N&W RS-11 #386 - Wot' Happened ?

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Dear Mr. Burnett,

Please ask your friend Vlad if he has any info on the Philadelphia & Long
Branch RR, a PRR branck which ran across south-central NJ, from Camden
through Brown's Mills-Whitings-Lakehurst-Toms River-Ocean Gate-Seaside
Park-Seaside Heights-all the way up to meet with the NY&LB.

Thank you in advance,

Patrick Whalen


On 5/25/08, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

>

>   Vladimir must own every book ever published on railroads in New Jersey

> and eastern Pennsylvania.  Each week at church he gives me six or eight

> books and says, "You stud-ee.  Necht veek, vee geef you tesht !"   (Vlad did

> try his hand at railroading for a while, being a Conductor for da Hawss.

> Not a good experience.  "Vlad go back and be electrician... Same money, less

> hours, no hafta verk for Magharatzskies!")

>

> Amongst the reading required by Vlad today was an interesting book, "Alco

> Reference #1," by Bob Liljestrand  (Hanover, PA: The Railroad Press, 1998.)

> The book consists almost entirely of photos taken by ALCO's photographers,

> steam and D-thingies alike.

>

> Pages 76-79 show four images of N&W Eng 1011, which had been involved in

> the Montvale Wreck of 3-6-1965, all loaded up and awaiting rebuild at

> Schenectady.

>

> Pages 74-75 give two views of Eng 386 (built March 1959,) with heavy wreck

> damage (cab demolished,) loaded up on a 12-wheel, 125-ton C&O heavy duty

> flat car and awaiting rebuild at Schenectady.  The author observes that the

> wreck must have happened when the engine was relatively new.    It's

> interesting to note that the road name "Norfolk & Western" has been

> meticulously painted out on the car body, as has the herald on what remains

> of the cab... No bad publicity, ya know !

>

> Anyone know what awful fate befell the 386 to yield these results, and when

> and where...?

>

> -- abram burnett

>

>

>

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