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Earl

July 19, 2018 10:03PM

Registered: 16 years ago
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If #5 had been up to snuff, and had functioning air brakes, she could have easily handled the caboose up the hill. When we ran the Eureka in Chama she ALMOST pulled a gon and 0503, and that is with only 125 lbs of steam.

The backwards driver story is the truth. It was thought that simply reversing the eccentric arms on the links would solve the backwards Johnson Bar problem. It did, but the steam admission in the valve timing went all to pot.

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Hawaii RR No. 5	Charlie Mutschler	July 17, 2018 08:50PM
Re: Hawaii RR No. 5	bcp	July 17, 2018 09:17PM
Re: Hawaii RR No. 5	superfleet	July 19, 2018 01:07PM
Re: Hawaii RR No. 5	philip.marshall	July 17, 2018 10:11PM
Re: Hawaii RR No. 5	DakotaRed	July 18, 2018 08:32AM
Re: Hawaii RR No. 5	Earl	July 18, 2018 10:25AM
Re: Hawaii RR No. 5	Tenderpaw	July 18, 2018 09:24PM
Re: Hawaii RR No. 5	Frolin	July 18, 2018 11:02PM
Re: Hawaii RR No. 5	Kelly Anderson	July 19, 2018 05:58AM
Re: Hawaii RR No. 5	Pat Fahey	July 19, 2018 06:04AM
Re: Hawaii RR No. 5	CCdW	July 19, 2018 07:02AM
Re: Hawaii RR No. 5	Wayne Hoskin	July 19, 2018 07:25AM
Re: Hawaii RR No. 5	Brian Norden	July 19, 2018 10:52AM
Re: Hawaii RR No. 5	hank	July 19, 2018 08:38AM
Re: Hawaii RR No. 5	Mike Stillwell	July 19, 2018 08:50AM
Re: Hawaii RR No. 5	Charlie Mutschler	July 19, 2018 11:03AM
Re: Hawaii RR No. 5	Tom Moungovan	July 19, 2018 01:35PM
Re: Hawaii RR No. 5	Russ489	July 19, 2018 05:40PM
Re: Hawaii RR No. 5	Dirk Ramsey	July 19, 2018 09:56PM
Re: Hawaii RR No. 5	Earl	July 19, 2018 10:03PM

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