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Kelly Anderson

October 31, 2017 09:06AM

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As I understand it, boiler and running gear wear and tear, but nothing out of the ordinary was the reason. Rather than overhaul #483, other derelict K-36's were less expensive to return to operation. By the time that all of them were in service, in addition to the wear and tear that needs to be overhauled, forty years of cannibalism including some pretty expensive parts now employed on the others needs to be reversed to return her to operation.

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Forced retirement of the 483 - why?	kcsivils	October 31, 2017 07:59AM
Re: Forced retirement of the 483 - why?	hank	October 31, 2017 09:04AM
Re: Forced retirement of the 483 - why?	Kelly Anderson	October 31, 2017 09:06AM
Re: Forced retirement of the 483 - why?	Greg Vigil	October 31, 2017 05:22PM
Re: Forced retirement of the 483 - why?	Clyde Putman	October 31, 2017 07:02PM
Re: Forced retirement of the 483 - why?	Johnson Barr	October 31, 2017 07:22PM
Re: Forced retirement of the 483 - why?	Russ489	October 31, 2017 07:11PM
Re: Forced retirement of the 483 - why?	Earl	November 01, 2017 12:35AM
Re:#483 In Service	LOGGERHOGGER	November 01, 2017 04:40AM
Re: Re:#483 In Service	Chris Walker	November 01, 2017 05:39AM
Re: Re:#483 In Service	Wayne Hoskin	November 01, 2017 05:39AM
Re: Re:#483 In Service	Greg Scholl	November 01, 2017 07:30AM
Re: Re:#483 In Service	tomc	November 01, 2017 09:52AM
Re: Re:#483 In Service	Ross Miller	November 01, 2017 07:17PM
Re: Re:#483 In Service	tomc	November 02, 2017 08:50AM
Re: Re:#483 In Service at Maysville	Chris Walker	November 02, 2017 04:05PM
Re: Forced retirement of the 483 - why?	Earl	November 03, 2017 02:41PM
Monarch Branch Standard gauging	hank	November 03, 2017 06:41PM
Re: Monarch Branch speculations, etc.	Russo Loco	November 03, 2017 07:29PM

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