synonymouse Wrote:
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> Those were early Mohawks, from the late twenties,
> I believe, with a switcher type pilot in front. I
> saw several on them in the roundhouse in
> Cincinnati in the summer of 1958. Outside was a
> scrap line of 0-80's and 2-8-2's.
>
> I understand the NYC Niagara's suffered from
> premature boiler failure due to high carbon steel
> being used. None of the roads in the east, save
> the Nickel Plate, saved much of anything. Erie,
> B&O, Pennsy. No T-1's, for instance.
>
> Did any of the NdeM northerns survive? They were
> supposed to be somewhat akin to those of the NYC.

I think that there were 32 Niagaras built for the NdeM. One made it to the US before
the Mexican gov't. became impossible to deal with and even reneged on some previously
agreed upon deals.

To answer your question, while I don't have engines numbers handy, I'd guess and say that
may 8 or so or these were saved. I saw 4-5 from the train when we passed the boneyard
at Huehuetoca in March of 1982. Very light design for a 4-8-4...70" drivers, 250 lb. blr.,
and a t.e. of around 55,000 lbs.