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Re: Texas State Railroad Engine #8
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.general
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Date:
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Tue, 8 Feb 2011 17:09:35 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Benn Coifman wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Anthony Sava wrote:
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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 able to discover any
additional information on her.
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Ah, the MRS1, those were a cold war wonder. Built for the US government with
variable gauge trucks. More here
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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
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