anyone remember this puppy?
built in Romania in 1974, considered to be "Russian"..
it was a strange foreign visitor sitting dead in the former LVRR yard in Sayre, PA during the mid-80's.
I dont know exactly when it arrived in Sayre, but it was there in 1984, when this photo was taken.
it was scrapped right there in '86 or '87.
(I have lots more photos of it Sayre, plus photos of it in pieces as it was being cut up.
I can post more if anyone is interested.)
here is everything I could find on-line about it:
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Newsgroups: misc.transport.rail.americas
Date: 1996/12/13
Christopher Kevin Balducci <[email protected]> wrote:
: Whatever became of the "Quarter Horse", the Romanian-built diesel
: switcher brought into this country for testing?
:
: Chris Balducci
when it finished its tour it was purchased by Washington Terminal Co.
the Quarter Horse, built by Faur in Romania in 1974
Diesel/hydralic 1250 hp 43ft 8in
it became Washington Terminal 78 in 1978
I have not seen it lately so I have no idea if it is still in service.
Bob
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From: Evan L. Werkema ([email protected])
Subject: Re: Russian Locomotives
Newsgroups: misc.transport.rail.americas
Date: 1996/05/05
In a previous article, "demetre.argiro"@sciatl.com (Demetre Argiro) says:
>There was at least one Soviet built locomotivethat toured here inthe early
>70's. It was a light duty diesel hydraulic built in Romania. It
>demonstrated on Southern Railway in Atlanta Ga. I ran it once and didn't
>care much for it. It was a centercab somewhat like an Alco C-415, only
>smaller, with a European profile cab. It didn't have a lot of power and
>was light footed and slippery. It tended to also be smelly from exhaust
>and hot oil fumes and oozed oil from every orifice almost as badly as a
>Baldwin. This may be the same unit that is reportedly now in New Jersey.
That was the FAUR "Quarter Horse." Despite the name, it did have slightly more than 0.25 hp
...but not much. Santa Fe tried it too, but decided it was too light-duty for them
(it was about 1200 hp, same as the MK1200G's Santa Fe now says are too light-duty for them.)
The prototype ultimately ended up on Washington Terminal. I remember reading that it was sold some time ago,
but I don't recall what happened to it (glue factory, maybe?)
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Scot
built in Romania in 1974, considered to be "Russian"..
it was a strange foreign visitor sitting dead in the former LVRR yard in Sayre, PA during the mid-80's.
I dont know exactly when it arrived in Sayre, but it was there in 1984, when this photo was taken.
it was scrapped right there in '86 or '87.
(I have lots more photos of it Sayre, plus photos of it in pieces as it was being cut up.
I can post more if anyone is interested.)
here is everything I could find on-line about it:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: misc.transport.rail.americas
Date: 1996/12/13
Christopher Kevin Balducci <[email protected]> wrote:
: Whatever became of the "Quarter Horse", the Romanian-built diesel
: switcher brought into this country for testing?
:
: Chris Balducci
when it finished its tour it was purchased by Washington Terminal Co.
the Quarter Horse, built by Faur in Romania in 1974
Diesel/hydralic 1250 hp 43ft 8in
it became Washington Terminal 78 in 1978
I have not seen it lately so I have no idea if it is still in service.
Bob
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From: Evan L. Werkema ([email protected])
Subject: Re: Russian Locomotives
Newsgroups: misc.transport.rail.americas
Date: 1996/05/05
In a previous article, "demetre.argiro"@sciatl.com (Demetre Argiro) says:
>There was at least one Soviet built locomotivethat toured here inthe early
>70's. It was a light duty diesel hydraulic built in Romania. It
>demonstrated on Southern Railway in Atlanta Ga. I ran it once and didn't
>care much for it. It was a centercab somewhat like an Alco C-415, only
>smaller, with a European profile cab. It didn't have a lot of power and
>was light footed and slippery. It tended to also be smelly from exhaust
>and hot oil fumes and oozed oil from every orifice almost as badly as a
>Baldwin. This may be the same unit that is reportedly now in New Jersey.
That was the FAUR "Quarter Horse." Despite the name, it did have slightly more than 0.25 hp
...but not much. Santa Fe tried it too, but decided it was too light-duty for them
(it was about 1200 hp, same as the MK1200G's Santa Fe now says are too light-duty for them.)
The prototype ultimately ended up on Washington Terminal. I remember reading that it was sold some time ago,
but I don't recall what happened to it (glue factory, maybe?)
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Scot
