Don't know if any of you out there had the chance to speak with James? He is my father and I just wanted to let people know that on the 10th of April he passed away form a long fight with health issues. My Dad did a lot of work for the 1309 and the Saginaw #2 for Skip. I had the pleasure of working with my dad for years at Mid Continent and at home in his shop. My Dad greatest joy was from working on anything to do with steam locomotives. He was such a wealth of knowledge that I can not imagine the things he knew that I was never told. If anyone out there has memories of my Dad I would love to hear them,or any pictures. I miss him everyday and I will work toward preserving all the info he had at home about Locomotives and it is a lot. Dad is on The right here with Skip and the 2