 | | Texas State Railroad Engine #8 —Anthony Sava
| | | | (2 URLs) Gallery> (URL) Texas State Railroad ALCO MRS-1 Diesel-Electric locomotive #8>. Built in 1953 by ALCO and General Electric, the locomotive was first owned by the United States Army, and then later by the United States Navy. I have not been (...) (13 years ago, 1-Feb-11, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Texas State Railroad Engine #8 —Benn Coifman
| | | | | (...) Ah, the MRS1, those were a cold war wonder. Built for the US government with variable gauge trucks. More (URL) here> (13 years ago, 4-Feb-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Texas State Railroad Engine #8 —Anthony Sava
| | | | | (...) You know, I've read the Wikipedia article on the MRS-1 already, but somehow I missed the part about the variable gauge trucks - that's awesome. --Tony (13 years ago, 8-Feb-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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