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Mike Trent

September 15, 2004 05:39PM

Josh, #481 was used as spare parts for the three 470's to the point that it needed most of the same kind of work to restore appliances, bearings, etc. that the others did.
The boiler was great, though, having never been lit by the shop in Alamosa in '68. That would have made restoration to servicable condition much easier.
The tender trucks on the 480's are identical to the 470's, and even those had been "borrowed" over the years.

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481 in 1981, difficulty of rebuild	Josh McNeal	September 15, 2004 05:03PM
Re: 481 in 1981, difficulty of rebuild	Mike Trent	September 15, 2004 05:39PM
Re: 481 in 1981, difficulty of rebuild	Earl	September 15, 2004 09:29PM
Re: 481 in 1981, difficulty of rebuild	John Hillier	September 16, 2004 01:53PM

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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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