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| Author: | Pat Fahey [ Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | L&N #152 |
I don't hear too much about this engine anymore,,,,but is the pacific still running,,,,or did she run out of tube time.....thanks Pat |
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| Author: | johnacraft [ Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: L&N #152 |
Pat Fahey wrote: I don't hear too much about this engine anymore,,,,but is the pacific still running,,,,or did she run out of tube time.....thanks Pat
It operated on selected weekends in 2005. I believe it has been out of service this year to get its cylinders bored. I don't know if it's back in service yet. JAC |
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| Author: | wilkinsd [ Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: L&N #152 |
Last I heard she should be ready to go next year. The KRM has put a lot of time and money into her the past 10 or so years, including a nearly new firebox, new drypipe, front and rear tube sheets, backhead, mostly new staybolts, superheaters and tender bottom, just to name some things. |
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| Author: | tomgears [ Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: L&N #152 |
Sounds like the whole boiler has been replaced aside from the shell. She is a pretty engine. |
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| Author: | Dave Crosby [ Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: L&N #152 |
I had the pleasure of visiting KRM in Oct of last year. In my opinion, its one of those "just right" railroad experiences. That is, recreating a specific railroad on a specific line in a specific time frame. Watching the L&N 152 pass through Kentucky pastures with a matched train at a decent clip, you could really get a feel for an L&N branchline back in the 40's. There are a few tourist railroads that do this very well, the Railroad Museum of New England comes to mind. In talking with Mr Pincus last year, I got a good overview of what they had planned, for example picking up mail, dropping off milk and so on. The "rolling museum" concept at its finest. Dave |
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