Wow, I believe that he climbed the water tank there for that one. View is looking back toward G.C.
Speaking of water, the quality there was poor & the railroad tried to avoid having to
take water if they could. I only saw that happen once, in March of 1974 while returning to G.C.
on the local with Krupp 2-8-2 174. The engine had a bad boiler check and we were on the daily
passenger's time. The fire was pulled as soon as we entered the yard in G.C. and we cut off
the engine and eased our way to the house with no fire and nothing showing in the glass.
Thanks for the really different view Olaf. And also for giving the engine numbers. Interesting at this
fairly late date that all 3 had dome throttles. Of the 57 heavy Mikes, Porters 154-156, Krupps
169-174 and all of the post war Baldwins, 175-206 had front-end throttles. The last engine in this consist
is one of the earlier Krupps.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/30/2021 11:58PM by Tom Moungovan.