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Steam Loco Bash…UP 2-8-0 to D&H 0-8-0!!

July 23rd, 2010

In the 1920’s trains were getting longer and heavier, and larger steam switchers were needed to handle the load. To meet this need, and rather than buying new power, the frugal Delaware and Hudson chose to build a group of fourteen, heavy 0-8-0 steam switchers. They were home-built at their Colonie Shops from 1926 to 1930. […]

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D&H H-Class 0-8-8-0 and O Scale model

June 6th, 2010

    “Before and After” views of D&H H-Class 0-8-8-0 “Angus”. Top view illustrates the 1910 “as delivered” configuration, and the lower image the 1935 “post Colonie” rebuild.  (Delaware &  Hudson Railroad Co. photo)   In this 1948 view, H-Class “Angus” 1610 sits outside the huge D&H erecting shops at Colonie, New York. (Jim Shaughnesssy […]

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Misc RR Images for the Web

June 1st, 2010

                            EA Junction   Protocraft P48 AAR Wheels and Axles     Ben Brown’s Mag Hoses                     Venus in Cancer How Venus in Cancer Relates to a Partner with Venus in Scorpio Venus […]

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