Re: Old diesels

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Hans-Joachim Zierke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Philip Nasadowski schrieb:

> > Anyone know what the oldest diesel in real service in the us/world is?
> 
> Regarding still-working diesel locos, I think that shunters out of the
> 1930s will beat everybody else. On industry tracks, you'll still find
> them.


One of the sugar cane mills in Brazil apparently has some Sentinel
locomotives (not railcars, but locomotives) dating to the early 1900's
that have been converted to diesel operation.  Do those count?

I already told you of the Union Railroad of Oregon 1928 Plymouth
switcher.  Don't know where it went after the line ceased operating.

For a while, the Strasburg Rail Road (mostly a tourist line) hauled a
little freight on their line.  Rather than use one of their steam
locomotives in such service, they had a 1926 Plymouth diesel.  In fact,
that was the line's only locomotive for a number of years until the
tourist railroad concept got started.  Don't know if that qualifies or
not.  The company is still a real railroad, but heavily involved in old
locomotives for tourist service, but this obviously was not part of the
tourist business.

For a while, the Union Railroad of Oregon and the Strasburg Rail Road
units were regarded as the oldest operating diesels on common carriers in
the USA.

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