Re: NNG - SP 4-8-2 #4367 in Eugene . . .

Dan Robirds Wrote:
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> . . .  The last SP 4-8-2 Mountain #4367 that was
> homebuilt in Sacramento Shops was scrapped in
> Eugene in 1961 reportedly after being offered to
> several cities with no takers.  Of 83 locos in the
> SP Mt class, only a tender may survive.
>
> On the other end of the spectrum - Nevada Nor-
> thern #40 survived in part because the shop crew
> hid it from managers.  Other engines had similar
> stories . . .


IIRC, #4367 mentioned above is one of them -

I have heard that local shopmen had hidden her under a tarp out on one of the more remote yard tracks in Eugene, with numerous old boxcars around her, and when the S.P. brass discovered it they were so pissed that they ordered her cut up on the spot.

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/23/2022 01:24PM by Russo Loco.