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Originally Posted by jaygee:

We have a Hippo (I1sa)  up in Hamburg, NY.  This locomotive stood for many years at the Westinghouse plant in Wilmerding, Pa.  As a fan trip engine, you could do a lot worse.  Especially if you mated her to the 210F75 tank not far away.

Thanks, jaygee!  I vaguely remembered at least 1 Hippo was in existence, but wasn't sure.  Would have been a real shame not to have one of these preserved.

 

And I know where Wilmerding is.  In fact, back in the 1980s I did some VAX-11 realtime work for WABCO (Westinghouse Air Brake Company) near by.

 

George

ET&WNC # 11. When the RR pulled up it's 3-foot tracks after 1950, they had two locomotives sitting around. # 12 got sold to some people building a RR park in Virginia (which lasted less than a year) and 11 was supposedly offered to the city of Johnson City, TN as a display. The story goes that the city turned the RR down and out came the torches soon afterward.

First and foremost:  Southern Mikado #4526 (my dad fired that loco during WWII)

Then, as cited above, D&RGW power such as 4-8-2's, and 4-8-4, and their 16

driver articulateds.  Also, as cited above examples of all the three foot gauge locos,

including the Mason-Bogies of the "South Park", that ran in Colorado.  (fortunaely,

much of the later big Rio Grande three foot power has been saved)

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