| Posted by FSWood on January 24, 2022 | |
That those modernizations exist make it all the cooler. And besides, if "We'll do what we need to so we can get the most use out of it", isn't a railroad design principle, what is.
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This is also an oil burner & was made in China
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York 17 is indeed an oil-burner, however, she was not built in China. The York was built by the Kloke Locomotive Works in Elgin, IL and delivered in 2013. She was created using the plans and patterns developed in the 1970s by O'Connor Engineering of Costa Mesa, CA, and which were used in the construction of the CP "Jupiter" and UP 119 replicas which O'Connor built for the Golden Spike National Historical Park at Promontory Summit in Utah. The York was definitely made in the good ole USA.
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| Posted by FSWood on January 25, 2022 | |
What was made in China? York was built in Elgin, Illinois, and if my understanding of maps is correct Illinois is on the opposite of the Pacific Ocean from China. For a published commercial media reference; "VIDEO Ride with the engineer of the steam locomotive York No. 17 Paul Kuehnel YorkDailyRecord Published 10:29 p.m. ET June 2, 2013
Take a ride with engineer Alex Horeman on the first public trip of the York No. 17 locomotive leaving New Freedom. Making stops in Railroad and Glen Rock. Steam Into History, Inc. The engine was built by the Kloke Locomotive Works in Elgin, Illinois."
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