Roger, Nice shot! was doing some research on Shawnee Terminal RR and saw where the Shawnee Terminal 106 was former NYC 616 Looked a LOT better in 1963! <http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2748617> Brian
When I was working the Niles- Benton Harbor switch run in the 60's we would trade yard engines at Benton Harbor.This took place at a slow time of the month so that the yard engine was used as the road power.The throttle on most of these engines did not have notches but would slide and if you let go of the throttle it would return to idle.I would take a rubber band loop it around the throttle and over to the bell ringer valve.The engine would not run over 30 mph and if it did a little air would slow it down.On the return trip as we came into Niles there was a pretty good grade and it was all the engine could do to make the grade.Because it was working at max. everything and wide open throttle the exhaust stack in front of the cab would be red hot up to about 6 in. from the top, and you could say they had been on fire because all of the paint was gone from the stack. LEW
