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Re: The mysterious transaction that sent D&H PA's to Mexico
Author: Unknown
Date: 01-14-2021 - 17:47
OPRRMS Wrote:
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> Nothing nefarious about it.
>
> The short answer is that they were included in the
> group of units (PA's, SD45's, C-628's, U30C's)
> that were sold to a locomotive dealer/broker which
> in turn sold them to Mexico.
This historical society webpage says "they were later shipped to Mexico on a long-term lease in 1978." Perhaps after the lease expired, the Mexican RR bought them?
The same webpage says restoration of the PA's and their use as a public relations tool was a pet project of a D&H president. But after he was gone, the PA's were unceremoniously sold to a broker. Brokers are one rung above scrappers. That's what made me wonder if there was ill will by the new executive.
"The PAs later became part of a preservation project under the guidance of Carl B. Sterzing, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of the Delaware & Hudson. ... they participated in public relations ventures and railfan trips until the end of Mr. Sterzing's tenure"
[bridge-line.org]
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> Nothing nefarious about it.
>
> The short answer is that they were included in the
> group of units (PA's, SD45's, C-628's, U30C's)
> that were sold to a locomotive dealer/broker which
> in turn sold them to Mexico.
This historical society webpage says "they were later shipped to Mexico on a long-term lease in 1978." Perhaps after the lease expired, the Mexican RR bought them?
The same webpage says restoration of the PA's and their use as a public relations tool was a pet project of a D&H president. But after he was gone, the PA's were unceremoniously sold to a broker. Brokers are one rung above scrappers. That's what made me wonder if there was ill will by the new executive.
"The PAs later became part of a preservation project under the guidance of Carl B. Sterzing, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of the Delaware & Hudson. ... they participated in public relations ventures and railfan trips until the end of Mr. Sterzing's tenure"
[bridge-line.org]
