Re: NNG: Nevada Northern

Earl Wrote:
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>
> The NN can claim that they are the last western
> railroad whose steam power is 100% coal.
>
> 40 is
> as stripped as a locomotive can be. In addition
> to getting a 1472 boiler overhaul, she getting a
> thorough running gear overhaul. Keeping 93 on the
> road, and repairs to 81, plus keeping the diesel
> fleet running, have put delays into 40's
> overhaul.
>
> The NN is looking for an experienced steam
> mechanic, if anyone out there in NGDF-land is
> interested.

Well, it's not like there are any forests out there to set fire to...

Before reading your post, I was thinking that I sure hope that #40 gets reassembled. I seems to be a lot easier for operations to disassemble steam engines than it is to put them back together again.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/01/2023 03:18PM by Kelly Anderson.