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#1 Porter only lasted a very few years as the prime motive power. As in all railroads, it was soon too small for the increasing loads of passengers. While the next year (1959) it pushed a full-sized 40ft open car, it was soon superceded by #4 Heisler, which was rescued from West Virginia (there is no record of a Heisler anywhere in NE, to my knowledge) and completely rebuilt from stem to stern to serve as the prime motive power for many years.

Posted by Steven Hall on 2016-09-19 12:56:29

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