Hello All, I'm new to the boards here-yall have a nice place. I was wondering if anyone could tell me any info about the train in this pic. I saw it at a museum in S.Dakota and was trying to get some history on it. Thanks .
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Porter or poss. Baldwin-?-has something of the narrow gauge tanks marketed over here by Minitrains for 9mm gauge during the `70`s...
good hunting....
Nick
Those type of engines were standard catalog items. An industry would order 1 or 2 or a dozen. They were usually offered with a few options, guage being one. Over the years the owner would modify them further. And there could be several owners.
Being a S Dakota engine, it probably finished at a grain elevator or gravel pit.
The only way to get any kind of info would be off the builders plate or possibly a frame number.
Phil
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THE.RR wrote: The only way to get any kind of info would be off the builders plate or possibly a frame number. Phil
or..our friend "the Internet!" ;)
the loco is a 25ton 0-4-0, built by Davenport in 1921, construction No. 1871. once belonged to "Grand Rapids Gravel" - on display at "1880's Town, Murdo, SD"
Data found by:
http://www.google.com/
search for "surviving steam locomotives"
leads to: http://www.steamlocomotive.com/lists
leads to http://www.steamlocomotive.com/lists/SD.shtml
took about 5 seconds! ;)
Scot
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