Lamberts Point in 1968 Question

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Sat Apr 21 21:36:16 EDT 2012


Touche, Gordon. I needed a laugh!

Jim Nichols

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I don't know why VGN people did not use the logical term for the H-16-44s, i.e.,
"Assistant Trainmasters."
 
Gordon Hamilton
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>Dare I "open up this can of worms" again. Abe referred to the former VGN

>Fairbanks Morse H-16-44 #18 (now #118) as a "Baby Trainmaster". I have heard the

>VGN mechanical people I know say they never called them this. FM built an

>H-16-66 (not 2400 HP but 1600 6-axle switcher) that was sometimes called a "Baby

>Trainmaster" but the VGN RWY never bought any of these.......

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>Skip Salmon

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