@lehighline posted:I remember back in the late 1980s the Blue Mountain and Reading ran excursions with a streamlined CP Hudson out of Temple PA. As I recall, it was sidelined after a crack developed in the boiler that flooded the firebox. The engine was subsequently stored for several years in Allentown under the Tilghman St bridge. It has since been removed from that location to parts unknown to me. Could this be one of the 2 engines we have been discussing? There can't be very many CP Hudsons in the US... I have a picture somewhere of my very young son standing on the pilot. I'll have to see if I can find it and scan it into the computer.
Chris
LVHR
Per crew members that posted on Railway Preservation News, the 2839 incident on the BM&R had nothing to do with a boiler crack. It was human error. Whoever was firing forgot to turn the stoker off when they pulled into the depot for the celebration. The auger did what it was supposed to do, and filled the firebox with coal to the point that it was falling out the firebox door. Needless to say, that killed any draft and made it to where the engine wouldn't steam. It was a very simple--and preventable--problem. Didn't really hurt the engine. Just made life miserable for the steam crew. Of course, the BM&R already had their own engine, and didn't need the Royal Hudson, so it never steamed again.
