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Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) "450-Ton Locomotive at the Waldorf-Astoria"
From: Sarah S Prince <ssprince_@_aldus.northnet.org>
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 14:35:12 GMT
In-Reply-To: <003601c1c65e$944a3040$4e46fd3f_@_0019873538>
References: <004501c1c655$bee6c880$0aa59840_@_paul> <003601c1c65e$944a3040$4e46fd3f@0019873538>

> SP didn't invent cab-forwards because engine crews
> liked to look out the front; it was because management couldn't afford any
> more dead enginemen riding behind the smokestack.

Ever since I saw one in the Sacramento museum, I've wondered, why weren't
there more cab-forwards?


Sarah Prince
Keene Valley NY / not necessarily writing from home
ssprince_@_northnet.org

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References:
- Re: (rshsdepot) "450-Ton Locomotive at the Waldorf-Astoria"
  - From: "Paul S. Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>
- Re: (rshsdepot) "450-Ton Locomotive at the Waldorf-Astoria"
  - From: "Steven Delibert" <stevdel_@_prodigy.net>

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