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| Author: | G. W. Laepple [ Fri Aug 20, 2004 10:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scranton survivors... when you think about it. |
> No, but... > Funny thing is, if you named a cut off date > -- say, list every surviving locomtoive ever > to work Scranton before 19xx you'd have an > interesting list. > To note... the number of surviving locos > (total) that *could have* regularly served > Scranton (so RV #15 is not on this list)... > Before 1930 -- 2 > (DL&W 952 & 565) > Before 1940 -- 3 > (DL&W 952 & 565 and the SC) > Before 1950 -- probably less than 10 > (DL&W 952 & 565 and the SC) > (O&W 3 44-tonners, 1-3 NW2's) > (CNJ 1 or 2 SW-1's) > (D&H S4's 2) > (Erie ?) > Before 1960 (pre EL) -- I would guess 20-25 > or so > (DL&W 952 & 565 and the SC, probably > a handful of switchers) > (O&W 3 44-tonners, 1-3 NW2's) > (CNJ 1 or 2 SW-1's, 1 unmodified RS-3, 3 > GP-7's though they were likely not Scranton > regulars) > (D&H S4's 2, RS-3's 3-5) > (Erie ?) > What am I missing? There's got to be a few > more... especially on the Erie side, but I > bet not that many! > Rob I've seen photos of both 952 and 565 on the turntable at Northumberland, so both of them must have been in Scranton a few hours earlier. K4s1361@hotmail.com |
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| Author: | Ted Miles [ Fri Aug 20, 2004 12:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: DL&W 565 - Comprehensive Steamtown History |
Gerald, Thanks for that good history. I will pass it along to Gordon Chappell who is still very interested in Steamtown. Ted Miles ted_miles@nps.gov |
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