Chinese Steam ?

Posted by EJE818

on Sat, Nov 17 2007 8:57 PM

Still nothing new going on that I know of. Sounds like 6988 and 7081 are still stored at Newton.

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Posted by Mr_Ash

on Sat, Nov 17 2007 9:52 PM

I bet they have big nameplates on the sides of the boiler with "Made in China" stamped on them

Posted by garthor

on Wed, Mar 12 2008 5:52 AM

Ok I know i'm beating a dead horse here but still nothing new? What happened to the other engines that were supposedly on the way?

Posted by drafterdude

on Sun, Mar 16 2008 9:51 AM

garthor

RJ Corman unloaded a QJ at thier yard in Lexington in Jan. Since then they have been working for a spring steam-up. Talk yesterday was that the QJ was almost ready for a test run.

Dale

Posted by nanaimo73

on Sun, Mar 16 2008 11:00 PM

garthor wrote:
Ok I know i'm beating a dead horse here but still nothing new? What happened to the other engines that were supposedly on the way?

Of the 5 locomotives identified for possible export to the USA by RDC, 2 are in Iowa, 1 in Kentucky, and the other two were scrapped in December 2007. See page 58 of the April Trains.

Dale

Posted by arkansasrailfan

on Fri, Mar 21 2008 4:02 PM

One other Chinese engine is in the US, NYSW 142, a mikado. Plus 141, which never ran because the ship it was on sank.(frown)
Two MP engines got scrapped, an RS3(last one without EMD engine in it) and an RS1(same thing)
were supposed to go to Pine Bluff, sat in a Chem refinery in Houston because Rs3 coupler broke, and Mp had diff. couplers from everyone else, and replacment didn't fit, so the refinery just scrapped them.

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Posted by garthor

on Sat, Mar 29 2008 1:09 AM

Scrapped you have to be kidding me? Why import an engine and then scrap it? Ok now i'm looking for the magazine article.

Posted by Anonymous

on Sat, Mar 29 2008 10:23 AM

Older locos, not the newer steamers. Those are still fine. WyomingRailfan was talking about different locos that were imported before.

Posted by nanaimo73

on Sat, Mar 29 2008 1:34 PM

garthor wrote:
Scrapped you have to be kidding me? Why import an engine and then scrap it? Ok now i'm looking for the magazine article.

The two (of the 5) scrapped locomotives never left China. The 3 locomotives which did make it over still exist.

Dale

Posted by EJE818

on Tue, Apr 1 2008 2:49 PM

6988 and 7081 are still stored at Newton, but the good thing is they should be stored indoors by now instead of sitting outside.

Posted by garthor

on Thu, Jun 19 2008 6:38 PM

any new pictures of them, or there location ?

Posted by garthor

on Mon, Jun 23 2008 9:20 AM

I can't believe no one has any interest in these engines or news? have they been stored inside yet , have they been damaged ?