There are a lot of locomotives, especially steam, locomotives that have been scrapped or disappeared from this planet and I was wondering what locomotive, or locomotives, would YOU like to see a replica of. Here's the number one I want to see a replica of:
A Southern Ps-4
Now some of you are thinking wait a minute, there's a Southern Ps-4 preserved in the Smithsonian's Museum of American History; there's no need for a replica.
Well, the reason why is because the exhibit the locomotive is part of is built around the locomotive, meaning that the only way to get it out is in pieces, pieces small enough to fit through the doors at the entrance. In fact, I remember Wick Moorman, C.E.O. of Norfolk Southern, compared getting 1401 out if the Smithsonian "like daylighting Natural Tunnel" (search for 'natural tunnel' online to find out why it's impossible).
What locomotive would you like to see a replica of?
Remember, the rule is: There must be NO survivors of the type of locomotive you want to see a replica of. For example, there are two surviving Norfolk & Western 2-8-8-2 Y6a mallet articulateds, but there are no Y6b mallets surviving.
A Southern Ps-4
Now some of you are thinking wait a minute, there's a Southern Ps-4 preserved in the Smithsonian's Museum of American History; there's no need for a replica.
Well, the reason why is because the exhibit the locomotive is part of is built around the locomotive, meaning that the only way to get it out is in pieces, pieces small enough to fit through the doors at the entrance. In fact, I remember Wick Moorman, C.E.O. of Norfolk Southern, compared getting 1401 out if the Smithsonian "like daylighting Natural Tunnel" (search for 'natural tunnel' online to find out why it's impossible).
What locomotive would you like to see a replica of?
Remember, the rule is: There must be NO survivors of the type of locomotive you want to see a replica of. For example, there are two surviving Norfolk & Western 2-8-8-2 Y6a mallet articulateds, but there are no Y6b mallets surviving.
