Erie 2524! If found, she would be the ONLY surviving Erie steam engine.
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| Author: | DWH [ Fri May 11, 2018 7:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Possibilities in North Korea |
Anyone have any idea what types of steam locomotives might be available for preservation if our relationship and certain possibilities might materialize with North Korea? I believe there were some 2-8-0 and other locomotives working in the north/ww2 war aid that might still exist in some sort of stockpile or even working still. Maybe even some examples of russian/eastern block locomotives which are almost completely unrepresented over here in the west/United States. |
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| Author: | 6-18003 [ Fri May 11, 2018 8:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Possibilities in North Korea |
Erie 2524! If found, she would be the ONLY surviving Erie steam engine.
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| Author: | NS 3322 [ Fri May 11, 2018 9:37 am ] |
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6-18003 wrote: Erie 2524! If found, she would be the ONLY surviving Erie steam engine. Are there any updates to this legend? |
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| Author: | Richard Glueck [ Fri May 11, 2018 9:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Possibilities in North Korea |
Whoa! Talk about a leap of faith! There is no trace, none, of the American steam locos which were given to rebuild Korea in the 1950's. Furthermore, the US delegation is only meeting with the North Koreans because they are deeming it politically advantageous. Put your hiking boots and cameras away for a few more years. |
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| Author: | 6-18003 [ Fri May 11, 2018 9:55 am ] |
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Nothing new. An inquiry was made to a South Korean official who said he was confident that 2524 did not still exist, although there are supposedly locos stuffed and mounted all over SK. Who knows what's in the north. I suppose we will have to wait until google maps gives us something better to peruse. |
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| Author: | steaminfo [ Fri May 11, 2018 10:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Possibilities in North Korea |
In North Korea: http://www.steamlocomotive.info/country ... northkorea In South Korea: http://www.steamlocomotive.info/country ... southkorea |
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| Author: | philip.marshall [ Fri May 11, 2018 12:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Possibilities in North Korea |
steaminfo wrote: Thank you, Mr Bailey. What a fascinating list. This little 760mm gauge 0-6-0T in the Pyongyang Railway Museum (!) caught my eye: http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=18123 Could it be a Baldwin, or perhaps a Davenport? I don't see a builder's plate, but that's not surprising. -Philip Marshall |
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| Author: | misterwandle [ Sat May 12, 2018 10:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Possibilities in North Korea |
With 36 of the 45 steam locos remaining in North Korea reportedly being 2-8-2 Mikados, I guess you could say that North Korea "is a Mike kind of town." (Sorry, Mr. Sinatra.) Sorry, folks, I just couldn't resist it. John B. Corns a.k.a. misterwandle |
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| Author: | Frisco1522 [ Sat May 12, 2018 11:26 am ] |
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The CIA reports that there is a 4-6-2 in the bottom of a quarry outside of Pyongyang. |
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| Author: | Dennis Storzek [ Sat May 12, 2018 11:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Possibilities in North Korea |
Classified reports are you can even see the domes above water every time they do a nuclear test. |
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| Author: | BigBoy 4023 [ Sat May 12, 2018 3:10 pm ] |
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Oh shoot. So even if the Erie pacific survives she is now radioactive? Robert |
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| Author: | airforcerail [ Sat May 12, 2018 4:15 pm ] |
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If so, you could save a lot on headlight bulbs and might not even need coal to boil the water! Even if it does exist, what shape is it in, and what are the reparation chances? I recall people foaming (for lack of a better term, although sometimes appropriate.) about getting Cuban locos. Has any group seriously started trying to return a Cuban loco? |
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| Author: | EJ Berry [ Sat May 12, 2018 8:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Possibilities in North Korea |
The late Hal Carstens dreamed of finding that Erie Pacific. I was stationed in ROK 1969-1970; KNR (now Korail) was then operating 100 steamers, but only two were Pacifics: both PaSi 5 class, built in Korea during the Japanese occupation. KNR runs left-handed and all their own steam engines were set up left-handed. The US engines had the engineer on the wrong side. Incidentally I did find (and ride) coaches and combines from the Reading Company. Moreover KNR's road engines had 6-chime whistles that sounded like 2124. A last note. Most KNR steam burned oil, but one engine terminal used coal. The name in Korean was Iri, pronounced Erie. Phil Mulligan |
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| Author: | EJ Berry [ Sat May 12, 2018 8:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Possibilities in North Korea |
Correction to the above; The KNR PaSi 5 engines operated in 1970 were built by Kawasaki in Japan. Wikipedia reports PaSi 5 23 is preserved at the Korean Railway Museum (ROK). Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentetsu_ ... locomotive ROK Museum: http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/ATR ... id=1320188 Phil Mulligan |
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| Author: | train guy [ Sat May 12, 2018 8:34 pm ] |
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Quote: Has any group seriously started trying to return a Cuban loco? I think I read somewhere that the Cuban government has declared all steam locomotives in Cuba "National Treasurers", making it illegal to take them out of Cuba. |
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