Re: How exactly did the D&H PA’s end up with the Mexicans??
Author: Peter
Date: 11-11-2019 - 02:06
well, they were rebuilt recently and DH didn't have any use for them and some other alcos anymore. No idea on the sold or lease.... Lease to sell?
the pa story had an amazing story. we got to keep two of them thanks to DH who send them to Morrison Knudsen and also to Doyle, the group in Texas and the Mexican museum and the group in Brazil.
Curious Wrote:
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> A thread on TO has this speculation, but it
> doesn’t add up.
>
> “As I have heard both the terms "leased" and
> "sold" regarding the Mexican transaction I suspect
> they were sold to a leasing company which in turn
> leased them to the Mexican carrier. Let me be
> careful to label this as speculation as that's all
> it is.”
>
> Anyone have the straight dope on how the PA’s got
> away so easily? It was 1978. Was the
> foamer/preservation/Trains Magazine community in
> an uproar when this dirty deed was done?