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Mississippi

March 28, 2019 08:21AM

Registered: 6 years ago
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Some interesting details in this picture. The 497 seems to be working considerably harder than the 493. The radius rod appears to be in the (or close to) full forward position and the exhaust from the stack looks to have a lot of force behind it. The 493 however looks to be hooked up in more of a company notch with a much “lazier” exhaust from the stack. I’ve read the stories of the 97’s hated throttle. Could this be capturing a “battle” between an engineer and his locomotive?

Cool stuff! Thanks!

Alan

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Remembering Ernie - 493 and 497 east of Gato	Olaf Rasmussen	March 26, 2019 09:06PM
Re: Remembering Ernie - 493 and 497 east of Gato	Greg Scholl	March 27, 2019 08:54AM
Re: Remembering Ernie - 493 and 497 east of Gato	Tomstp	March 27, 2019 10:09AM
Re: Remembering Ernie - 493 and 497 east of Gato	Greg Scholl	March 27, 2019 10:24AM
Re: Remembering Ernie - 493 and 497 east of Gato	Earl	March 27, 2019 01:05PM
Re: Remembering Ernie - 493 and 497 east of Gato	Greg Scholl	March 27, 2019 02:03PM
Re: Remembering Ernie - 493 and 497 east of Gato	Olaf Rasmussen	March 27, 2019 08:06PM
Re: Remembering Ernie - 493 and 497 east of Gato	Ed Horan	March 27, 2019 08:09PM
Re: Remembering Ernie - 493 and 497 east of Gato	Russo Loco	March 28, 2019 11:46AM
Re: Remembering Ernie - 493 and 497 east of Gato	Ed Horan	March 28, 2019 04:01PM
Re: Remembering Ernie - 493 and 497 east of Gato	drgwk37	March 27, 2019 07:45PM
Re: Remembering Ernie - 493 and 497 east of Gato	Greg Scholl	March 27, 2019 02:07PM
Re: Remembering Ernie - 493 and 497 east of Gato	Mississippi	March 28, 2019 08:21AM
Re: Remembering Ernie - 493 and 497 east of Gato	Earl	March 28, 2019 12:26PM

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