02-01-2009, 01:18 PM
Actually, the B&O was taken over by the C&O. The scrapping of the C&O mikes is very different from the scrapping of the NYC or NH hudsons. The last C&O mikes were cut up long after everything else. I believe that it was in the mid 1970s. The C&O had kept a small collection of modern steam: a 2-6-6-6. a 2-6-6-2, a 4-6-4, a 4-8-4, a 2-8-4, and a 2-8-2. They sent them to the B&O museum a decade or more after acquiring the B&O. That is what makes the scrapping of their mikes all the more sad.
A small number of locomotives have been cut up that should have been saved...here are a couple that I can think of:
-Dick Jensen's GTW 4-6-2
-two N&W Y6b 2-8-8-2s which sat in a Roanoke scrapyard (I've heard to versions: 1976 and 1988)
-The C&O mike & a couple 2-8-4s (there are still 12 of them)
-The Louisiana Eastern gets partial credit...it was a private collection of 40 locomotives, including 3 NKP hudsons, which were scrapped with the sudden untimely death of the owner in the mid 1960s...I give it partial credit because it wasn't late enough to fit into the above category, but still they were supposed to be saved.
The B&O and NYC were poor at the time of preservation. The modern steam that survives from them was more of a special circumstance...the B&O pacific & mike, iirc, were hidden by some employees...which led to their survival. I don't know the story behind the two mohawks. Other locomotives ended up surviving due to being sold. Railroads which were in a decent financial position and saw donating locomotives as good PR saved engines.
Study the pictures of the C&O mikes. For instance, the NKP had USRA light mikes as well...but most of them didn't look very much like USRA 2-8-2s after 1930. The 587 is one of the few which retained a family resemblance to the USRA engines (most notably, it received a new Pyle headlight with visor and AMC illuminated number boards, but didn't have its air pumps moved from the side to the front). The Bowser detail kit includes parts for the as-built style. A 1920s C&O 2-8-2 would probably look much like a stock Bowser locomotive.
I'm probably going to start a Bowser 2-8-2 before Matt finishes this model. It looks like so much fun, I'll probably get one. His attention to the details of construction will make me envious if I'm not building one as well!
Now, I've discovered some gearing issues with my MDC shay and I must fix it. Happy trains!
Michael
A small number of locomotives have been cut up that should have been saved...here are a couple that I can think of:
-Dick Jensen's GTW 4-6-2
-two N&W Y6b 2-8-8-2s which sat in a Roanoke scrapyard (I've heard to versions: 1976 and 1988)
-The C&O mike & a couple 2-8-4s (there are still 12 of them)
-The Louisiana Eastern gets partial credit...it was a private collection of 40 locomotives, including 3 NKP hudsons, which were scrapped with the sudden untimely death of the owner in the mid 1960s...I give it partial credit because it wasn't late enough to fit into the above category, but still they were supposed to be saved.
The B&O and NYC were poor at the time of preservation. The modern steam that survives from them was more of a special circumstance...the B&O pacific & mike, iirc, were hidden by some employees...which led to their survival. I don't know the story behind the two mohawks. Other locomotives ended up surviving due to being sold. Railroads which were in a decent financial position and saw donating locomotives as good PR saved engines.
Study the pictures of the C&O mikes. For instance, the NKP had USRA light mikes as well...but most of them didn't look very much like USRA 2-8-2s after 1930. The 587 is one of the few which retained a family resemblance to the USRA engines (most notably, it received a new Pyle headlight with visor and AMC illuminated number boards, but didn't have its air pumps moved from the side to the front). The Bowser detail kit includes parts for the as-built style. A 1920s C&O 2-8-2 would probably look much like a stock Bowser locomotive.
I'm probably going to start a Bowser 2-8-2 before Matt finishes this model. It looks like so much fun, I'll probably get one. His attention to the details of construction will make me envious if I'm not building one as well!
Now, I've discovered some gearing issues with my MDC shay and I must fix it. Happy trains!
Michael
Michael
My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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