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Hit-and-Miss

By Richard Backus

Editor rbackus@ogdenpubs.com

Just when I start thinking the old-iron collective might have finally and tragically exhausted the available supply of orphaned engines, yet another one turns up. It's amazing to me that 10, 50 and sometimes 100 years after they were abandoned, old engines continue to come literally out of the woodwork. I'll admit the pickings are getting slimmer, but they're still out there.

One look at the 2 HP Sandwich Kent Blethen happened upon should be enough to convince even the most skeptical that there's still plenty of old iron out there waiting to be found. The Sandwich Kent found is a complete, rare and original engine, the kind of find most of us can only dream about. Turn to page 20 to see Kent's great find.

There's no denying that Kent was lucky. He met the right person in the right place at the right time. But finding orphaned iron ...

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