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| Author: | rock island lines [ Sat Jul 18, 2015 2:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Erie 4-6-2 #2744 |
This photo made my GTW-5629 nerve twitch. A similar looking Pacific that is also no longer with us. Photo is at Kent, OH, with "roundhouse foreman and office staff" posing. Preservation content: A search turns up no surviving Erie steam locomotives. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Erie-4-6-2-outs ... 1a0309979d (The image at the link above is much sharper than the resized copy posted here.) |
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| Author: | Overmod [ Sat Jul 18, 2015 4:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Erie 4-6-2 #2744 |
There's a world of emotion in the expressions, stance, and poses of the people here. That is a story I fear is long lost, but which would have been well worth preserving. |
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| Author: | rlsteam [ Sat Jul 18, 2015 1:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Erie 4-6-2 #2744 |
Nice photo at a good price, if one doesn't mind the family lineup obscuring the crosshead area. But while similar in appearance to GTW 5629, Erie 2744 (class K-4B) was a Baldwin product (1923, rebuilt 1929 -- note the round builder's plate). 5629 came from Alco in 1924. Granted, the GTW K-4-b class, 5632-34, came from Baldwin instead, so I suppose both the GTW and Erie K-4 classes were spinoffs from the USRA light Pacific design, though neither were built under USRA auspices. |
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| Author: | Richard Glueck [ Sat Jul 18, 2015 3:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Erie 4-6-2 #2744 |
May I interject, Maine Central 470 is a May, 1924, product of American Loco Works. They are exceptional close in appearance. |
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| Author: | Reading T1 2124 [ Tue Aug 11, 2015 2:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Erie 4-6-2 #2744 |
My guess is perhaps a flood light that is behind the engine and just seems to be a part of it. The photo seems to be at an engine terminal or roundhouse, so that could be possible. |
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| Author: | PaulWWoodring [ Fri Aug 14, 2015 12:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Erie 4-6-2 #2744 |
If you might be interested in having this image be seen by a lot of people in Kent, OH, the former Erie (A&GW) depot is a Pufferbelly Restaurant that has a railroad-themed decorating scheme. There are many photos and drawings of locomotives and trains on the walls, with a decided lack of much from Kent itself. I'm guessing that the management of the restaurant would certainly entertain a donation/sale of a copy of that photo, since it is of an Erie loco, taken in Kent. Link to restaurant website: http://www.pufferbellyltd.com Just a thought. |
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| Author: | Steamguy73 [ Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Erie 4-6-2 #2744 |
Now don't get the "Erie engine is in Korea" rumors started again. We put them to rest years ago |
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