Corrected copy: Strasburg RR N&W 475 is fixed!

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They are keeping the smokebox door with the biased marks , BUT… they have been using the step pilot instead of the boiler tube pilot.  Was that ruined in the “incident” ??

> On Nov 8, 2022, at 12:47 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> The team effort by all had great results. Thanks to all who were involved in that!
> Phil Miller
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> Apparently, the headlight put on 475 was a spare Strasburg had on hand, but I facilitated the purchase of the NOS still crated headlight at Gaithersburg for the Strasburg. They had ordered the drawings the Archives have on the headlight on Friday, and when I saw the one in the crate felt like this was an opportunity for them to have a spare, and I did not need another one in my house!
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> It was stock from the AC&Y according to the seller. It was picked up on Sunday, taken off the show on Friday.
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> Best
> Ken Miller
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>> On Nov 8, 2022, at 10:08 AM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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>> The headlight was in a wood crate, never used stock from at least the 40's. More details may be coming from another feller!
>> Tim Witt
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>> On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 9:28 AM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List 
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>> Amazing photos of the work they did on N&W 475. The engine is back and ready to go. The first photo shows it fired up to pull a train. Yea! 
>> It’s neat to see WHO did the work and how they did it. I understand the headlight is a replica they had on the shelf. 
>> 
>> Photo credits to Christopher Pollock and Ted Wickert #steamlocomotive 
>> #steamloco #Braze #strasburgrailroad
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>> -Phil Miller
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