Hauspiper Wrote (approximately):
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> I just find them blah compared to White Pass, EBT
> and SVRy Mikes. You seen one you seen them all.
> I do like 463. I still want to see White Pass mlws on
> the Silverton .
Quite the opposite for me, Mike -
The White Pass, EBT & SVRy Mikes are all inside-frame – not significantly different from some of the very ordinary smaller standard gauge 2-8-2s.
The ex-D&RG(W) Mikes, OTOH, are outside-frame, with a mesmerizing churning of let-it-all-hang-out counterweights, rods & valve gear.
Eureka is clearly a Wood Duck by comparison, and #315 a Mallard – but the K-27s weren't nicknamed "Mudhens" fer nothin'
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- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender