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As for why #25 has #8's tender, #25's is having major repairs done on it. As for #25 being out so much, she is a vary well built locomotive, and newer then the
... Every steam-up recently has been Engine #25. Although, oddly, she's pulling the tender from #8. http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottschrantz/tags/vt25/
Steve: With all due respect, the word "steam' on the posted schedule does not necessarily mean the "Inyo". The museum as other steam engines -- #25, #8 (not
... They're usually very stingy with the Inyo. I don't have any inside information, but my guess based on what they've done in the past is that the Inyo will