You're welcome, Brian. Some of us still remember a time when a physical address identified a person's (or company's) place in the world, rather than hashtags and dot coms and @ symbols. And I still remember the time (1988-1995) when I would be sitting at my desk or leaning over an art table, and I'd hear the voice from down the hall of Railfan & Railroad editor Jim Boyd when he rang up (via land line phone, of course) his counterparts at Trains (Morgan, Ingles, Keefe) to wish them well every October 27th. Some traditions never die, though their methods might change over time.
Bruce Kelly It's that day, once again. A toot of the whistle and a tip of the hogger's hat to everyone at K Pub.
It's that day, once again. A toot of the whistle and a tip of the hogger's hat to everyone at K Pub.
Thank you for the recognition, Bruce!
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
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There is no connection to Canadian National. Maybe the confusion arose when I referred to her as Construction number (c.n.) 1027. The engine was Louisiana Cypress number 2. Her one claim to fame came in the 1970's, when she was used under steam in the production of a film with Liv Ullman and Max Von Sydow. It was either "the Emigrants" or "The Immigrants".
Tom
[/quote] Thanks for the additional info,Tom(ACY):
Some further searching found the following from the Museum's website: @
http://www.midcontinent.org/equipment-roster/former-collection-items/louisiana-cypress-2/
"...By the early 1970s, #2 was out of service and placed on static display. Several members wanted to give her a complete overhaul to return to service, and the locomotive was disassembled. Some parts were shipped to a machine shop in Milwaukee. the work was never completed, and the parts were returned to North Freedom in the 1990s. The #2 was stored in “kit form” awaiting the day when money and time were available to reassemble before ultimately being sold at auction to a private owner in May 2015 with plans to restore the locomotive..."
There is also a photo of the engine on the website, at the above link.
There is no connection to Canadian National. Maybe the confusion arose when I referred to her as Construction number (c.n.) 1027. The engine was Louisiana Cypress number 2. Her one claim to fame came in 1969, when she was used under steam in the production of a film with Liv Ullman and Max Von Sydow. It was either "the Emigrants" or "The Immigrants".
(date corrected)
ACY Firelock76 I could be wrong, but I think it's gone to Jerry Joe Jacobsen's "Age of Steam" collection. I don't think that is correct. Mr. Jacobson bought Woodward Iron 2-10-0 number 41 in that auction, but I think 2-6-0 c.n. 1027 is still in North Freedom. I don't know whether somebody bought it or not. My last info is that she is still disassembled, but that could be way out of date. Tom
Firelock76 I could be wrong, but I think it's gone to Jerry Joe Jacobsen's "Age of Steam" collection.
I could be wrong, but I think it's gone to Jerry Joe Jacobsen's "Age of Steam" collection.
I don't think that is correct. Mr. Jacobson bought Woodward Iron 2-10-0 number 41 in that auction, but I think 2-6-0 c.n. 1027 is still in North Freedom. I don't know whether somebody bought it or not. My last info is that she is still disassembled, but that could be way out of date.
My guess would be it is going to take the input from someone who attended the auction, and knows what the disposition of #1027 that was made at the auction; other wise CNR # 1027 is in the category of a "Mary Celeste" of the rails...
Anybody know the status of Lima C.N. 1027, 2-6-0, sold (in pieces) at the Mid Continent Railway Museum's auction a year or so ago? Who bought her? Restoration plans? She's the oldest surviving Lima rod engine. I had thought Kalmbach would be interested at the time of the auction, but I guess somebody else bought her.
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