by scottychaos
As many of you know, I have been searching for three "missing" Lehigh Valley U23B's since I first started the LV survivors page back in 2003:
http://www.frontiernet.net/~scottychaos ... tives.html
Three of the LV's twelve U-boats remain unaccounted for to this day..
I was beginning to assume they must be scrapped, since no one has seen them since they left the R&N in 1998.
The three "Missing" U-boats in question are these:
Lehigh Valley U23B 505
to Conrail 2781
to Reading & Northern 2394
sold by R&N in 1998 to RMDI
sold to Texas Utilities by RMDI
To Texas Utilities 2394
Lehigh Valley U23B 506
to Conrail 2782
to Reading & Northern 2393
sold by R&N in 1998 to RMDI
sold to Texas Utilities by RMDI
To Texas Utilities 2393
Lehigh Valley U23B 507
to Conrail 2783
to Texas Utilities 6/23/1993
every once in awhile I do a new google search, poking arund the internet for any sign of these engines..usually nothing comes up..
but today something has!! ;D
Check out these pics! taken by Ben Helsel, a month ago, In Amarillo, Texas!
http://ns2557.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1791327
http://ns2557.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1791339
Not positively ID'd yet..but! they are U23B's, and they are in Texas!
also notice a bit of Red showing through the paint!
They could also be Missouri Pacific U23B's..as its known Texas Utilities has some Mopac U23B's as well as the LV units..
I have compared the Texas photos with LV photos..I can find no obvious spotting features that would rule them out as LV units..
now we have to somehow figure out their true identity!
Scot
http://www.frontiernet.net/~scottychaos ... tives.html
Three of the LV's twelve U-boats remain unaccounted for to this day..
I was beginning to assume they must be scrapped, since no one has seen them since they left the R&N in 1998.
The three "Missing" U-boats in question are these:
Lehigh Valley U23B 505
to Conrail 2781
to Reading & Northern 2394
sold by R&N in 1998 to RMDI
sold to Texas Utilities by RMDI
To Texas Utilities 2394
Lehigh Valley U23B 506
to Conrail 2782
to Reading & Northern 2393
sold by R&N in 1998 to RMDI
sold to Texas Utilities by RMDI
To Texas Utilities 2393
Lehigh Valley U23B 507
to Conrail 2783
to Texas Utilities 6/23/1993
every once in awhile I do a new google search, poking arund the internet for any sign of these engines..usually nothing comes up..
but today something has!! ;D
Check out these pics! taken by Ben Helsel, a month ago, In Amarillo, Texas!
http://ns2557.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1791327
http://ns2557.rrpicturearchives.net/sho ... id=1791339
Not positively ID'd yet..but! they are U23B's, and they are in Texas!
also notice a bit of Red showing through the paint!
They could also be Missouri Pacific U23B's..as its known Texas Utilities has some Mopac U23B's as well as the LV units..
I have compared the Texas photos with LV photos..I can find no obvious spotting features that would rule them out as LV units..
now we have to somehow figure out their true identity!
Scot
~ Scot Lawrence
Moderator: Lehigh Valley
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Co-Moderator: Anthracite Railroads
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