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| Author: | Tom Gears [ Wed Mar 27, 2002 11:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | ACF & Talgo Trains |
I am looking for information on the Talgo Trains of the 40's. I am doing a feature at Forgotten Delaware about the remaining American Car and Foundry (Jackson & Sharp) buildings, I will be featuring maps, old photos, and present day photos. I want to include information about the Talgo but I have had conflicting information about the Talgo's being built in Wilmington or Berwick. Also any other Jackson and Sharp/ACF Wilmington information or photos anyone might want to contribute are welcome. Thanks, Tom Forgotten Delaware tom@forgottendelaware.com |
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| Author: | Dennis Hogan [ Thu Mar 28, 2002 1:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ACF & Talgo Trains |
There's a complete ACF Talgo train set preserved at the Spanish National Railway Museum in Madrid. I'll have to research at which ACF factory it was built. denmeg_hogan@msn.com |
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| Author: | G. W. Laepple [ Thu Mar 28, 2002 8:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ACF & Talgo Trains |
They were built at Berwick. I have seen photos of the test runs on the DL&W's "Bloom" line and newspaper accounts of same. K4s1361@hotmail.com |
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| Author: | Dennis Hogan [ Thu Mar 28, 2002 9:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ACF & Talgo Trains |
Yep, I do recall reading early test runs were made over the DL&W. Where is Berwick, by the way? > They were built at Berwick. I have seen > photos of the test runs on the DL&W's > "Bloom" line and newspaper > accounts of same. denmeg_hogan@msn.com |
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| Author: | Ron Goldfeder [ Thu Mar 28, 2002 10:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ACF & Talgo Trains |
There's another ACF Talgo train set preserved at the Railway Museum in Villanueva Y Geltru, about 25 miles south of Barcelona, along the coast. Museum of Transportation rdgoldfede@aol.com |
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| Author: | G. W. Laepple [ Fri Mar 29, 2002 10:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ACF & Talgo Trains |
Berwick is in central Pennsylvania, not far from Interstate 80 and along the north branch of the Susquehanna River. Maybe 35 miles from Scranton. Much of the old industrial plant that was ACF is still intact as an industrial park, though largely vacant at this time. It is accessed by a short branch that climbs the river escarpment and then traverses a couple of blocks of street running. The plant was once served by the Lackawanna and the Pennsy, but the PRR's been gone since 1978. A local shortline, North Shore Railroad, provides service on the former Lackawanna line using EMD switchers painted in the E-L gray and maroon scheme. ACF left town in 1961, but did build railcars in a leased portion of the buildings in the early 90's. ACF also has a plant at Milton, PA, about 35 miles west of Berwick, that is purely 19th century -- dark, smoky, noisy. They build tank cars and covered hoppers. K4s1361@hotmail.com |
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