Friday, August 20, 2021

The NYO&W (New York, Ontario & Western) was the first major railroad to be abandoned entirely

 

the New York, Ontario & Western started nowhere, avoided all large industrial centers, and only hauled coal from anthracite mines which eventually were mined out and folded up, the earnings of the road fell off so rapidly that the railroad was useless, and doomed

 None of the rail line exists or was used after it's abandonment, none of it's steam locomotives escaped the cutting torch, and only one diesel locomotive (a GE 44-tonner) survived

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/off-topic-discussion/can-we-please-stop-hotlinking-pics/20411/page3927/

6 comments:

  1. a lot of money wasted.

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  2. Would not the coal be hauled to the Large Industrial centers? Where else would you take coal?

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    1. the small industrial centers, and railroad coal storage and sales, I suppose. Keep in mind, I get the text and images from the source I link to at the end of every post. I don't have more info, or create the post from my own knowledge, I only copy what is provided, and normally can't answer questions about it

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  3. Check out SpeedyCop sometime , Park ranger that makes some real great creations. Checked your archives for articles. Those old Locomotives look sad .

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    1. I think I might have shown his LeMons Cessna about 8 years ago, but did you see this article? It's great! https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15372146/spirit-of-lemons-how-a-1956-cessna-airplane-became-a-road-racing-lemons-car-w-build-photosvideo/

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    2. Saw that , him and his buddies thrash that stuff out , looks like they are having fun with it .

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