About 15 years ago (maybe 20) the NYS&W bought a brand new (I think)
2-8-2 or something like that from the Chinese manufacturer. On it's
way over the container ship hit terrible weather. Either the whole ship
sank or the loco slid overboard and went to the bottom.
John
On 2/9/2009 1:18:20 PM, Ken Norton (ken@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> >
> > Made in China ???????????????????????????????
> >
> > You must be kidding !
> >
>
>
> No sir, I'm not kidding. They're actually pretty nice units and I
> understand
> they can be easily converted to bunker oil.
>
> The one thing I noticed different about them is the driven wheels appear
> to
> be smaller diameter than the older, retired American units. Therefore,
> the
> pistons are shuttling faster than
> I've ever seen before. I photographed
> them passing by at about 60MPH, and those things were just about a blur. I
> suspect that was probably about the top speed for these locomotives.
>
> BTW, they aren't
> small. They're the size of a regular diesel-electric.
>
> AG
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