@Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:You know, I am curious did anyone suggest this engine to Ryan(more than once)? I know we are at York, and suggestions usually go into the ears and the response is either nothing, shaking the head, or "That would be a good one." This is not a criticism, more of just an observation on past questions I have asked or witness others ask about different engines. The other thing that I consider in what they are producing, is what they have done. If they are working on something, that would be several years down the road. Even if they did have the tooling, figure maybe at least 3 years minimum. So, should we who are at York ask if they have thought about these engines?
For the record, and for the sake of my fellow NYC operators, I did indeed mention this to Ryan, and yes, I think the poor man was so busy, all he could say was that would be a good one,…..so nothing beats a try but a fail,….Ryan was being tugged in every direction but center,….he was getting quizzed to death about that new A class on Thursday….this was sometime after noonish,….I’d doubt he’d even remember the conversation, nor could I say I’d blame him……
Pat
