Re: Trains Magazine Article - Oil Burning Locos, and The Future
| October 24, 2020 08:46PM |
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sp4149 Wrote:
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> Bit of a surprise to see they said SP #18
> was a favorite engine.
> Any specific reasons they liked #18?
Jeff Taylor Wrote:
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> Randy said SP 18 is HIS favorite. Why?
> Because like me he is from SoCal and
> Randy was the CMO in SP 18's restor-
> ation.
Bosco and I are also from SoCal and also really like #18 -
Bosco 'cause he really likes Randy, whom he met at Independence a few years ago:
. . . and me because those weird tenders remind me of the engines that were everywhere when I was a little kid, although I only got a couple of photos before they were gone:
A major regret for someone who had admired #18 in the park in Independence for decades was health problems scaring me away from the return of #18 to Laws a few years ago, but thankfully my fellow Curmudgeon, the JéBêWèX, was there and got some BEAUTIFUL photos (see [chasingtrains.smugmug.com].)
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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> Bit of a surprise to see they said SP #18
> was a favorite engine.
> Any specific reasons they liked #18?
Jeff Taylor Wrote:
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> Randy said SP 18 is HIS favorite. Why?
> Because like me he is from SoCal and
> Randy was the CMO in SP 18's restor-
> ation.
Bosco and I are also from SoCal and also really like #18 -
Bosco 'cause he really likes Randy, whom he met at Independence a few years ago:
. . . and me because those weird tenders remind me of the engines that were everywhere when I was a little kid, although I only got a couple of photos before they were gone:
A major regret for someone who had admired #18 in the park in Independence for decades was health problems scaring me away from the return of #18 to Laws a few years ago, but thankfully my fellow Curmudgeon, the JéBêWèX, was there and got some BEAUTIFUL photos (see [chasingtrains.smugmug.com].)
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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