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 Post subject: Dyer Quarry Switcher: What is it?
PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 8:56 pm 

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Attached is a picture of a switcher from Dyer Quarry's website. I'm trying to ID the make/model just for the sake of knowing. I can't find any other pictures or information online because it is generally buried behind the ballast hoppers it is loading on private property. For those unaware, Dyer Quarry is a stone quarry between Birdsboro and Gibraltar along the Reading Belt Line, now known as the NS "Turkey Path." (Hmm, I wonder if its been sunk recently with a Pennsy switcher? :-) Too far?)


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 Post subject: Re: Dyer Quarry Switcher: What is it?
PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 10:18 pm 

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Or a Maine Central 2-6-6-2?


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 Post subject: Re: Dyer Quarry Switcher: What is it?
PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 12:19 am 

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 Post subject: Re: Dyer Quarry Switcher: What is it?
PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 11:25 pm 

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According to Jay Reed's "Comprehensive Guide To Industrial Locomotives - Third Edition", it's an 80-ton Whitcomb (61271, 1/53), ex-Warner Co. same location. Another source indicates the model is an 80DE21. Here's a nice shot of it http://tinyurl.com/hpyqaua

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