NYC S-motor & T-motor, Albany NY

Still there, along with a u25b, rs3 and some Delaware and Hudson passenger cars.  Unfortunately, they are mostly stripped and gutted, which is quite a shame considering the t motor was cosmetically restored for a movie in the 80s. Right now they are trapped on a track isolated by power plant property.  Hard to say what will happen to them. Right now a lot of equipment at the old d and h colonie shops is getting scrapped. Hopefully these will not meet the same date.

Thanks for the update, Glenn. I assume anything deemed valuable, like copper etc., is gone, so any future restoration would be cosmetic only?

What prevents these nostalgic locomotives from going to museums for preservation? Who owns them?

Any number of things from legal issues to lack of any organization being able to muster up the interest, talent (and more importantly, the cash) to move locomotives.

 

It can take years for all parties involved to strike a deal.

 

Rusty

Those locomotives used to be visible from the road when driving past the power plant. Weren't they were moved from that location some years ago?

I thought they were moved off of the power plant's property at their request, but I am not positive.

Correct. The equipment was moved beyond the fenced-in perimeter of the power plant giving the vandals free reign. The Danbury Railway Museum has taken possession of the locomotives and is reportedly exploring options for moving them.

 

Bob