PWeiser's Besler in action.

[JCitron]

http://www.archive.org/details/BeslerCo1932

Here's a video of PWeiser's new model in action in a promo film done by the Besler Corp.

Way cool. It's too bad it got cut up by the New Haven. It had too many mechanical problems, but it seems much of New Haven's equipment had too many mechanical problems. So it makes me wonder if they didn't know how to maintain the train and gave up on it instead.

John

 

[leader2302]

http://www.archive.org/details/BeslerCo1932

Here's a video of PWeiser's new model in action in a promo film done by the Besler Corp.

Way cool. It's too bad it got cut up by the New Haven. It had too many mechanical problems, but it seems much of New Haven's equipment had too many mechanical problems. So it makes me wonder if they didn't know how to maintain the train and gave up on it instead.

John

If I remember correctly, the Beslar had a very rough ride for the crew. In vengence, the various engineers that ran the Beslar "took it out on the equipment" prematurely wearing out the Beslar. The poor treatment of the Beslar might also be related to a sort of "labor action" due to it not requiring a fireman.

 

[JCitron]

If I remember correctly, the Beslar had a very rough ride for the crew. In vengence, the various engineers that ran the Beslar "took it out on the equipment" prematurely wearing out the Beslar. The poor treatment of the Beslar might also be related to a sort of "labor action" due to it not requiring a fireman.

I wouldn't doubt it regarding the crew action. It is too bad that the equipment wasn't saved from the scrap pile though. During the Depression, I think the NH was trying to save money as they were avoiding bankruptcy. If they could have purchased more equipment like this, it would have meant more cash in the coffers, although the stockholders wanted a good hunk of any profits the company was making at the time as well, so who knows what might of happened.

The same thing happened to the B&M Talgo train. For years the old coaches sat at the BET near North Station. It really was a cool looking train.

I only vaguely remember seeing it in operation, when I was really young. When the long-haul passenger trains were dropped, it ended up in commuter service, but it was prone to breakdowns. I'm sure the crew didn't like it for some reason, so they killed it.

Here's a picture of it at Reading Highlands. http://photos.nerail.org/s/?p=49610

The consist had two FM P12-42 engines on either end with low slung Talgo connected passenger cars in the middle.

This was also a McGuiness era train while he was head of the B&M, and in the process of destroying this company like he did the New Haven.

John