Re: SVRy #250 at S Wye Water Tank
| August 21, 2022 11:31AM |
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There is something sticking out of the ground near the cab (that resembles a rural mailbox on a post 
), but I'm wondering if it is a marker for the crew to spot the locomotive so that the tender's water hatch is in the right place to line up with the tank spout?
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- Graham
), but I'm wondering if it is a marker for the crew to spot the locomotive so that the tender's water hatch is in the right place to line up with the tank spout?.
- Graham
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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