SUSQUEHANNA 142
One of the newest steam locomotives in the world, New
York, Susquehanna and Western Mikado 142 is seen at
Butler, N.J., September 12, 1992. The 2-8-2 was
purchased from the Valley Railroad in late 1991, which
received the steamer from the Tang Shan Works in
China during December 1989.
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THE FLYING YANKEE
With the arrival of experimental X2000 train from
Sweden, one is reminded of Amtrak's self-contained
Turbotrain sets, built by United Aircraft, two decades
earlier. Train No. 151, The Flying Yankee, roars around
the curve into the cut, Old Lyme, Conn., October 1974.
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