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| Author: | bobyar2001 [ Sun Nov 13, 2005 12:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 447 at Rutland |
Unfortunately, they did not save any of these, but the last one wasn't scrapped until about 1950. Former camelback 4-4-0 on the Delaware & Hudson, heavily rebuilt with English styling at the Colonie Shops. Seen here at Rutland, Vermont in 1932. Today, the D&H Rutland Branch is owned by Vermont Rail Systems and busier than 20 years ago, with welded rail, lots of freight traffic and even an Amtrak train (the D&H passenger service ended about 1940). There are two former D&H branches in NY State now used as tourist railroads that could use replicas of these cute little engines though.http://abpr.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?m ... .jpgHere's one of the camelback versions on the same branch at West Rutland in August 1930:http://abpr.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?march04/03-29-04/d+h453.jpg |
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| Author: | Alan [ Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 447 at Rutland |
In that first picture, is the headlight actually resessed into the smokebox door, as it appears? |
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| Author: | bobyar2001 [ Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 447 at Rutland |
Yes,, the headlight is recessed, as was done on many other D&H locomotives. The head of the D&H at the time was L.F. Loree, who had been impressed by the sleeker lines of locomotives in England, and had his own engines rebuilt with similar features. |
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