NYC 3029 Split the switch at South Anderson Yard on the Emporia, She was scrapped. Kirk Hise Collection.
Wow, scrapped? She doesn't look that badly damaged. Maybe because the end of steam was near and diesels were taking over? :tb-sad:
I have commented on this engine before and will do it again in case some of you missed it. This engine was just a great locomotive. It looks good setting with its nose in the ground and it fired and rode and operated just as well as it looks. As you can see you were on a curve and were coming to the east end if the yard at So. Anderson . speed was 15 mph or less because the yard engine or B-line could be working at any time.This was in yard limits but this yard limits was a little different than most.You had the book of rules yard limit but here you also had the the time table yard limits. The timetable yard limits said:between So. Anderson and manual block signal one mile south all movements must be made to stop short of train or obstruction and that means all pass. and frt.We also had this same move at Rushville.NYC ,NKP both run without train orders looking out for each other. Back to the 3029. It was a cool morning and they had closed the back curtain but the hook would not keep it closed. The solution to this was wire it shut.When the engine jumped the track the brakeman tried to open the curtain and get off.He could not get it open and as you can see if he had of made it he probably would have been mashed between the engine and tank.I have always said it was the perfect engine and its one imperfection protected the crew down to the end. LEW
Lew, that's a wonderful story. You have said that engines were living creatures with personalities, and 3029 proved it by protecting a crew that it obviously liked.
