Neato! I can envision that US Army Triplex on a clandestine mission - pulling a twenty-flatcar load of 40 M4 A3 Sherman Firefly tanks east from the Lima Tank Factory to Port Jersey in Jersey City with final destination being Antwerp, Belgium. Little does anyone know, that a week prior, German agents managed to facilitate a shipment and delivery -- through the St. Lawrence River Seaway of an old freighter to an abandoned port on Lake Erie -- a company of heavy Panzers including two platoons of Tiger 1s. The German agents subsequently hijacked a Lehigh Valley freight train, loaded the Panzers on-board, and shipped them south to Ithaca, where they were unloaded, tank crews briefed, and sent to intercept and take control of Starrucca Viaduct. Will the Triplex and M4 A3 Shermans cross the viaduct before the Germans arrive, or will the Americans need to disembark and prepare their tanks for battle? Will there be a great tank battle for control of Starrucca Viaduct? You bet!
Disclaimer: Eisenhower was a WWII General, and during WWI was a commander of a Tank Training Unit in the states. And of course, the Triplex saw service from 1916 to 1929 or thereabouts...so perhaps they should've used John J. Pershing's name on the Triplex. Nevertheless, it's neat to see a US Army steam engine!
