Not everything I shot on my Excellent New England Adventure was standard gauge- this little critter was spotted on the Maine Narrow Gauge RR at Portland, ME on April Fool's Day. It's a GE 21-tonner, built in 1949 and used by the museum to haul its train from the museum building (which, back in the day, was a place where quite a few standard and 2-foot gauge steamers were built) to the swing bridge about 2 miles away. Lotsa 2-foot rolling stock (late from the Edaville RR collection) on the property, including some little Plymouth and MAck diesels. Didn't see any steamers- musta been stored away until the summer.
Actually, a 23 tonner. One of three ever built. One was wrecked, and is being used for a parts source. So they're ultra rare. Cool little beasts! Boxcab E50
Cool! On a side note--is this where Lionel got the prototype for the trucks and pilot to swing outside the carbody?
After further review, you're right- my bad. And if you think this critter is small, you shoulda seen the Plymouths (not the Chrysler type, but the Fate-Root-Heath products) out back in storage. I almost took one & put it in my car to take home.
Actually, it has grown some. After being sold by the original owner, to Edaville. When deck and railings were added. Boxcab E50
And the track it's running on looks like N scale code 80- see the size of the rail? BTW, the line was once a standard gauge branch in Portland. The museum "narrowed" part of it for their purposes, which can be evidenced by the presence of standard-gauge crossties.
That's a neat looking loco... I have never seen one before... Maybe it has BIG dreams and want to grow up to be a CW60AC!
