@PRRronbh posted:Dave the A-2a Berk is NOT a NYC engine but a P&LE engine that the NYC forced the sister P&LE to order 10 of when they (the P&LE) were going to diesels. And in actuality only seven of the berks got built when the P&LE cancelled the remaining three.
In the Fall of 1953 all seven pulled from service. When they tried to sell them with NO buyers they were placed into open-air storage, without any special prep or protection, in McKees Rocks classification yard. So their days of service with the P&LE lasted only five years and four months. Which was the shortest tenures for a locomotive on any NYC "related" railroad.
Ron
Were the A-2a's poor performers, or were they just too late prior to dieselization?