Steam & Excursion > Did this ever actually happen back in the day??

If so, where would the most likely location be? Talk about a gorgeous doubleheader!!

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Perhaps during a wreck rerouting, up along the Lake Erie shoreline? Similar things have happened during the diesel era, with N&W/NS trains being rerouted over PC/CR/CSX, with the host road providing the lead unit.

But I think the trees, and the railfans were smaller back then. ;>))



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Would sure like some information on those trains. Where, what scale and when? Thanks for any info.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Jim
Hatboro, PA

Mike, the Nickel Plate and NY Central were rivals in freight hauling back then, but I guess it could have happened. Beautiful engines. You and Tanner just have too much fun recreating the past.

Thanks Fitz, I was thinking you may have some input on this topic! Jim, those live steam loco's are made by Aster. 1/32 scale, gauge 1. The NYC Hudson is a 1983 production, butane fired, the NKP Berk is a 2008 production, alcohol fired. Both are excellent steamers, the Berk in particular is a superb machine.



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Chooch Wrote:
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> Would sure like some information on those trains.
> Where, what scale and when? Thanks for any info.
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> Happy Thanksgiving to all!
>
> Jim
> Hatboro, PA

The only answer I can give is the scale is Gauge 1. Where do not know. It also called 1 Gauge. Very big in Britian. Info here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_gauge

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1/32 Scale No.1 (G-Gauge) live Steam, Butane Fired Boilers.
We have a similar track, Double Track, at Los Angeles Live Steamers, in Los Angeles' Griffith Park.

James R.(Jim) Baker
Whittier, CA

No, I don't believe steam engines ever operated on a roadbed of plastic grass/carpet ; )

Seriously, really nice looking locos and rolling stock! Any video of this operation online?

John

If double headed Hudsons can haul coal, then anything is possible....

Txhighballer Wrote:
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> If double headed Hudsons can haul coal, then
> anything is possible....

Well, doubleheader New York Central Hudsons is one thing, but a New York Central ANYTHING double headed with the competitors 700 class Berkshires, is a whole different NO-NO!

What's that firebox hump all about on the NYC Hudson??

coach Wrote:
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> What's that firebox hump all about on the NYC
> Hudson??

The jacketing & insulation cover for the turret components. Very typical of NYC Hudson class locomotives.

I do know of situation in Fort Wayne, Indiana many years ago in which some Nickle Plate Berks were sent in pairs to the New York Central Yard at 4th Street to receive coal. It was only a temporary situation, because the coaling facility at the NKP's West Wayne Yard had burned down. In researching my Fort Wayne & Jackson book this story was passed down but unfortunately, we don't have photographs or a date. At this location, the NYC wouldn't have used anything bigger than an H-6 Mikado (USRA).

Victor A. Baird
http://www.erstwhilepublications.com