What ten steam engines would you bring back from the scrappers heap? Where would you place them? This is just for fun and for everyone to take part in a hypothetical situation.
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ET&WNC: go back in time and make the city officials at Johnson City, TN accept the donation offer of the RR to place # 11 on display there. Instead, she was cut up.
There were at least one of a very similar class of these 3-footer ten-wheelers in Cuba, but as soon as Gringo train fans noticed them, out came the torches, very recently, darn it.
Big Emma: Classic engine, I've heard they were going to save one but got cut up anyway
NP 2626: The "Timken" engine, was also to be saved but nobody told the guys with the torches, gone before anyone could stop them
NYC... well, just about anything as they scrapped almost all of it. A Hudson of course would have been great, displayed somewhere near the river which it was named for?
And not just steam...
Rusty
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N&W 2300
N&W Y6b 2200
N&W S1a 244
N&W K2a 137
N&W J 613
N&W A 1242
N&W K3 209
N&W W2 946
N&W Z1b 1489
N&W V1 960
N&W M 496
N&W E2b 552
Ten isn't enough.... thank goodness they can live on as scale models on my layout.
What and where they would be displayed or operating
1. Blue Goose by Santa Fe in San Diego
2. Original UP 119
3. Original CP 60
(Both at SLC’s Union Station)
4.Pennsylvania's S1 Turbine at Strasburg
5. CP El Gobernador (Strasburg)
6. NYC Dreyfuss Hudson
7. NYC Hudson Empire State Express
(NYC, put a gigantic shelter over the locos next to the NYC Central Station)
8. One of the first UP Challengers at Cheyenne
9.SP AC-9 3809 replace the spot of the 4014 in Pomona
10. WM Potomac’s Operating at Steamtown
D&RGW (ex-D&SL) Class L-62, 2-6-6-0
D&RGW Classes L-95, L-107, L-109 and L-131!!, 2-8-8-2
D&RGW Class K-59, 2-8-2 (these Mikados often hauled passenger trains)
Colorado Midland, one each of their several classes of 4-6-0's and 2-8-0's
Denver and Salt Lake, one each of 2-8-0's, and 4-6-0's
Denver, South Park, and Pacific, one each 2-6-6, and 2-8-6 Mason Bogies
Several two truck Heislers from various West Virginia and other logging roads
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, 4-8-2 and 2-10-2
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy, 4-8-4 and 2-10-4, and the widely used R-Class 2-6-2
Missori Pacific, large steamers, a couple
Most of these are still around.
CP Hudson 4-6-4
Russian Decapod 2-10-0
Pennsy I1 Decapod 2-10-0 top shelf, and M1a Mountain 4-8-2 bottom shelf with long haul tenders.
Pennsy C1 0-8-0
Pennsy E6 4-4-2
Pennsy H10 2-8-0
Pennsy K4 4-6-2
Pennsy L1s Mikado 2-8-2
Pennsy A5 0-4-0
Pennsy G5 4-6-0
Pennsy USRA 0-6-0
Pennsy B6 0-6-0
One each of the geared locomotives
One PRR T-1
One small mallet (5# lol) 2-4-4-2 (or whatever)
One gas speeder
- ATSF 3460 "Blue Goose" Hudson
- CNW E4 Hudson
- CNW E2 Yellow Jacket Pacific
- PRR S2 Turbine
- CNW H1 Northern
- ATSF 2-10-4 Texas
- PRR S1
- PRR T1
- PRR K4 Streamlined Hudson
- ATSF Class 1 Diesel (As delivered) I know you said steam, but this was an unusual diesel.
Northern Pacific Z class articulated
C&O T1 2-10-4
C&O T1 2-10-4
Originally Posted by AGHRMatt:
ATSF Class 1 Diesel (As delivered) I know you said steam, but this was an unusual diesel.
I can't find a picture of this? I think some info said it was an Alco?
