Ted miles Wrote:
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> Folks,
>
> I very much doubt that many railroads made a
> deliberate attempt to preserve their steam
> locomotives. Exceptions being the SP and UP.
>
> Certainly the New York Central=1, the New Haven=0
> or the D&RGW=1 all thanks to President Perlman!
>
> Th exceptions came about because they were sold to
> other lines. Take the New York Central #
> 3001(Schenectady, 1940) at Elkhart, Indiana. She
> was hiding under Texas & Pacific # 909 for years
> before J. David Conrad (I believe) moved her up to
> the National New York Central Museum.
>
> We have covered the story of the D&RGW #685.
> Sorry about the standard gauge stories but they
> are too good to miss.
>
> And the loss of the New Haven locos has a happy
> ending; the Essex Steam Train has taken a Chinese
> import and made it into a convincing replica of a
> New Haven freight locomotive.
>
> I do no have the details at hand; but i think it
> is a 2-8-2.
>
> Ted Miles
Technically there is a preserved New Haven steam locomotive, granted she was leased but it was loaned earlier then the end of steam.
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NYC technically has 5 surviving locomotives they preserved 3 of them.
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www.steamlocomotive.info]
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Not to mention the abandoned one 2-8-0 in Maine.
Mike
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/14/2020 07:16PM by Hauspiper.