Re: (erielack) K1 in Korea

[Robert Stafford <erielack1_@_yahoo.com>]

My son has done one 18 month and one 24 month tours in
Korea. He has sent me a few photos and post cards of
trains over the years. He says that their is a train
with a steam engine in the DMZ that was attacked
during the war and still just sits their, stuck in
time between the North and the South. It is in no mans
land for US troops, but can be seen in the distance
with a good pair of field glasses. He said that he
used to see it sometimes when on patrol when he was
stationed at Camp Casey, Korea. 
Bob Stafford

- --- Schuyler Larrabee <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>
wrote:

> Here is some verified news.
> 
> About six or seven years ago, John McCourt, who
> lives in Pasadena, prevailed on his friend, the
> owner of The Original Whistle Stop in Pasadena to
> investigate this locomotive for him on one of his
> trips to see a brass manufacturer in Korea.  The
> manufacturer (I think it was SamHongSa) was
> gracious enough to send one of his employees out to
> look for this locomotive.  The employee returned
> with a photograph of a 4-6-2 on display.  I have
> seen this photograph.  One cannot determine for
> certain that it IS the K1.  It, uh, has the right
> number of wheels . . .but if it is the ERIE K1, it
> went through a process which would be the inverse of
> the Americanization of the Russian Decapods
> being converted from a Russian look to an American
> look.  I also got a fax from SamHongSa directly
> explaining what had been done.
> 
> I don't seem to be able to find this paper right
> now.  I didn't get a copy of the picture, as best
> as I can recall, just the typewritten fax.  I talked
> with John McCourt tonight, and he (better than
> me, knows where his copy of all this is . . .) will
> send me a copy of the picture and probably the
> note.  When those arrive, I'll post them to the
> list.
> 
> So, what's this say?  It says that there was, for
> sure, a 4-6-2, which might or might not have been
> the ERIE K1, which has been renovated to look
> substantially different, on display in South Korea,
> six or seven years ago.  And that's all it says.
> 
> SGL
> 
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