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 Post subject: Temiskaming & Northern Ontario 503 damage by fire.
PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2022 3:19 pm 

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News is reporting that T&NO/Ontario Northland 2-8-2 #503, on display in North Bay, Ontario, had a fire started in it's cab over the weekend. No word on how it was started or how severe the damage was. Photos from the news article show the fire being put out.

https://www.timminspress.com/news/histo ... to-gallery


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 Post subject: Re: Temiskaming & Northern Ontario 503 damage by fire.
PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2022 3:24 pm 

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If you saw it before and after the fire you probably wouldn't see much difference. It is in bad, bad shape.


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 Post subject: Re: Temiskaming & Northern Ontario 503 damage by fire.
PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2022 3:58 pm 

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Sounds like "Fire it up and run it on the mainline" got taken a little too literally


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 Post subject: Re: Temiskaming & Northern Ontario 503 damage by fire.
PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2022 10:27 pm 

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Sorry to hear about the fire, and also sorry to hear it is in bad shape. For the record however, the 503 is a Consolidation, not a 2-8-2. The locomotive was built in 1930; pretty late for a 2-8-0.

Les


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 Post subject: Re: Temiskaming & Northern Ontario 503 damage by fire.
PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2022 8:26 am 

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Les Beckman wrote:
Sorry to hear about the fire, and also sorry to hear it is in bad shape. For the record however, the 503 is a Consolidation, not a 2-8-2. The locomotive was built in 1930; pretty late for a 2-8-0.

Les


I don't know why I typed 2-8-2, because I knew it was a 2-8-0. Definitely an interesting machine, between the late (for the wheel arrangement) build, smoke deflectors, and all-weather cab.


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