GLENMONT, N.Y. — Two historic New York Central electric locomotives, saved last year after long facing a threat of scrapping, have been moved from their site on an Island in the Hudson River after more than three decades, the Danbury Railway Museum has announced. The museum released a photo today of the locomotives on flatbed trucks, as well as a statement saying that after 36 years on Beacon Island, the Class S-1 and Class T-3a locomotives “have been moved off the site and are currently sitting on private property. They will be shipped to The Danbury Railway Museum soon, where upon arrival work will continue on returning them to an appearance that would make the New York Central Railroad proud. Thank you to everyone involved. Please consider making a donation to this project at DanburyRail.org/Donate. To learn more about the history of these locomotives visit DanburyRail.org/electrics.”
The lengthy effort to save the locomotives, which at one time had been restored but were heavily vandalized during their time on the island, finally saw their future secured last December when they were moved out of the way of a construction project [see “Two NYC electrics are safe …,” Trains News Wire, Dec. 30, 2022]. Watch Trains News Wire for further details as they become available.
— Updated at 1:15 p.m. CDT to include photo credit omitted by source.
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