I knew the New Haven had a Besler Steam train, but I didn't know of any
testing, etc. on the Burlington or any connection with the Budd Company or
Stainless Steel construction.
The units that could be the Burlington "Motor" were from the 1880-1900 time
period. I have seen Railway Age articles and (if I remember properly)
excerpts from the Aurora Beacon Burlington column about testing of a Steam
Motor of one type or another on the Burlington. The Besler unit was way
after them and a resurrection of the old concept with (then) state of the
art features to overcome the problems with the original concept.
Charlie
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