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 Post subject: Four organizations partner to restore three GE 44-tonners.
PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:29 pm 

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Seen on Railfan & Railroad Magazine's website:

Delaware & Ulster Railroad will be mechanically parting out their GE 44-tonner, Western Maryland #76, to revive New Haven #0814, Middletown & New Jersey #2 and Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad #700, owned by Danbury Railroad Museum, Operation Toy Train and Tri-State Railway Historical Society, respectively. Parts will also be set aside as spares for Danbury's other 44-tonner. After the parts are harvested from WM #76, it will then be cosmetically restored as an NYO&W 44-tonner and put on display at display at the Port Jervis Transportation History Center.

More info at https://44tonner.org/


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 Post subject: Re: Four organizations partner to restore three GE 44-tonner
PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 2:57 pm 

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Awesome, glad to see all of them, even the donor, will be used and not left on the deadline.

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 Post subject: Re: Four organizations partner to restore three GE 44-tonner
PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 8:45 pm 

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What happened to the other Hoboken Manufacturers' - Hoboken Shore 44 ton Diesel 701, later owned by Sam Freeman as Adirondak RR 107 and then stored on the New Hope & Ivyland RR in New Hope, Pennsylvania?


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:56 am 

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The 701 was unfortunately cut up for scrap sometime during the 1990’s after sitting unused around the New Hope yard for several years prior.


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 Post subject: Re: Four organizations partner to restore three GE 44-tonner
PostPosted: Sat Feb 18, 2023 1:04 pm 

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Might there be an opportunity to expand the trade?

The Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia has NYO&W 104, restored to its as-delivered maroon paint scheme with silver stripes in 2001. This website has before and after photos of the restoration: http://www.nyow.org/nyow104.html

Over the years the paint has faded to a chalky purple, as seen here: http://www.rgusrail.com/album/gaserm/ow_104_07.jpg via this excellent website: http://www.rgusrail.com/gaserm.html

Is the someone or some organization in Maryland that might want to have a WM 44-ton locomotive that could offer something of value to the Southeastern Railway Museum that would allow NYO&W 104 to return home?


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