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Date: 08/29/14 15:40
WP Dead Line
Author: TTM

Ralph Buhr took this photo at Western Pacific yard in Stockton on April 26, 1953. From left to right we have the 309, 33, and 40, all 2-8-0s, and 384, a 2-8-2. They were all waiting to be scrapped.

Thanks for looking,

Tom

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Date: 08/29/14 16:20
Re: WP Dead Line
Author: Frisco1522

Makes me sick!

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Date: 08/29/14 16:26
Re: WP Dead Line
Author: Keystone1

How were you lucky enough to get these photos? They are wonderful. What's the story behind them?

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Date: 08/29/14 16:27
Re: WP Dead Line
Author: zephyrus

Actually, 309 would be a 2-8-2 as well. Looks like another 2-8-0 lurking between the 33 and 40.

By this date, only a small handful of WP steamers were still running, IIRC.

Z

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Date: 08/29/14 17:05
Re: WP Dead Line
Author: lynnpowell

#309 is one of the five USRA heavy 2-8-2's that WP got during World War I. WP didn't have a #384.

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Date: 08/29/14 17:40
Re: WP Dead Line
Author: SierraRail

2-8-2 #309 was finally scrapped in December, 1953.

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Date: 08/29/14 20:33
Re: WP Dead Line
Author: PHall

lynnpowell Wrote:
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> #309 is one of the five USRA heavy 2-8-2's that WP
> got during World War I. WP didn't have a #384.

But they did have a 334. And it still exists.

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