Re: It's Not Just Another K-36
| August 14, 2018 05:22PM |
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Eddy Sand Wrote:
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> #483 is not just another K-36. It SAVED THE
> RAILROAD and it's unfortunate that time has taken
> such a toll on the locomotive. Nobody wants to see
> it leave Chama.
>
To quote Greg Scholl [ngdiscussion.net]
Since 483 started as it was the only operational engine in 1970 and 484 started the 1971 season alone, and 483 was later operational that same year.
I just can't understand being emotive to assign fame to something that was the only thing serviceable and therefore available at the time, the startup C&TS may have been a year (or more) later had there been no operational locomotives sold as is where is, or the 483 flue-time was up one month after purchase?
Just think of the adulation the #19 would have today should that have been the only loco available at start-up
Sorry Eddy, but locomotives are just a block of steel with different numbers painted on the sides, only good when they actually do some work.
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> #483 is not just another K-36. It SAVED THE
> RAILROAD and it's unfortunate that time has taken
> such a toll on the locomotive. Nobody wants to see
> it leave Chama.
>
To quote Greg Scholl [ngdiscussion.net]
Since 483 started as it was the only operational engine in 1970 and 484 started the 1971 season alone, and 483 was later operational that same year.
I just can't understand being emotive to assign fame to something that was the only thing serviceable and therefore available at the time, the startup C&TS may have been a year (or more) later had there been no operational locomotives sold as is where is, or the 483 flue-time was up one month after purchase?
Just think of the adulation the #19 would have today should that have been the only loco available at start-up
Sorry Eddy, but locomotives are just a block of steel with different numbers painted on the sides, only good when they actually do some work.
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