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| Author: | NJDixon [ Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Four organizations partner to restore three GE 44-tonners. |
Seen on Railfan & Railroad Magazine's website: Delaware & Ulster Railroad will be mechanically parting out their GE 44-tonner, Western Maryland #76, to revive New Haven #0814, Middletown & New Jersey #2 and Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad #700, owned by Danbury Railroad Museum, Operation Toy Train and Tri-State Railway Historical Society, respectively. Parts will also be set aside as spares for Danbury's other 44-tonner. After the parts are harvested from WM #76, it will then be cosmetically restored as an NYO&W 44-tonner and put on display at display at the Port Jervis Transportation History Center. More info at https://44tonner.org/ |
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| Author: | Shane M [ Mon Jan 30, 2023 2:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Four organizations partner to restore three GE 44-tonner |
Awesome, glad to see all of them, even the donor, will be used and not left on the deadline. |
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| Author: | JimBoylan [ Mon Jan 30, 2023 8:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Four organizations partner to restore three GE 44-tonner |
What happened to the other Hoboken Manufacturers' - Hoboken Shore 44 ton Diesel 701, later owned by Sam Freeman as Adirondak RR 107 and then stored on the New Hope & Ivyland RR in New Hope, Pennsylvania? |
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| Author: | NH8218 [ Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Four organizations partner to restore three GE 44-tonner |
The 701 was unfortunately cut up for scrap sometime during the 1990’s after sitting unused around the New Hope yard for several years prior. |
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| Author: | Thomas Cornillie [ Sat Feb 18, 2023 1:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Four organizations partner to restore three GE 44-tonner |
Might there be an opportunity to expand the trade? The Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia has NYO&W 104, restored to its as-delivered maroon paint scheme with silver stripes in 2001. This website has before and after photos of the restoration: http://www.nyow.org/nyow104.html Over the years the paint has faded to a chalky purple, as seen here: http://www.rgusrail.com/album/gaserm/ow_104_07.jpg via this excellent website: http://www.rgusrail.com/gaserm.html Is the someone or some organization in Maryland that might want to have a WM 44-ton locomotive that could offer something of value to the Southeastern Railway Museum that would allow NYO&W 104 to return home? |
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