Re: 498 on Crested Butte Wye

No, it's the two air gauges seen to the right of the steam gauge. The engineer has to look way to the left to find them. Later they were mounted off the boiler ahead of the engineer.

KevinM Wrote:
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> Chris Walker Wrote:
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> > Kelly Anderson Wrote:
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> > > Kind of hard for the engineer to read them in
> > that
> > > location.
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> > I'd sure hope that the Enginedriver would be
> > reading those gauges from the righthand seat in
> > the the cab, not from the Brakeman's cabin.
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> I believe that Kelly was referring to the painted
> signs on the coal doors, admonishing the crew to
> "SAVE FUEL." The way those doors are oriented in
> the photo would make it difficult for the Fireman
> to see them as he went about his work.
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> /Kevin