Hey Gary (and possibly those other great NYC fans like E.L.) How come the NYC museum is in Elkhart, IN????? Undoubtedly the NYC had tracks in Indiana, but why not a NY museum? Rance Velapoldi (Tranby, Norway)
Gary Chudzinski wrote: > > > The idiot to which you refer was Alfred E. Perlman, president of NYC > 1958-1968. He scrapped all of the heavy steam power to dieselize the > road. Only two heavies remain; one, a Mohawk (4-8-2) L-2c or d in > Texas and the other, a L-3A in the NYC Museum, Elkhart, IN. I don't > recall which of the two, but one was hidden for years in some NYC > facility and the other sold off to Mexico (I think). It's been a while > since I read the history. There may be some light steam still around > rusting, but Perlman had all the Hudsons(4-6-4), Mohawks(4-8-2), and > Niagaras(4-8-4) melted down for scrap. I believe I read somewhere that > the government gave railroads a lucrative tax credit to scrap steam > and convert to diesel. Probably an early bureaucratic version of the > EPA! The Hudson was the power for the famous Twentieth Century Limited > for many years. For a period in the late 1930's, Hudsons of the > Limited were clad in a streamlined shell. One beautiful locomotive! > MTH has produced this model in O scale......not sure if it was ever an > AF issue. American models has a similar streamlined version referred > to as Empire State but not exactly like the Century model. > Gary Chudzinski > > >The Hudson Posted by: "mlprell" [email protected] > <mailto:mlprell%40yahoo.com> > >Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:24 am (PST) > > >I've asked this question to the TCA group. Who was responsible for the > >destruction of all of the NYC Hudsons? As a proud guardian of three > >Flyer Hudsons , including a very nice 314AW, I'm interested in the > >history of this beautiful machine. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
