Folks,

Thank you for your thoughts and ideas here at RyPN. I hope that the New Year brings continued progress in all your preservation projects: steam engines, rolling stock,railroad structures, roundhouses and even some of those Dismal Diesels. TM



ted_miles@NPS.gov

> Thank you for your thoughts and ideas here
> at RyPN. I hope that the New Year brings
> continued progress in all your preservation
> projects: steam engines, rolling
> stock,railroad structures, roundhouses and
> even some of those Dismal Diesels. TM

And here's hoping yours stay afloat through 2002. I hope we can meet next time I am in the bay area and we can tour your enginerooms.

Dave



irondave@bellsouth.net

Ted: Some of us are not fortunate enough to have the facilities, money and volunteers to carry out projects involving steam locos, so we do the best we can. My Dismal may not have the pizzazz of a steamer but she is a lot of fun on a tourist RR and just about all I can cope with right now.


lamontdc@adelphia.net

Actually, Ted has steam ships GE. Tell us a bit about your railroad.

Dave

irondave@bellsouth.net

Dave You have my e mail from here; be glad to hear from you if you get to visit San Franciscio!

The Hercules is presently in a local shipyard getting her main steam line repaired; it's 16 inches wide by 155' long That's a lot of copper!

Ted Miles

ted_miles@NPS.gov

Dave: ge13031 is a redundant piece of equipment on a little "wannabe" tourist RR. Someday it will find a job and a home.


lamontdc@adelphia.net

> Dave: ge13031 is a redundant piece of
> equipment on a little "wannabe"
> tourist RR. Someday it will find a job and a
> home.

Where are you located and do you operate? Don't be such a secret. Maybe I have a home with a job for a small GE.

Dave

irondave@bellsouth.net

Dave: We are located in Wellington, OH and although the loco is operative it has never moved a train (no ticket yet). For a private switching operation it would be fine, although its 110 ton weight can be a strain on the track. If it works, I am posting a photo taken 10/1/01


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lamontdc@adelphia.net

> Dave: We are located in Wellington, OH and
> although the loco is operative it has never
> moved a train (no ticket yet). For a private
> switching operation it would be fine,
> although its 110 ton weight can be a strain
> on the track. If it works, I am posting a
> photo taken 10/1/01

Nice picture. The 110 tons kind of puts it beyond the small shop goat category so I can't handle it. No doubt somebody up there can find a use. best of luck.

Dave

irondave@bellsouth.net

Dave: Just in my travels around Ohio, it's amazing the market that is out there for the small GE loco's.
ge13031 @ 110tons & 1000hp is a little to much for most of these guys but it would fit where someone is looking for a SW type. It is much more forgiving and flexible than the average RR switcher.


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Locomotive/files/110
lamontdc@adelphia.net

Dave: Just in my travels around Ohio, it's amazing the market that is out there for the small GE loco's.
ge13031 @ 110tons & 1000hp is a little to much for most of these guys but it would fit where someone is looking for a SW type. It is much more forgiving and flexible than the average RR switcher. From a preservation point of view it is the last of the BIG centercabs.


lamontdc@adelphia.net