Last Sunday our club had its annual picnic at Old Poway Park in Poway, CA. At the park they have a beautiful, 1907 Baldwin 0-4-0 steam locomotive that runs on a 42" gauge track around the park. I spent much of my time there shooting video of this train and got a lot of interesting and unusual shots, which I've edited into a nifty video for YouTube:
http://youtu.be/E_SE7M9ThrI
This locomotive was originally an industrial saddle-tank engine. It was later bought by a private individual who "backdated" it and converted it to use a tender.
Enjoy!
What a beautiful little engine! The fireboy seems to really know his business as there's little to no smoke. Is it oil-fired? And what can you tell us about the Poway Midland, I've never heard of it.
Very nice! Where did they get that headlight? Idon't recall ever seeing one like that.
Tim
I suspect the headlight is European, unless it was fabricated especially for the locomotive. Oh, I did an on-line search for the Poway Midland. They've got a nice website that answered all my questions in my previous post.
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