Re: NNG: Rayonier 2-6-6-2T 111 in 1968
| May 25, 2020 09:31PM |
Earl Wrote:
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> 111 ended up going to the California Western RR in
> Ft. Bragg, CA for use on its "Super Skunk"
> passenger trains. CWR converted it to a tender
> engine, with mixed results. The last I heard 111
> was down south at the RR Museum in Campo CA, very
> much out of service.
>
> I'd loved to have heard that home made pipe
> whistle on the 111!
And here is the 111 in Campo, California.
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> 111 ended up going to the California Western RR in
> Ft. Bragg, CA for use on its "Super Skunk"
> passenger trains. CWR converted it to a tender
> engine, with mixed results. The last I heard 111
> was down south at the RR Museum in Campo CA, very
> much out of service.
>
> I'd loved to have heard that home made pipe
> whistle on the 111!
And here is the 111 in Campo, California.
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