Would be fun to have though. Especially around halloween. Crashing out of the side of your house?
Same me, different spelling!
Not all locomotives in a scrapyard met their end there. In going through rosters in the pages of TRAINS over the years, I noticed that some locomotives sold to Iron & Steel Products in Hegewisch (other than the IC steeplecabs) were resold to other roads.
"Frisco Forsaken."
Oh brother, isn't that a great "Happy Friday!" shot! Oh well, can't pretend it didn't happen.
In a way, I'm reminded of what the late Ron Zeil said about the scrapyards where so many steam locomotives met their doom. He called them terrible, but at the same time morbidly fascinating places. He also said the torch men he met cutting up the engines weren't too crazy about the work, but "A job's a job, after all."
And today, it's the legendary, world-famous, and oh-so-cool North Shore Electroliner!
I wonder how many riders were enjoying an "Electro-Burger" when that photo was taken?
I'm not even a Chicagoland native and I find that machine fascinating.
Flintlock76Too bad the MOT couldn't go all the way with it, but that's dependent on two things of course, buckets of money and a place to run it, especially the second part, otherwise what's the point?
MOT has a far better excursion engine 'waiting in the wings' already, in Frisco 1522.
Too bad the MOT couldn't go all the way with it, but that's dependent on two things of course, buckets of money and a place to run it, especially the second part, otherwise what's the point?
The cosmetic restoration's good enough though, actual running isn't part of their mission statement anyway.
The Museum of Transportation in St. Louis just got done with cosmetic restoration of the 'other' Mohawk, 2933, the miracle hide-in-plain-sight-at-Selkirk story. I am not that much of a fan of the older lower-wheel engines operationally -- this was not at all the thing that refused to abdicate -- but it is still awe-inspiring and beautiful to see.
I think there's also a NYC 0-6-0 preserved in Utica NY, but I'm not sure on that.
I just did some checking, there's more than I thought out there!
http://nycshs.org/2011/06/16/surviving-nyc-steam-locomotives/
Fr.AlBut I don't believe any New York Central steam survived.
Sure, it would have been marginally nicer to have kept 3000. But believe me, I'll settle for the one we have. Every bit as photogenic as a Hudson from the front, in my opinion...
A Hudson, most definitely. But I don't believe any New York Central steam survived.
daveklepper Would you rather see a new Hudson or a Niagra?
Would you rather see a new Hudson or a Niagra?
As long as NYC is being considered, I'd prefer a tri-power.
Today's installment, "An Omaha Switcher!"
Man, that's some big gutsy switcher!
It wouldn't surprise me if it inspired this...
http://www.lionel.com/products/new-york-central-conventional-usra-0-8-0-steam-switcher-7805-6-11110/
Flintlock76Honestly, a Hudson!
No point in replicating a J3 unless you want it streamlined, which is fun but I think the novelty would wear off quickly, and unlike 5550 would look disappointing without at least a few matching cars, which limits what you can do with it. And duplicating all the expensive modern stuff on the newer version would be better spent on something actually high-speed and flexible-firing like a Niagara. (A J3 is also too small, even with a working booster, to run good modern excursions to earn its keep; you'd be much better off restoring 3001 in Elkhart and having a practical locomotive for all seasons along with the couple mil left over in the bank).
I will grant you that a Niagara is much more renowned for what it did than how it looked from the front. I note that at least a couple of J3s that got Selkirk front ends had the Frankenstein-monster smokebox front replaced with a 'real' one later on; it would be nice to see a Niagara with proportional smokebox and centered headlight ... but it would be a foobie. The perhaps interesting advantage of one of those things is that it really isn't a monster locomotive like the 'other' 4-8-4s running around; it is a well-honed smaller design that boxes well outside its weight class. An important point to ponder is that it can be fired very effectively to match a wide range of services, which was likely not the case for earlier classes of large NYC power, and it was explicitly designed for greatest ease and lowest ongoing cost of maintenance, which cannot be overrated in a replica design intended to see regular service at the hands of 'new generation' crews...
Honestly, a Hudson! The Niagaras were great locomotives as well but as Shakespeare might have said they " Strutted and fret their hour upon the stage and were seen no more." The Hudson's got a lot more history behind it!
Once the PRR T-1 project succeeds and the K-4 is in one piece and operational,
No, I don't have the cash right this minute, but can dream.
daveklepper And those Birksheres were and are great locomotives. Great that a few are around and active.
And those Birksheres were and are great locomotives. Great that a few are around and active.
Yes, the Nickle Plate was very proud of those Berkshires, kept them running until 1958, and were very generous in donating some for preservation.
Would that we could say the same for the New York Central, but there's no point in going there again.
Hey, sealed-beam or conventional headlights, who cares as long as it's hung on the nose of a living steamer? I'm anything but dontrinare on things like that.
Thank goodness this post got a reaction. I was starting to wonder if everyone out there besides David and myself was dead!
In the interest of full disclosure, one of the two is really more a relation by marriage. 802 was born wheeling & Lake Erie 6402, and while a true AMC sister, she was adopted on the Nickel Plate. Note her Cinderella pilot, now that she's at the ball about to dance up a storm...
There are some who disparage sealed-beam conversions on steam locomotives; to me they add to the appearance...
In the interest of full disclosure, one of the two is really more a relation by marriage. 802 was born Wheeling & Lake Erie 6402, and while a true AMC sister, on the Nickel Plate she was adopted.
Oh yeah! That's my kinda railroad!
Anyone seen it yet?
A masterful, moody, shot of two Nickle Plate Berkshires at night, waiting in half-light half-shadow, smoke and steam swirling around, and waiting for all their power to be unleashed.
Fires the imagination like no diesels ever could. Sorry diesel fans, I love 'ya, but they just don't compare. Never will.
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