NYC 1954 NYC 3029 Split the switch

rhensley_anderson Jun 27, 2019

  1. rhensley_anderson

    rhensley_anderson TrainBoard Supporter

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    NYC 3029 Split the switch at South Anderson Yard on the Emporia,

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    This engine was just a great locomotive. It looks good setting with its nose in the ground and it fired and rode and operated just as well as it looks.
    As you can see you were on a curve and were coming to the east end if the yard at So. Anderson . speed was 15 mph or less because the yard engine or B-line could be working at any time.This was in yard limits but this yard limits was a little different than most. You had the book of rules yard limit but here you also had the the time table yard limits.
    The timetable yard limits said: between So. Anderson and manual block signal one mile south all movements must be made to stop short of train or obstruction and that means all passenger and freight.
    It was a cool morning and they had closed the back curtain but the hook would not keep it closed. The solution to this was wire it shut. When the engine jumped the track the brakeman tried to open the curtain and get off. He could not get it open and as you can see if he had of made it he probably would have been mashed between the engine and tank. I have always said it was the perfect engine and its one imperfection protected the crew down to the end.
    LEW
     
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  2. Hytec

    Hytec TrainBoard Member

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    Amazing story, thanks Lew.
     
  3. fitz

    fitz TrainBoard Member

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    LEW, you have a great memory of all these events. 3029 sure was a good lookin engine.
     
  4. Doug Gosha

    Doug Gosha TrainBoard Member

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    Smoke deflectors almost identical to some German locomotives.

    Doug
     

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