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, RS18's
and the original RS2's were the regulars for road work at that time.
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 strip
and sell anything Angus hadn't already removed or even entertain resale
of the unit. It's happened before...
John
John Hutchins, P.O. Box 595, Littleton, MA 01460-0595
--- mcindoefalls@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: "mcindoefalls" <mcindoefalls@xxxxxxxxx>
To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cpsig] Re: Train Master in Vermont?
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:35:53 -0000
It looks like CLC Fan wins. Photographer Haskel says:
"It was enroute to a dealer to have the traction motors removed and
then I presume to be Scrapped."
With the builder plate on! It's possible that the date on the slide
mount was not clear.
Walt Lankenau
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