Steam on NE Corridor?

SteveRG · **Joined:** Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:28 am **Posts:** 270

Found this article on railfan.net
Any truth to it?

http://www.courierpostonline.com/articl ... ds-to-woes

tomgears · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 6:35 am

Sounds like a typical case of a reporter not having a clue. As far as I know, the only steam on the NEC in recent years has been an occasional visit by Wilmington and Western to Wilmington Station for display.

dinwitty · **Joined:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:18 pm **Posts:** 2226

a steam engine saves the day again!! :woot:

uhm well... heh

Steve Freer · **Joined:** Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:24 pm **Posts:** 378

Yeah, a steam locomotive "pushed the train" .....and the conductor "drove it"! Clueless. The rest of the story is questionable if not only because of the locomotive reference. I wonder what the real story is?

Les Beckman · **Joined:** Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:25 pm **Posts:** 6466

Well, I didn't see the reference in the story about the conductor, but obviously the reference to the steam locomotive pushing the train was in error. Yes, very shoddy reporting. BUT, maybe a few readers were convinced that an old steam engine DID save the day. So, in this instance, maybe a little bit of good publicity came out of it. Certainly can't hurt! Maybe some steam operation could even couple their steamer up to a coach and have a bunch of members in Philadelphia Flyers jerseys shaking hands with the ENGINEER, thanking them for the "rescue". Anybody out there a good publicist? And willing to "tweak" the story a little bit?

Les

junior · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 3:58 pm

...it was that 'hidden' NYC hudson.

See, and you all thought that was just BS.

Steve Freer · **Joined:** Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:24 pm **Posts:** 378

Why didn't the brawny hockey players push the train when the steam locomotive broke down? Hudson...sure. Keep digging it deeper!

tomgears · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 6:57 pm

I think this is where a "new poster" chimes in with something like.... "hi i Used to WoRk for NJt a while bacK and we used to have a steam engine hidden, i Think It Was a PRR K-4 that was recovered From a Quarry and, restored by a Secret Steam gRoup.. she comes Out and Pushed broken Down trains From time to Time"....

Steve Freer · **Joined:** Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:24 pm **Posts:** 378

(best SNL voice)

Yeah, THAT'S the ticket!!!

Gary Gray · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:44 pm

Steve Freer wrote:

(best SNL voice)

Yeah, THAT'S the ticket!!!

Have you met my wife,...... Morgan Fairchild........WHOM I'VE Seen NAKED........

Okay, we're showing our age here

PJS · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:35 pm

Probably a catenary power faillure or wire down on the NEC, so they pushed the stalled train with a diesel. Must have been an ALCO and the reporter understandably mistook it for a steam locomotive.

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