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Re: NdeM Niagaras
Author: Craig Tambo
Date: 11-21-2012 - 22:10

Tom Moungovan Wrote:
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> synonymouse Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 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.

Isn't the one "that made it to the US" stored on the New Hope & Ivyland in Pennsylvania?

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