#5629 was auctually scrapped in 1987. It was cut up due to a disagreement with the owner, and Metra. It should have been saved. :(
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#5629 was auctually scrapped in 1987. It was cut up due to a disagreement with the owner, and Metra. It should have been saved. :(
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| Posted by Craig Mazuchowski on December 12, 2006 | |
That was Dick Jensen's 5629, a Grand Trunk & Western Pacific. It was scrapped because he owed taxes and there was a major disagreement. The court actually put the guy in prison for scrapping the engine, however Jensen should be held responsible also. Too fine of an engine to lose, for as much as Dick did good he still lost 3 steam engines, one barerly made it out, i dont remember which one may have been 425 of the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern. 5629 was scrapped though in 87, such a shame.
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