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Author:  Scot Lawrence [ Thu Nov 13, 2003 8:22 am ]
Post subject:  looking for more Lehigh Valley survivors.

NEW LEADS!! :)
on more potential LV surviving locomotives.

just got an email from Rich Wisneski,
he has a copy of the book "Comprehensive Guide to Industrial Locomotives", and he says "it lists non-railroad locations having their own locomotives (steel mills, refineries, etc.) state by state, and the locomtives & history where known. "
published in 1998.
(he said there may be a newer version..)

in that book are SEVEN LV engines that arent yet on the survivors list!
here they are:

SW900M 125
Jetplex/International Intermodal Center of Alabama/Huntsville - Madison
County Airport Authority #8652 (Conrail #).

S2 164 Citi Steel (Formerly Phoenix Steel) Claymont Delaware, Ex South
Buffalo 104

SW8 273 Midwest Metallics formerly Calumet Shearing, Chicago IL ex CR
8687

SW 9 283 Peavey Grain East St. Louis, IL ex CR 8934

SW8m 257 NJ Steel Sayreville, NJ (CR 8671)

SW8 256 First Miss Steel, Hollsopple, PA ex CR 8670

SW900m 126 Lady Jane Colliery, Penfield PA ex CR 8653

this info is 6 years old, from 1998, but odds are good many of those engines are still around! can anyone confirm any of these?

and..anyone have a more recent copy of this book?

thanks,
Scot



Lehigh Valley Survivors
sscotsman@yahoo.com

Author:  Rob Davis [ Thu Nov 13, 2003 10:47 am ]
Post subject:  Raritan SW and Wooden Boxcar

>>SW8m 257 NJ Steel Sayreville, NJ (CR 8671)

There have been two switchers at Co-Steel Raritan that I have seen the past few years. The one currently active is greay with a green stripe. The other, which was in Conrail blue, I have not seen lately. Not sure if it is gone or just hidden.

The best views of the operation are from an NJ Transit train on the NJCL.

But, I am usually looking to the other side of the tracks where a lovely, and quite ancient, wooden boxcar sits with all her hardware but sans trucks. I have no idea of her provenance (like that? provenance. Guess who's been watching Antiques Roadshow?)

Rob



rdavis@rypn.org

Author:  Alan Maples [ Thu Nov 13, 2003 11:45 am ]
Post subject:  Re: looking for more Lehigh Valley survivors.

> and..anyone have a more recent copy of this
> book?

> thanks,
> Scot

Jay Reed's "Comprehensive Guide to Industrial Locomotives" is an excellent reference and can be ordered directly from the publisher.

www.sonic.net/~jayreed/

Alan Maples

Comprehensive Guide to Industrial Locomotives
AMaples@aol.com

Author:  Tom Gears [ Thu Nov 13, 2003 11:14 pm ]
Post subject:  SW-1 #114

This locomotive is in service at the Wilmington and Western RR in Delaware. Check out the WWRR website.

Tom

Wilmington and Western RR

Author:  Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Thu Nov 13, 2003 11:55 pm ]
Post subject:  And also #117?

Check out the current issue of Railpace Newsmagazine for a photo of SW1 117(?) down in Kentucky and noted as "available for preservation"............?

LNER4472-NOSPAM-@bcpl.net

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