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Discussion of products from the American Locomotive Company. A web site with current Alco 251 information can be found here: Fairbanks-Morse/Alco 251.

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 #845444  by daylight4449
 
looked on rrpicturearchives. looks like 190 has been fully painted, so, i guess engine work is next?
 #845505  by DutchRailnut
 
If you look at http://www.nkp190.com/ its been painted since 2006 but no updates after 2008.
Now it seems both Doyle and Smitsonian have ditched their other cosmetic restore to a texas museum ??
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 928&nseq=0
 #845821  by daylight4449
 
DutchRailnut wrote:If you look at http://www.nkp190.com/ its been painted since 2006 but no updates after 2008.
Now it seems both Doyle and Smitsonian have ditched their other cosmetic restore to a texas museum ??
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 928&nseq=0
i think i'll email him tonight when i get home from school, ask about anything new with the 190
 #846252  by daylight4449
 
well, i plan to write doyle tonight. got side tracked. another funeral. this time, for the old lady that family friend took care of. already lost my grandfather two weeks ago (8-17-2010) to a very preventable accident. so i'll do my best to write to him tonignt. sorry for my rambling, again.
 #926372  by Stag Hound
 
Anybody have news on how the 190 is coming along? I checked the website and found the 2010 pictures but nothing recent. I have been following this project with great interest (talk about the impossible relative to preservation) and hope to someday witness this unit rumbling along at speed.
 #926673  by daylight4449
 
Stag Hound wrote:Anybody have news on how the 190 is coming along? I checked the website and found the 2010 pictures but nothing recent. I have been following this project with great interest (talk about the impossible relative to preservation) and hope to someday witness this unit rumbling along at speed.
Well, there's only about 6 months before ORHF has to move, so I guess that 190 is on the back burner.
 #939982  by Paul
 
My opinion that those Alco PAs are still owned by the tax payers of New York State and should be returned accordingly.
 #940220  by DutchRailnut
 
Paul wrote:My opinion that those Alco PAs are still owned by the tax payers of New York State and should be returned accordingly.
NYstate and railroad ??? nahh they would just be parked and rot with the turboliners at super steal
 #1267983  by griffs20soccer
 
It's being reported that Doyle McCormack's PA, KNP 190, is going to be present at the Streamliners in Spencer event. Train magazine is calling it "cherry on the top" for the event.
 #1268083  by mtuandrew
 
That reminds me - I saw the other PA in Frisco just recently. It is in TOUGH shape, and will take a lot to cosmetically restore it. (The head of the Museum of the American Railroad mentioned that due to a rollover accident, only one frame member remains undeformed... and it looks that way.) Not to mention, the entire locomotive is gutted - no gauges, no prime mover, no generator, little to no wiring, no glass - though weirdly, the passenger steam boilers are still in place. The museum does intend to restore and display it, but don't expect it to be on the rails under its own power anytime soon.
 #1271097  by DutchRailnut
 
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