Rusty,
This all started on the S-Trains List when "mlprell" stated; "I've asked
this question to the TCA group. Who was responsible for the destruction of all
of the NYC Hudsons?" I responded with what was my best recollection of that
fateful period in NYC history. However, I did error in stating that one of the
two remaining Mohawks was in Texas. It is actually in a museum in St. Louis. I
think Rance Velapoldi cross posted his question and it came to this list.
Gary Chudzinski
thebrassbasher wrote:
I Don't recall this theme originating on this list. The title even says, S
Trains, and not S
scale. So now that it has started ?????????????????????
--- In [email protected], Rance and Bente <velapo...@...> wrote:
>
> 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
> >
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