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Chris

March 22, 2001 05:45PM

The South African Railways 4-8-4s, as well as various classes of 4-8-2s, some 2-8-4s, and 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garretts, are 'cape gauge', which is 42" gauge. The narrow gauge there was 2'. They are beautiful engines, not hard to get used to at all.
The PA's were originally Santa Fe, and wore a blue version of the warbonnet paint scheme on the D&H. The soap opera story of their return was well documented on the web about a year to year and a half ago (it took that long!). They are now in Oregon to be rebuilt by Doyle McCormack. (Sorry for the standard gauge digression).
Chris

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Mexican 2-foot	O.Anderson	March 21, 2001 05:21PM
Re: Mexican 2-foot	Glenn Christensen	March 21, 2001 10:33PM
Re: Mexican 2-foot	Roger Mitchell	March 22, 2001 09:08AM
Re: Mexican 2-foot	Glenn Christensen	March 22, 2001 09:45AM
Merida	Greg Scholl	March 22, 2001 11:18AM
Re: Merida	Glenn Christensen	March 22, 2001 10:42PM
Re: Merida	Greg Scholl	March 23, 2001 05:46AM
Re: Merida	Glenn Christensen	March 23, 2001 09:08AM
Re: Merida	Greg Scholl	March 23, 2001 10:16AM
Re: Merida	pmcassell	March 23, 2001 12:38PM
True, but	Greg Schollq	March 23, 2001 01:11PM
Re: True, but	PMC	March 23, 2001 02:53PM
Java Steam	O.Anderson	March 23, 2001 03:32PM
Re: Mexican 2-foot	Dennis O'Berry	March 22, 2001 12:19PM
Re: Mexican 2-foot	Michael Allen	March 22, 2001 12:29PM
Re: Mexican 2-foot	Grant Houston	March 22, 2001 04:38PM
The PA's	Kevin Cook	March 22, 2001 05:31PM
Re: Mexican 2-foot	Michael Allen	March 22, 2001 07:38PM
Oh, THOSE PA's!	Grant Houston	March 23, 2001 06:26PM
Re: Mexican 2-foot	Taylor Rush	March 22, 2001 04:40PM
Re: Mexican 2-foot	Chris	March 22, 2001 05:45PM
S.AFrica	Greg Scholl	March 22, 2001 05:49PM
Re: Class 25's PIC	Michael Allen	March 22, 2001 07:49PM
Re: Class 25's	Greg Scholl	March 23, 2001 10:25AM
Re: Mexican 2-foot	Glenn Christensen	March 22, 2001 10:50PM

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