Earl Wrote:
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> 482, 486, 489, 490,494, & 495 were officially
> retired and stricken from the roster in 1963.
>
> 487 ran out of flue time in the fall of 1967,
> 488's time ran out in early 1967 and did not run
> after 1966.
>
> 492 was set aside in at the end of 1966 with flue
> time remaining. Until the modern boiler
> inspection laws came into effect, every month an
> out of service report was filed with the FRA for
> 492. Technically, we could have filed for a flue
> extension, performed and annual inspection and run
> it.
>
> As the Grande was only running these engines 6-8
> months of the year, they could have applied for
> flue extensions, but apparently saw no need to do
> that.
Ahhhhh you all should have fired the old girl up Earl!! Would have been awesome.
William
aka drgwk37