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Author: | Bob Yarger [ Tue Nov 11, 2003 6:15 pm ] |
Post subject: | Hercules fireless article |
From Michigan. Photo with article. http://www.lakeshoreguardian.com/_2001/_072001/dinky.htm ryarger@rypn.org |
Author: | Richard Jenkins [ Wed Nov 12, 2003 3:16 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Hercules fireless article |
Retired in 1994? Sounds like a contender for America's last industrial steam operation. Does anyone know of any others that were still running later than that? rjenkins@railfan.net |
Author: | Ben True [ Wed Nov 12, 2003 4:50 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Hercules fireless article |
> Retired in 1994? Sounds like a contender for > America's last industrial steam operation. > Does anyone know of any others that were > still running later than that? WAsn't there one running at a plant in East TN up until about the same time period. The more I learn about fireless locomotives, the more I notice that there were more than I thought running in my life time, almost makes me wonder if there still is one in operation stuck out in between coal piles in some power plant some where..... |
Author: | Richard Jenkins [ Wed Nov 12, 2003 5:40 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Hercules fireless article |
The fireless cooker in Tennessee was the National Rayon Co. engine, which was put on display in Elizabethton a couple years ago. If I remember correctly she was retired in 1990, but was rumored to have been the last one running. rjenkins@railfan.net |
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