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| Author: | bobyar2001 [ Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | NKP 779 |
Covered, and in pretty good shape at Lima, Ohio: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=160105 |
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| Author: | Fitz [ Sun Oct 08, 2006 5:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NKP 779 |
It's great to see what shape she's in. They are such magnificent locomotives. The last Berk delivered to the NKP. |
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| Author: | Rich Melvin [ Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NKP 779 |
NKP 779 is also the last steam locomotive ever built by the Lima Locomotive Works. |
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| Author: | Richard Glueck [ Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NKP 779 |
At one time I thought, "Why don't they get her out and run her?", but in retrospect, my thinking has changed to, "Isn't it great that a static locomotive is kept this well preserved until a century or two from now, when her other sisters are used up and a functional example is called for?" These people deserve a serious "hats off". Perhaps their experiences in preserving 779 would make an interesting document for the rest of us to read? |
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| Author: | Hillcrest [ Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NKP 779 |
Richard, that's an interesting outlook....at first I'm sure it seems ridiculous to think that a steam locomotive from the 1940's would be operational in a hundred years, but look at the John Bull preserved at the Smithsonion. If I remember correctly, didn't they fire it up and run it for it's 150th birthday? |
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