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Re: More Royal Blue pictures
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 28 Mar 2000 19:08:23 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes:
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> > Any hints as to what rolling stock this loco pulled?
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> I believe that it pulled a special train of similarly painted heavyweight
> passenger cars. (Rather than newbuilt cars)
Agreed. As I recall, B&O was on a shoestring and couldn't afford a brand new
streamliner, so the skirting was put on a loco, and new paint on some old
stock as a poor second best. This was the depression, after all. Not every road
was as rich as ATSF (buying up diesels by the score) or NYC...
++Lar
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 | | Re: More Royal Blue pictures
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| (...) I believe that it pulled a special train of similarly painted heavyweight passenger cars. (Rather than newbuilt cars) Not positive, and don't again, have much on NA trains of the 30's. If it was UK, I would have a lot more on it. :) James P (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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