Union Pacific Locomotive #119 and Central Pacific Locomotive #60 ...

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becorse obsolete tar use in the United, States* It -was thought
suitably period locoiaatives of the l86o's or l67G*s might be found.
there aad vttb slight sao&if icatioa cctdd represent Jupiter and
Union Pacific #119. Bepreseatative King's office has aow received
replies through tfae StatercBepartatsat from most of tiie eabassiss in
South American aad Latin Aisericas countries. T$aa& of the response's
list any locomotive that ecasea close to beiag wi*at is seeded.
Slag lias supplied me with copies of the cablegrams•
Also, Tiritfa reference to the possibility of period locomotives being
available in Jfexico, Mr. Gerald Best told me tfeat lie has aade several
trips Into Mexico to exasoine their older Acssrlcan-ouilt locomotives
of th©.WM3 type, and. he has fotmd nothing that goes hacM to the
•sf aot to ffleation the 1860*3. Even yfa&t there are of the 1890-
period have lisea reimilt in one or savsral features, incl^diag
always- sew boilers.
Beplicas can be of two types. First> there "could be ao
locoiaotive ? one that -souldhave boiler, firebox, all ths
working values> cylinders and pistons. It could be fired op and
run on rails. All the working parts would have to be siachirje4 to
a close tolerance to assure satisfactory operation on a standard
gangs railroad. Most of the parts would liave to 1*3 literally
, "because locosaotives of the type required are no longer
ia t&is eoustry. • It Itaa been thought in^ractical to coc^lclsr