A bit more funds toward restoration of this pioneer streamliner in New Hampshire:



For Immediate Release

August 30, 2004

For more information, contact:

Paul Giblin - Project Consultant,

Flying Yankee Restoration Group, Inc.

PO Box 6000, Glen, NH 03838

Telephone: 1-603-383-4186 ext. 117 E-mail: info@flyingyankee.com



FLYING YANKEE RESTORATION GROUP IN GLEN, NH

ANNOUNCES $12,000 IN RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS





Glen, NH – Officials from the Flying Yankee Restoration Group, located in Glen, NH, announced today they have recently received two pledges totaling $12,000 dollars. These pledges will go directly towards restoration of the historic Flying Yankee passenger train.



The first of the two recent gifts, a $2,000 grant from the Amherst Railway Society in Amherst, MA, has been earmarked for continued restoration of the Flying Yankee’s extremely rare Winton 201A diesel engine.



A very rare and unique engine, the Winton 201A is an inline 8-cylinder, 2-stroke diesel power plant and when built, incorporated the advantages of relatively low weight per horsepower, solid unit injection, high compression, and full horsepower at a relatively low engine speed. Originally developed in the 1930’s by a division of General Motors, the Electro-Motive Corporation, of LaGrange, Illinois, the engine developed nearly 600 horsepower. The Winton 201A also allowed the 3-car, stainless steel streamliner to run at consistent speeds of 90-100 mph. The increased speeds helped the Flying Yankee to reduce one-way travel time between Boston’s North Station and Bangor, Maine, a 250 mile one-way trip, by over 65 minutes – a feat unparalleled by other trains at that time.



“The Flying Yankee introduced New England to the concept of high-speed, streamlined diesel powered passenger trains in the mid 1930’sâ€