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Steam & Excursion > A Decidedly Gnarly 4449Date: 09/15/17 10:37 A Decidedly Gnarly 4449 Author: BoilingMan Friend Doug Jensen sent me this this morning. He took it while passing through Portland in Aug 1990. The '49 was still calling the Brooklyn Roundhouse home at the time.
I love this shot! SR Doug thanks George Zimmerman for the tour that day 25 odd years ago. Date: 09/15/17 10:54 Re: A Decidedly Gnarly 4449 Author: HotWater Cool! Repairs to the engine truck.
Date: 09/15/17 11:47 Re: A Decidedly Gnarly 4449 Author: BoilingMan Yeah, I'd never considered how the '49 would look w/o the pilot- or even if it had ever been removed. Kind of like removing the cylinder casting from the frame: obviously it COULD be removed, but something that would never need to be done in the normal course of things.
A very interesting photo. SR Date: 09/15/17 13:07 Re: A Decidedly Gnarly 4449 Author: UnumProvident101 during that time the 4449 still had it's old mars light
Date: 09/15/17 13:10 Re: A Decidedly Gnarly 4449 Author: HotWater UnumProvident101 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > during that time the 4449 still had it's old mars > light If you mean the twin sealed beam light package, yes. However the Mars mechanism wasn't changed. Date: 09/15/17 17:09 Re: A Decidedly Gnarly 4449 Author: Margaret_SP_fan Wow -- so that's what it looks like behind her pilot! Tnanks
so much for posting that photo. A rare look, indeed, at the 4449. Wonder why they had to remove her pilot? And, man, that hunk of metal behind her pilot looks very impressive! So Gordon -- not George -- Zimmerman was a tour guide them? That man did so much for the 4449 and the group. He was an amazing man, and his passing left a big void. I count myself very fortunate to have known him, and to have been a Car Host with him on the Louisiana World's Fair Daylight back in 1984. Man, but that was a fun trip! I miss Gordon a lot, as do a lot of people. But the 4449 soldiers on, well-cared-for by the good folks up in the Friends of the 4449. Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/17/17 01:45 by Margaret_SP_fan. Date: 09/15/17 19:12 Re: A Decidedly Gnarly 4449 Author: asheldrake stay tuned....we are not forgetting Gordon N. Zimmerman at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center. Arlen
Date: 09/16/17 07:01 Re: A Decidedly Gnarly 4449 Author: Frisco1522 If you don't have a drop table or can't tie it up that long, you jack the engine up to clear the pilot truck, remove the pilot and roll the truck out.
She sure has a lot of smokebox door dogs! Date: 09/16/17 09:01 Re: A Decidedly Gnarly 4449 Author: UnumProvident101 I was talking not talking about mars light mechanism but her old lamp from the 50s
Date: 09/16/17 12:32 Re: A Decidedly Gnarly 4449 Author: HotWater UnumProvident101 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I was talking not talking about mars light > mechanism but her old lamp from the 50s Well, to be clear, the GS-4 class locomotives were delivered with the single lamp Mars Oscillating Signal light. The SP later up-graded/modified the Mars Lights to the twin sealed beam light package, but not sure what year. Thus, 4449 carried the twin sealed beam lights until Doyle made a bracket and reflector/lens mechanism to reflect her original "as delivered" painting, lettering, and Mars Light (can't remember what year THAT was, however). Date: 09/16/17 20:14 Re: A Decidedly Gnarly 4449 Author: Hillcrest I think it was right before the Michigan trip, wasn't it? I seem to remember some photos of Mr. McCormack/4449 in the process...
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