K-1 Tender Question

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Another childhood memory if you will bear with me:

Circleville's local freights in the mid-'50's were usually powered by K-1's. I lived just 2 blocks away and I noticed one day that No 101 (I think, it was) had it's new tender - larger, shinier and really good looking. I couldn't miss that, so I hopped on my bike and headed to the Container Corporation Plant where they were switching at the time. As I approached a stop sign, I thought that since my mission was so important and that #101 had finished it's switching and was moving on down the line away from me and that all the other times I was at the intersection, there was no cross traffic that I could save a few seconds by blowing thru the stop sign. Didn't work - I remember the grillework of a '41 Ford Tudor, screeching brakes, landing on my posterior on the pavement looking back at a terrified driver's face. Lucky the Ford was about stopped when we met and I was only emotionally injured. I didn't get to see the new tender up close, but ever since, I have associated the great K-1's with my bike wreck.

In hindsite, the K-1's weren't very good switching engines, but could really scat between towns. Once a month or so, there would be an M-2 on locals and at least once it was a Z, which I deemed at the time a nifty miniature main line engine very suitable for those switching chores. I sure miss all that.

Ted Goodman
Columbus

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Ex Pere Marquette 2-8-4 tanks if I recall correctly. 
 
Ken Miller 
 
On Nov 8, 2009, at 12:28 PM, NW Mailing List wrote: 
 

> The K-1s were upgraded with larger, ex-C&O tenders.... were these > tenders from the C&O 2-8-4s?? 

> Thanks 

> Bill 

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