Nobody's denying 1985. I have the unit accounted for pretty much from when it was out-shopped on 3/16/85 through the end of 1985 which lands it back in Little Ferry out of service. 86 is very spotty for the moment as well as early 1987. From then I have it so far out of service from September of 87 through at least July of 88.
dano23 wrote:Nobody's denying 1985. I have the unit accounted for pretty much from when it was out-shopped on 3/16/85 through the end of 1985 which lands it back in Little Ferry out of service. 86 is very spotty for the moment as well as early 1987. From then I have it so far out of service from September of 87 through at least July of 88.From what I found out, the #206 was running in December of 1985, and again in January 1987, now as for 1986, I have nothing. But based on 1985 and 1987 I assume she was running in 1986, or at least capable of running. (people talk about an engine failure but I haven't found any evidence to support that) Now in 1988 there is another photo of it with stack capped up in binghamton. From what I was told she was pulled from service and stored serviceable. And then she was put back into service in 1989 and ran straight through, (even after her fire), until she was sent to the scrap line, or whatever happened to her after the fire. After the fire, I don't know anything about her, still doing research on that.
Now it appears to me based on what I know, that the #206 from the moment she was put back in service in the early to mid-eighties, seemed to run on and off for several years. But she always seemed able to run. No mention of any time from 1985 to 1989 where she was in the shop for any problems. And if she had any issues they were fixed as she was operating in 1989.