Lamberts Point in 1968 Question

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Touche, Gordon. I needed a laugh!

Jim Nichols

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I don't know why VGN people did not use the logical term for the H-16-44s, i.e., 
"Assistant Trainmasters."
 
Gordon Hamilton
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>Dare I "open up this can of worms" again. Abe referred to the former VGN 

>Fairbanks Morse H-16-44 #18 (now #118) as a "Baby Trainmaster". I have heard the 

>VGN mechanical people I know say they never called them this. FM built an 

>H-16-66 (not 2400 HP but 1600 6-axle switcher) that was sometimes called a "Baby 

>Trainmaster" but the VGN RWY never bought any of these....... 

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>Skip Salmon

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