by spence
Hi --
Completely new to the world of railroading, so please forgive my ignorance! I was just reading about the 1911 Grindstone, ME head-on collision and discovered that the two BAR engines involved were 243 and 55. But when I looked at the engine listings on the BAR Wikipedia site, I see this:
55 ALCO Manchester 4-6-0 3/02 26022 scrapped 6/50
243 ALCO Manchester 4-6-0 1/07 41435 ex#79 rebuilt 1935 scrapped 8/51
Given that the speeds they were travelling were relatively low (at <20 MPH on a terribly rainy night), I suppose both engines were repaired and sent along for further service until their retirements in 1950 and 1951? Or perhaps I really don't understand what engine numbers mean?
Thanks so much for the info and sorry again for my ignorance.
Spence
Completely new to the world of railroading, so please forgive my ignorance! I was just reading about the 1911 Grindstone, ME head-on collision and discovered that the two BAR engines involved were 243 and 55. But when I looked at the engine listings on the BAR Wikipedia site, I see this:
55 ALCO Manchester 4-6-0 3/02 26022 scrapped 6/50
243 ALCO Manchester 4-6-0 1/07 41435 ex#79 rebuilt 1935 scrapped 8/51
Given that the speeds they were travelling were relatively low (at <20 MPH on a terribly rainy night), I suppose both engines were repaired and sent along for further service until their retirements in 1950 and 1951? Or perhaps I really don't understand what engine numbers mean?
Thanks so much for the info and sorry again for my ignorance.
Spence
