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| Author: | bobyar2001 [ Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Great Western 60, 75. 90 |
More old friends from Colorado. 60 at Loveland in the 1950s, pre-58 as it has the graphite smokebox: http://abpr2.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi? ... 6/gw60.jpg 75 stored at Loveland, 6/23/63: http://abpr2.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi? ... gw75_2.jpg 90 at Loveland, 10/24/58: http://abpr2.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi? ... 6/gw90.jpg |
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| Author: | Mgoldman [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Great Western 60, 75. 90 |
Thanks for finding and posting these gems, Bob. Here's a view of Great Western #90 as she appears now at Strasburg, PA at the Strasburg RR. It's great to see such engines still under steam. http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 02&nseq=39 Quite different then your 1958 link, notice now the slight change in livery (no diamond under the cab and different livery on the tender), as well as what appears to be a lack of paint on the drivers. And, the big difference - seems #90 is a dome short of 3! Anyone know what the missing dome was for? It looks like an auxilary sand dome? What period livery currently adorns #90 at Strasburg? /Mitch |
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| Author: | Scott Kwiatkowski [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Great Western 60, 75. 90 |
Bob, #60 has just had her tubes and flues put in and the throttle went in a week and a half ago. Check out http://brrht.org/current_projects.html Scott |
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| Author: | Les Beckman [ Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Great Western 60, 75. 90 |
Scott - It looks as if number 60, unlike the Decapod at Strasburg, will be keeping her smokebox extension. BRAVO, BR&W! Les |
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| Author: | Kelly Anderson [ Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:46 am ] |
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| Author: | bobyar2001 [ Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Great Western 60, 75. 90 |
According to the Denver Public Library site, that photo was taken October 30, 1937, by Otto Perry. The old enginehouse in the background burned in 1940 and No. 90 was used to pull some of the other engines out from the fire. |
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