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| Author: | NKP779 [ Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | L&N Berkshire Tender numbers |
L&N took the tenders from the 22- 1949 Berkshires and converted them into "environmental" service, hauling used diesel locomotive oil to a central reprocessing location. There were painted an awful "bile green" and were used on the L&N, later Seaboard System. Some of them went to the Birmingham steam shop. Others were disposed of, one to the FWRHS for use by the NKP 765. It was a gift from President Richard Sanborn to the FWRHS in about 1984. After arriving at Fort Wayne, the sandblaster was turned on before I could get a photo or record the old 409XX number. It is now RPCX 767, and rides on new rotating end cap bearings with new wheels. It has Buckeye 6 wheel trucks. Birmingham confused things when they started to replace the original Buckeye trucks with Commonwealth trucks, a NS preference. Does anyone out there have any information on the original L&N Berkshire number series or which one of the environmental cars made it to Fort Wayne? |
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| Author: | B&O946 [ Thu Feb 06, 2020 10:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: L&N Berkshire Tender numbers |
Here is what I have for the three that NS/Southern used. SOU WT53 / N&W 250002 L&N 1975 MILW 261 (1995) N&W 220166 L&N 19?? ITM / NKP 587 (1989) 614-B / N&W 220106 / N&W 250001 L&N 19?? VMT (2002) ***Edit I knew that somewhere I saw the L&N Number of the Fort Wayne Tender, and I found it at Steamlocomotive.com they list it’s L&N Number as 1985. |
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| Author: | Overmod [ Thu Feb 06, 2020 12:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: L&N Berkshire Tender numbers |
Tender from Emma 1984, still visibly numbered as such in faded L&N paint, is at the Kentucky Railroad Museum (New Haven, KY, about 10 miles from I-65 exit 105 or via the Bluegrass Parkway from I-65 exit 91). |
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