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Western Maryland Scenic 1309

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Posted by MMLDelete on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 10:39 PM

Flintlock76

Check out John Hankey's column "1309's Difficult Past" under "Blog Post."

Big John tells the story pretty well.

 

Flint, where do I find this "Blog Post?" I'd like to read the Hankey article also.

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Posted by oldline1 on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 10:33 PM

Flintlock76

Check out John Hankey's column "1309's Difficult Past" under "Blog Post."

Big John tells the story pretty well. 

Flintlock76, Thanks for pointing that out to me/us. Very enlightening stuff.

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Posted by Overmod on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 4:15 PM

Word from RyPN sources is that the last of the 'replacement' brasses has been scraped and fitted, and the locomotive should be back on its wheels by this time.  That would indicate to me that it should be a comparatively short time (and no more financing sturm und drang) to have the 'rest' of the work buttoned up...

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 9:46 AM

Check out John Hankey's column "1309's Difficult Past" under "Blog Post."

Big John tells the story pretty well.

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Western Maryland Scenic 1309
Posted by oldline1 on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 11:16 PM

It's been quiet lately about the 1309 so is anything going on with her?

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