Reply to "PRR T1s On The Scrap-Line In Blawnox, Pa"

D500 posted:

geysergazer posted 

The T1s were arguably the most advanced steam power ever built... 

Well, no.

I agree, i.e. "no". I'll vote for the N&W J Class and N&W A Class locomotives as the "most advanced steam power ever built, in AMERICA. The South African Rwys "Red Devel" 4-8-4 was arguably the "most Advanced" steam locomotive.

But they were indeed outstanding, if rather poor performers, on balance. They looked wonderful, though, like they were from Mars. NYC Niagaras they were not, but they might have been, without all that slipperiness.

Scrapping T-1's and Niagaras and Hudsons and SP AC-9's and all the rest (not just RR-related) amounts to cultural crime. GM demolished the home of the modern diesel-electric locomotive, too, probably to make room for a Chevrolet Chevette assembly line in the 80's.

Now just what is THAT supposed to mean???

In the US, this passes for "progress". It is not.