Re: (erielack) FW: (ELHTS-Members) Anyone have any aditional info on this loco?

["J. Henry Priebe Jr." <root_@_net.bluemoon.net>]

For reference, some previous list postings. I wrote a long URL redirector so
we don't have to worry about lines wrapping with any of these:

(erielack) That Erie Steam Locomotive in Korea (again)
http://www.railfan.net/short/?500

Thread titled "Re: (erielack) Possible EL E8 Sighting" which diverges to talk
about the 6-6-2 in Korea:
http://www.railfan.net/short/?501

Henry

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006, Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul) wrote:

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: elhts-members-owner On Behalf Of David Notarius
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 9:15 PM
> Subject: (ELHTS-Members) Anyone have any aditional info on this loco?
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> Kathleen J. LaMonte wrote the following to me, which will also be of 
> interest to Erie fans:
> 
>   I was stationed at Camp Liberty Bell on the DMZ in 1984,85 and I remember 
> seeing a locomotive at the visitors center at Freedom Bridge which crosses 
> the Imjim River. If my memory serves me correctly it was a 4-6-2 with a 
> Vanderbilt tender.
> 
> This would be the Erie Railroad K-1 class Pacific mentioned earlier. It is 
> #2524, one of a batch of 41 built by Rogers in 1905 and 1906. They were 
> rebuilt with superheaters, outside piston valves, and Baker valve gear 
> between 1912 and 1917. This is the only surviving Erie K-1 class Pacific 
> known to still exist. A recent visitor to Freedom Bridge (see above) did not 
> find the Pacific, but was told the engine is probably stored, not scrapped; 
> since "all things American are treasured by South Koreans." Any further 
> information on this engine is eagerly awaited by Erie fans everywhere....


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