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From: "William Botkin" webotkin AT ecentral DOT com
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 09:23:03 -0700
Subject: Classic Trains Newsletter - 3/2/2022
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Hi,



The latest Classic Trains newsletter features the Lackawanna and its history. If you are a subscriber, you can click on the link to see more with a photo of the Phoebe Snow at Morris Plains and a sparkling MU at Denville in 1957, the photo of Train Master #857 at Cranberry Lake passing a L&HR train was the gem – thanks to Mike DelVecchio for that image.



William Botkin

Centennial, CO



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03/02/2022




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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad history remembered





Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad history remembered





Is there a more dignified railroad name than “Lackawanna?” Certainly, Lackawanna history evokes many images. In the days of steam, the name meant meticulous track supporting well-proportioned, dual-service “Pocono” 4-8-4s, hefty hogs in the form of three-cylinder 4-8-2s and ponderous 2-8-2s, speedy commuter 4-6-2s, and gorgeous 4-6-4s that even long-time Trains Editor David P. Morgan considered among the prettier of any roads.





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Passenger U-Boats





Passenger U-Boats





The General Electric passenger U-boats filled a niche in the 1960s locomotive market. Santa Fe, like many Class I railroads at the time, was still proud of its passenger service. But its roster of suitable diesel locomotives was getting old and any thought of Amtrak was still years away. Keeping its aging fleet of silver and red passenger diesels in good operating order was becoming more difficult by the trip. The Alco PAs and EMD Es and F3s were on their last legs, putting the burden on its fleet of F7 A and B units. The roster was becoming too small to adequately service the fleet and if several of them fell down at one time the railroad would be in a severe locomotive crunch.





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The versatile 2-8-2 Mikado





The versatile 2-8-2 Mikado





The 2-8-2 Mikado-type steam locomotive was the first with a firebox behind the drivers and supported by a trailing truck. Originally conceived by Baldwin Locomotive Works and the narrow gauge Interoceanic Railway in Mexico, the first U.S. Mikado was a 50-inch drivered Baldwin built in 1901 for the Bismarck, Washburn & Great Northern. In 1902, Baldwin delivered 15 2-8-2s to the Santa Fe. During World War II, several railroads tried to redesignate their 2-8-2s “MacArthurs,” but the name didn’t stick. New York Central and subsidiaries had the most with 1,387. Denver & Rio Grande Western operated the last on a Class I railroad on its narrow-gauge lines in Colorado and New Mexico.



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