D&RGW 223 Wrote:
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> It wasn't just Eureka, it was an unfortunate and
> complicated combination of a number of issues.
> What I was told by a member of the Eureka crew was
> that the Eureka's blower connection worked loose.
> Not a catastrophic failure like some people are
> claiming on facebook, and easily fixable. But they
> were also dealing with bad wood on both
> locomotives, sanding issues, Glenbrook started
> running low on water in the tender, and the crews
> ran out of time on the law.
>
> The first run on Sunday August 22nd the Eureka was
> actually pulling the entire train plus the
> Glenbrook for a short while because Glenbrook
> couldn't keep steam due to a firing issue. We lost
> all of our runby time waiting for Glenbrook to
> build up steam just west of Lava but they got us
> home on schedule. My applause to both Eureka and
> Glenbrook teams for putting in the hard work,
> effort and sacrifice to make this event possible
> for us to enjoy, even with the setbacks.
Thanks for posting.