Baldwin centipede in scrap yard

junior · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:38 pm

Is it possible that maybe the person was confusing an electric similar to the the CSS&SB "little joe" that is now at the NE PA railway museum?

Just a thought.

NH0401 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:44 pm

NdeM returned some (many?) of these locomotives to BLW for overhaul'. That may account for the photo.

DPK

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:11 pm

If we're referring back to Striegel scrap yard in Baltimore again (and not, say, Eddystone, Mexico, or whatever), I've never seen any documentation that such a loco (say, a Milwaukee "Little Joe", a New Haven EP-4, a Great Northern W-1, a Virginian EL-2B, or any other loco that could be confused for a Centipede by someone who had never seen one but only heard of one) ever reached that scrap yard. Not that it couldn't have...............

kevin kohls · **Joined:** Tue May 03, 2005 8:35 pm **Posts:** 298

Hello:
Baldwin did in fact rebuild many of the N de M centipedes in the early 1950's. These of course would not have anything to do with the Streigal Scrap Yard.
Concerning Reading #2100, I saw it at the WM roundhouse at Hagerstown, MD when C&O #614 was being rebuilt there. It looked very forlorn ! Also, the NYC 0-6-0 that went to Connersville,IN was in the yard at Hagerstown, I saw it on my way out.

Kevin Kohls

NH0401 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:50 am

My comment re: NdeM locos was in response to "trolleyira's" remarks.
The story and circumstance behind that sighting was related to me many years previously by a (now deceased) BLW Service Engineer.

To re-connect the subjects of NdeM and Striegel, a number of retired DL&W FM units were re-sold by Striegel to a small Mexican railroad.

DPK

Hillcrest · **Posted:** Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:48 pm

Richard Glueck wrote:

If 2100 contributed parts for Rowland's 2101, would it be logical to conclude they were returned after the fire that retired Rowland's locomotive? If not, somebody did quite a job of rebuilding 2100 for service.
BTW, is there any word regarding returning 2100 to the east, or even operating her?

2100 is still resting comfortably on a siding in Pasco, Wa....

Cheers, Dave