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Re: (erielack) Existing Erie Steam

On page 21 of Erie Railroad in Color by Sweetland are tow pictures of K-1
2524, the engine the Erie donated to the Korean American Foundation.  It is
shown in 1954 on its test run after being overhauled.  It has a white
diamond herald on the tender and "ERIE" spelled out in white on the cab
sides.  The caption notes that the overhaul was supervised by an ex-Erie
employee  in the 712th Railway Battalion.

I was in Korea about ten years later.  Although the Korean National Railways
was still running steam (and beginning to dieselize with SD units), I was
never able to locate this engine.

Rail lines rail out from Seoul sort of like the Erie did from Jersey City.
While I was there, KNR built a line between two of the "fingers", making a
prototypical "loop" operation.

Tony Horn
ELHS #2
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Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Existing Erie Steam


> I am sorry to say that the fate of Erie steam locomotives seem to be the
same
> as Third Avenue Railway trolleys. Those TARS cars that weren't scrapped
went
> to Austria, Central and South America. The Erie steam locomotives that
were
> saved, I believe, went to Korea.
>
> Lucky for TARS fans, three trolleys were saved at Branford and two came
back
> to the USA from Austria and have homes at Branford and Washington, DC. The
> Erie fans have not been so lucky. To my knowledge no steam locomotives
have
> been preserved. I believe that gas electric 5012 and some Stillwells are
the
> only survivors from the steam era that we know of.
>
> I have two ideas. Perhaps trying to contact Korea (If it is the friendly
> side) and other countries to see the disposition and possible existence of
> Erie steam locomotives.
> The other may be to see if any Grand Trunk Western pacifics exist. Some of
> them look so Erie. Unfortunately, one was scrapped by Chicago's Metra. Are
> their any others left?
>
> I hope this helps.
>
>
> Jack Grasso
>
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