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Originally posted by justind
The loco's were sold to the Sumpter about 1939. I'm not sure how long they kept them after that.
The Lucien Sprague articulateds, the largest ever used on American narrow gauge rails, came to the Sumpter Valley RY, in the spring of 1940. The 251 had her tanks removed right away, the 250 kept hers until that winter. They were sold to the International Railways of Central America, in July 1947. They were out of service by the mid sixties, ending their days at Escuintla,
Guatemala.
There is a great article in one of the Narrow Gauge Gazette on these puppies. I forgot what year it was published, however, I believe it was within the past 4 years.
May/June, July/August, Sept./Oct 1999,Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette.......may/june-Uintah,
july/aug-SVRY, Sep./oct. IRCA.
Mallory Hope Ferrell's book, Rails Sagebrush and Pines, is one of the very few references on the Sumpter Valley Railway.
Pete