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| Author: | scottychaos [ Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Unknown U-boats in Texas..possibly Lehigh Valley? or Mopac? |
Hello RYPN, I have an interesting mystery! I have been searching for the fate of three "missing" Lehigh Valley U23B's since I first started the LV survivors page back in 2003: http://www.frontiernet.net/~scottychaos ... tives.html Three of the LV's twelve U-boats remain unaccounted for to this day.. I was beginning to assume they must be scrapped, since no one has seen them since they left the Reading & Northern in 1998. no sign of the units at all for the last decade.. The three "Missing" U-boats in question are these: Lehigh Valley U23B 505 to Conrail 2781 to Reading & Northern 2394 sold by R&N in 1998 to RMDI sold to Texas Utilities by RMDI To Texas Utilities 2394 Lehigh Valley U23B 506 to Conrail 2782 to Reading & Northern 2393 sold by R&N in 1998 to RMDI sold to Texas Utilities by RMDI To Texas Utilities 2393 Lehigh Valley U23B 507 to Conrail 2783 to Texas Utilities 6/23/1993 every once in awhile I do a new google search, poking arund the internet for any sign of these engines..usually nothing comes up.. but today something has!! ;D Check out these pics! taken by Ben Helsel, a month ago, In Amarillo, Texas! http://ns2557.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1791327 http://ns2557.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1791339 Not positively ID'd yet..but! they are U23B's, and they are in Texas! also notice a bit of Red showing through the paint! They could also be Missouri Pacific U23B's..as it is known that Texas Utilities had some Mopac U23B's as well as the LV units.. I have compared the Texas photos with LV photos..I can find no obvious spotting features that would rule them out as LV units.. now we have to somehow figure out their true identity! (im going to email Progress Rail, PRLX) Scot |
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| Author: | Richard Glueck [ Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Unknown U-boats in Texas..possibly Lehigh Valley? |
Once identified, would anyone come forward to preserve even one of the units? It would be a terrific heritage find. |
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