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Old D&RG K-27 Mudhen Locomotive #464

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Old D&RG K-27 Mudhen Locomotive #464
Posted by JKsmartypants on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 10:20 AM

I heard this was at a tourist RR in Michigan.  When I was there last week, I couldn't find anything.  Anyone familiar with the whereabouts of this old engine?   (It's lookalike #463 is at the C&TS in Colorado, I understand).  I would like to see and hear one run; it has a single tone whistle, I have heard.

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 4:43 PM

It's at the Huckleberry Railroad in Flint.  According to their website, their other locomotive (#152, a 4-6-0) is undergoing renovations.  That would put 464 as their only operating loco right now.

I rode behind 464 there several years ago.

http://geneseecountyparks.org/crossroads-village/attractions/huckleberry-railroad/

 

 

 

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Posted by BOB WITHORN on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 5:18 PM
Nice ride in old D&RGW 1800's wood passenger cars. They do a good job running their trains considering their funding shortfalls in a financially depressed County.
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Posted by Electroliner 1935 on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 9:59 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-K0VNbMlrM

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Posted by JKsmartypants on Thursday, August 24, 2017 2:57 PM

Thanks for the update.  I will make a point of getting there and riding it on my next trip.  I have a thing about these old engines, hearing so many stories about them from my youth in the Southwest.  I wish I had paid more attention then. 

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, August 24, 2017 4:29 PM

JKsmartypants
I will make a point of getting there and riding it on my next trip.

I hope you've included (or will include) the Henry Ford (museum, especially Greenfield Village) in your travel plans in Michigan.  It's worth a whole day.  And they are running live steam there, too.

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Posted by MidlandMike on Saturday, August 26, 2017 10:34 PM

While you are in the Flint area, just west in Owosso, is the Steam Railroading Institute, home of PM #1225 of Polar Express fame.

https://www.michigansteamtrain.com/

Between there and Flint is Michigan's popular train watching site, Durand station/museum (CN, ATK, GLC, HE)

http://www.durandstation.org/

 

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