: Ely Thomas Shay #5 and Climax #?	trainrider47	March 11, 2017 06:15PM
Re: Ely Thomas Shay #5 and Climax #?	Wayne Laepple	March 11, 2017 05:04PM
Re: Ely Thomas Shay #5 and Climax #?	Jeff Terry	March 12, 2017 10:59AM

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