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| Author: | bobyar2001 [ Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | GTW 6039 |
Undated and no location, but before rebuilding with the newer drivers that it now has at Steamtown: http://abpr.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?a ... tw6039.jpg Also undated, but taken at Valpariso, Indiana, long ago: http://abpr.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?a ... w6039a.jpg |
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| Author: | Kevin Gillespie [ Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GTW 6039 |
That is a beautiful locomotive from her Elesco feedwater heater in the front to that magnificent Vanderbilt tender in the rear.. I know about her cracked left cylinder, but IMHO, this should be the next operational restoration at Steamtown. |
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| Author: | tomgears [ Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GTW 6039 |
She is indeed a beauty, seeing her run would be fantastic. |
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| Author: | wesp [ Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GTW 6039 |
Can someone explain further the comment about "the newer drivers that it now has at Steamtown"? Thanks. Wesley |
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| Author: | Erik Ledbetter [ Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GTW 6039 |
wesp wrote: Can someone explain further the comment about "the newer drivers that it now has at Steamtown"?
While she was still in service GTW moderized her with disc drivers on all 4 axles, replacing the spoked originals: http://www.rnbphoto.com/Steamtown/Steamtown-Pages/Image6.html Hence, she has disc drivers today at Steamtown. |
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