01-08-2010, 09:14 PM
I also found this photo.<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=59271">http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=59271</a><!-- m -->
It shows 1532 and 1526 together some time after the wreck. A closer look raises some questions. 1532 has obviously been rebuilt, fresher paint and the loss of the squared off end as seen on 1526. BUT,,, If that is the same 1526 as in the wreck why does the paint seam so faded and in a different scheme? After the wreck any unit repainted would have been given the tooth past stripes as on 1532, the more simpler scheme on 1526 was not applied until years later. At that rate 1532 should show the same weathering as 26 but it does not. The L+NE division was considered equipment purgatory,rolling stock there was not well maintained. 32 worked alone on the High bridge line so the pic is not from there, This gives the pic an earlier date. So it's appearance in comparison to 1526 does not make sense. This is what i was talking about with not being sure about what happened to 1526 after the wreck.
It shows 1532 and 1526 together some time after the wreck. A closer look raises some questions. 1532 has obviously been rebuilt, fresher paint and the loss of the squared off end as seen on 1526. BUT,,, If that is the same 1526 as in the wreck why does the paint seam so faded and in a different scheme? After the wreck any unit repainted would have been given the tooth past stripes as on 1532, the more simpler scheme on 1526 was not applied until years later. At that rate 1532 should show the same weathering as 26 but it does not. The L+NE division was considered equipment purgatory,rolling stock there was not well maintained. 32 worked alone on the High bridge line so the pic is not from there, This gives the pic an earlier date. So it's appearance in comparison to 1526 does not make sense. This is what i was talking about with not being sure about what happened to 1526 after the wreck.
My other car is a locomotive, ARHS restoration crew