Just got some news (old news), on the Flying Yankee. Little is known about this but it is recorded in the B&M maintenance files from 1947. A portion of the article is below. To see the rest of the article and picture click here http://www.newenglandrailroad.com/page12.html
Another interesting but little-known fact about 6000 (Flying Yankee) is that its original engine block and crank-shaft were replaced with those from the diesel switcher No. 1103, which were identical, after the 6000 (Flying Yankee) entered the Concord shop on January 19, 1947, for its scheduled overhaul (according to the report of H. L. Leighton, Shop Superintendent, found in the maintenance files of E. K. Bloss, Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society archives).
To see the rest of the article and picture click here http://www.newenglandrailroad.com/page12.html
The engine being pulled out of the Flying Yankee is not the original Winton engine, but a replacement.
Another interesting but little-known fact about 6000 (Flying Yankee) is that its original engine block and crank-shaft were replaced with those from the diesel switcher No. 1103, which were identical, after the 6000 (Flying Yankee) entered the Concord shop on January 19, 1947, for its scheduled overhaul (according to the report of H. L. Leighton, Shop Superintendent, found in the maintenance files of E. K. Bloss, Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society archives).
To see the rest of the article and picture click here http://www.newenglandrailroad.com/page12.html
The engine being pulled out of the Flying Yankee is not the original Winton engine, but a replacement.
It takes real skill to choke on air, fall up the stairs and trip over nothing. I have those skills.