Re: Earl and Magma Arizona 7 (NNG)

Olaf Rasmussen Wrote:
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> Reading Earl's retirement posting, I was surprised
> to learn that he was a major contributor to restor-
> ing Magma Arizona 7, one of my favorite standard
> gauge engines. In the mid-1960s when the narrow
> gauge was shut down for the winter, the Magma
> Arizona was a reachable target from New Mexico
> State (Las Cruces). While the operating engines
> 2-8-0 #5 and 2-8-2 #7 were of course not narrow
> gauge, the railroad had originally been built as
> narrow gauge, and so it has some tenuous con-
> nection to this forum.


What you mean-um "tenuous", Kemo Sabé?

The very first sentence at the top of the NGDF home page reads "This is a forum for the discussion of narrow gauge and steam railroading with a primary emphasis on railroads operating in the US."  (Emphasis mine.)

I'll assume the above means the union of the two sets – either narrow gauge railroading OR steam railroading is acceptable – since the intersection of the two sets – all subjects must be BOTH narrow gauge AND steam – would eliminate all standard gauge steam as well as all narrow gauge diseasels, electrics, horse-cars, etc.

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/05/2019 12:15PM by Russo Loco.