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Steam Locomotives
In June, 1952, I arrived at Fort Eustis, VA, for my basic training. Here was a wonderful steam and diesel powered railroad, but steam was the primary power. I stayed until the end of the year when I shipped out to Korea. I returned twice for reserve training in 1956 and 1957. I want to thank Brian Rumary, who provided additional information from England, and to Steve Holding, who also added information.
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10136 was on display at Ft. Eustis when I got there in 1952, but it was gone when I got back in 1955. Ewald Rasch tells us 10136 is (was) a German class HF110C built for the military railroads (HeeresFeldbahn) with 110 hp and 3 driving axles, C being the third letter in the alphabet. They had an outside frame and thus could be used on 750 mm gauge and 600 mm gauge by changing the axles. They were used during the war in Russia. The last survivors ended their lives on the narrow gauge line on the island Ruegen in the East Sea. Luckily a few are still in use on museum railroads.
V-1923 is a narrow gauge locomotive built by Vulcan in January 1946, #4770. It is now on display at USATransportation Museum.
A day or two after I arrived at Ft. Eustis, we were loaded on a truck and taken out into the woods to do brush cutting. As we passed Rifle Range Junction, I saw two German locomotives and a motor train. When I got back at week end, the streamlined 4-8-4 was scrapped, but the L52-KON Kreigsloco and the motor train were still there. They were gone shortly afterwards. Look at that huge condensing tender. The L52-KON was a simplified variant derived from the standard freight type class 50 according to Ewald.
I have recently found out that the 2-8-2 was a real rare item. It was actually a V-8 locomotive. The cylinders were in a V formation on the axles, and it was expected this locomotive would break all speed records. It was experimental, and here is a photo of it in better days courtesy of James D. Hefner.
There is a special page on USA narrow gauge locomotives in Korea.
There was a model Korean Class PC-1 built by apprentices at the Yongdong Po shop of Chosen Rys. That was the name while the system was under Japanese control. The 712th Bn, Ry Opn, found it and had the concrete stand built for it in front of the Battalion Headquarters. It later went to the Railroad Museum and some how got numbered 4288. How about the elephant ears?
Thanks to John Goldie for info on Hawaii.
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