I honestly don't know which museums would be the best fit for most of these (unless noted), but here's my list:
• PRR S1 6-4-4-6 — RR Museum of PA
• PRR T1 4-4-4-4 — RR Museum of PA
• PRR K4 #3768 — RR Museum of PA
• NYC J3a 4-6-4 (Streamlining optional. Could be added and taken off from time to time.)
• NH I-5 4-6-4
• MILW A 4-4-2
• MILW F7 4-6-4
• VGN Triplex 2-8-8-8-4
• SNCF 242.A1 4-8-4 — French National Railway Museum, Mulhouse
• Meigs Monorail
• PRR S1 6-4-4-6 — RR Museum of PA
• PRR T1 4-4-4-4 — RR Museum of PA
• PRR K4 #3768 — RR Museum of PA
• NYC J3a 4-6-4 (Streamlining optional. Could be added and taken off from time to time.)
• NH I-5 4-6-4
• MILW A 4-4-2
• MILW F7 4-6-4
• VGN Triplex 2-8-8-8-4
• SNCF 242.A1 4-8-4 — French National Railway Museum, Mulhouse
• Meigs Monorail
These are my steam engines, all New York Central:
1) Dreyfus Hudson
2) Commodore Vanderbilt Hudson
3) Conventional Hudson
4) Mohawk
5) Niagara
6) Berkshire - P&LE - NYC System
7) Mikado
8) Ten Wheeler
9) Mogul
10) American
where would I like for them to be? Well, since I'm dreaming I'd be a billionaire, have my own roundhouse and belt line where I could run these locos.
Originally Posted by Engineer-Joe:
Originally Posted by AGHRMatt:
ATSF Class 1 Diesel (As delivered) I know you said steam, but this was an unusual diesel.
I can't find a picture of this? I think some info said it was an Alco?
Not Alco.
Electro-Motive Corporation. EMC.
Rusty
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while we're dreaming..gonna dream BIG. at the official Pennsylvania Railroad Museum at the Crestline Roundhouse....
S1 6100
S2 6200
and one of all the major classes,E,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,Q,T,
and a Hudson and Niagara for the NYC Museum.
I guess generally speaking, most people could agree on a NYC Hudson.
Heck, and I'm not really that big of a fan of Northeast railroads!
Hokay......U asked for it ! N&W Y6b at VMT, #1. Jawn Henry at VMT, #2. N&W 1242 at VMT ( she and 1218 can take turns hitting the road), #3. N&W S1a 244 at Roanoke in local fan trips around the area. HQed at VMT. #4. NYCS J1e 5344 - restored to as built condition, at Erie Pa., in front of the station, #5. NYCS 5451 J3a (final configuration) at Elkhart, or somewhere on the Big Four, #6. PRR J1 at Heinz field Pittsburgh, #7. PRR J1 at Altoona, Juniata Shops, #8. PRR J1 at Hilliard, (Columbus) Ohio, #9. PRR T1 5500 at Crestline or Bucyrus, Ohio, #10. Honorable mention...Espee AC9 at Sacremento.
Biggest problem with a Central Hudson is not getting a new one built, but rather which one to do. Too many choices!
B&A Berkshire A1a
B&A super Berkshire A1c
J1 Hudson
J3 Hudson
Niagara
L4 Mohawk
Rutland Mountain
B&A Hudson J2
B&A Mikado H5
That's nine, cant think of any others
Here we go with my top 10 NEVER SHOULD HAVE been scrapped steam locomotives...
Northern Pacific Z-8... nicest Challengers I have ever seen with the streamlined pilot!
Milwaukee Road 4-6-2 Hiawatha - awesome looking paint job too!
The C&O M-1 steam Turbine... a mighty brute...
The 4 Aces.... Don't even get me started on the efforts to save this engine...
Just a crying shame.
Love the Niagara type NYC engines... and the while where at it the station behind it... another crying shame, which Detroiter's have to bear as it scars our sky line.
The DRGW L131 - just awesome looking...
At lease one Z-6 class from the NP, GN, or SP&S RR
And a Northern Pacific class W-5 Mikado with Auxiliary tender please!
And of course this one ... shame....
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