SOUTHERN PACIFIC 4-6-2 #2472
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SP - Loco #2472 Photo, SP 4-6-2 Loco #2472 at Sunnyvale, CA Order No. SP2472P Now a restoration project of the Golden Gate Railroad Museum, the engine is making its 1st run after 35 years over the track it operated on for 30 years. It is a cold, wet, day in Sunnyvale, California as long time Southern Pacific engineer Neil Vauden puts a newly restored #2472 through its paces. He is on his way to Sacramento, California this May, 1991 day, to participate in a rail fair. To quote Neil after ariving at Sacramento: "She's running kinda square! Gon'na have to get Mack Gaddis (former SP Chief Mechanical Engineer) up here to adjust the valve's." Mac (Malcom) dit just that! -------------------- SP - Loco #2472 "view A" Image, SP2472 on display Sacramento Calif Order No. SP2472AI Photo, SP2472 on display Sacramento Calif Order No. SP2472AP Photograph by: Rick Hamman A completely rebuilt Southern Pacific 4-6-2 locomotive #2472 poses in the hot afternoon sun at Sacramento, California after completing its first run from San Francisco, May, 1991. --------------------
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