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Kelly Anderson

March 11, 2020 08:59PM

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Earl Wrote:
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> When the side sheets were cut out,
> it was discovered that in order to avoid replacing
> the outer wrapper sheet the SP had installed
> thimbles in the staybolt holes to reduce their
> size.

I understand from an old SP boilermaker that the proper term for those doughnut shaped parts was a**holes. So I guess #1744 always had a lot more a**holes on board than the two in the cab!

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NNG-Why did 1744's stint in service end so abruptly?	kcsivils	March 10, 2020 06:31PM
Re: NNG-Why did 1744's stint in service end so abruptly?	Jason Midyette	March 10, 2020 06:55PM
Re: NNG-Why did 1744's stint in service end so abruptly?	Earl	March 10, 2020 08:23PM
Re: NNG-Why did 1744's stint in service end so abruptly?	Jason Midyette	March 11, 2020 07:49AM
Re: NNG-Why did 1744's stint in service end so abruptly?	Everett Lueck	March 11, 2020 08:16AM
Re: NNG-Why did 1744's stint in service end so abruptly? (Current Photos)	justlegg	March 11, 2020 10:50AM
Re: NNG-Why did 1744's stint in service end so abruptly? (Current Photos)	Everett Lueck	March 11, 2020 02:31PM
Re: NNG-Why did 1744's stint in service end so abruptly?	Kelly Anderson	March 11, 2020 08:59PM
Re: NNG-Why did 1744's stint in service end so abruptly?	Will Gant	March 11, 2020 09:56PM
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