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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for March 29 |
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Mar 30 18:35:58 2017, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for March 29, posted by Fulton Frank on Wed Mar 29 08:59:00 2017. Frank: Bluebird 8000 had a singular history. She was eighty feet long, barely longer than a Standard. She ran as an extra behind a regular train mainly for test and evaluation purposes. She was used infrequently and then laid up presumably to await the arrival of her sisters. However she was not equipped with electric couplers and could not MU with them with they arrived. Long term plans called for new couplers to be ordered for 8000 but World War II intervened as well as a change in management and nothing came of this. Her five sisters 8001-8005 ran in service from March 5, 1941 to March 7, 1955, just fourteen years. All six units were reported scrapped in 1957. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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