John, I prefer Walter's explanation of the misread date on
the slides. As documented in "Canadian Pacific Diesel
Locomotives" 8906, 8911, 8913, 8914, 8915 and 8919 were
sold to Striegel (mispelled in the book) Supply in Baltimore
on May 27, 1968. I don't believe it was for scrapping but
rather salvage especially for the engines which were in high
demand in a variety of applications. Striegel's website seems
to bear that out http://www.striegelsupply.com/ . Given that
8906 appears intact, including bell and whistles, from the
photos it is unlikely that she and her sisters were in a
deadline.
Just a thought,
Rainer
--- In cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John Hutchins" <hutchfye@...> wrote:
RS18's
I've learned the hard way never to say never but...
A TM OPERATING on the Newport and Lyndonville SD's at that time
seems very odd as they were pretty heavy units, right? RS10's,
and the original RS2's were the regulars for road work at that time.strip
Also most (all?) TM's were assigned to BC by that point anyway as I
recall. So the most obvious answer given Don H's definitive response
is that it moved out of the dead line at Angus.
The 2-year period between that sighting and the 1968 scrapping isn't
necessarily that odd either. Scrap dealers buy when prices are low
and sell when the market is good for scrap. (Maybe somebody knows
what prevailing prices were in 1966 and 1968 to help prove/disprove
that in this case??) In the meantime there's plenty of time to
and sell anything Angus hadn't already removed or even entertainresale
of the unit. It's happened before...
John
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