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Ted miles

August 23, 2017 07:42PM

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Nobody has said anything about the Sumpter Valley #250; the largest narrow gauge steam locomotive to run in North America.

After going south she and the #251 must have been the largest steam locomotives to run in Central America.

Sadly the two giants went to scrap in the mid-1960s or maybe later. Sadly the preservation movement had not advanced enough to save them.

Their tenders are up at the Sumpter Valley Railroad at Baker City; today they work behind the #19 and the #20 which also spent time in that region.

Ted Miles, CRRM Member

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Can you identify the URY-SV escapee in this linup?	bcp	August 21, 2017 09:49PM
Re: Can you identify the URY-SV escapee in this linup?	Chris Walker	August 21, 2017 09:52PM
Re: Can you identify the URY-SV escapee in this linup?	Tom Moungovan	August 22, 2017 10:27AM
Re: Can you identify the URY-SV escapee in this linup?	C&TS488fan	August 22, 2017 11:10AM
Re: Can you identify the URY-SV escapee in this linup?	Tom Moungovan	August 22, 2017 12:44PM
Re: Can you identify the URY-SV escapee in this linup?	D&RGW 223	August 22, 2017 01:13PM
Re: Can you identify the URY-SV escapee in this linup?	Jack Neville	August 23, 2017 10:25PM
Re: Can you identify the URY-SV escapee in this linup?	dougvv	August 22, 2017 01:12PM
Re: Can you identify the URY-SV escapee in this linup?	Ted miles	August 23, 2017 07:42PM
Re: Can you identify the URY-SV escapee in this linup?	bcp	August 23, 2017 08:05PM
Re: Can you identify the URY-SV escapee in this linup?	Jim Grigsby	August 23, 2017 08:29PM
Re: Can you identify the URY-SV escapee in this linup?	J.B.Bane	August 23, 2017 09:05PM

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