steam in kc

[jr 611]

which steam locomotives has been in kc in the excursion era

[Prairietype]

844

3985

NW 2918?

Lousiana steam train association Mikado

Frisco Mountain (St. Louis)

Big Northern from Minneapolis, had the Hiawatha Observation car on it.

San Bernadino Sant Fe Northern 35??

There are probably a number of others I didn't know about and have missed 

 

 

 

[steam611]

UP 844 in 1984, '85, '86(I believe), '90, '96, '06, '07

UP 3985 in 1992, '93, '95, '01, '02, '04

N&W 611 in June of 1985 and July of 1986

N&W 1218 in June of 1990

SP 745 in '06

MR 261 in 1998, '00, '05

AT&SF 3751 in August/September of 1992

SP 4449 with the Freedom Train in I believe 1976

SLSF 1522 in '94, '95, '96, '01

British steamer The Flying Scotsman in July of 1970

CB&Q 4960 a few times in the early 1960's, believe her last trip here was in 1965

CB&Q 5632 her last public excursions for the Burlington were for the 50th anniversary of the opening of Union Station in October/November of 1964. She was painted gold for the occasion.

I believe that covers everything to date but if anyone knows of ones that I have missed please chime in! 

[dredmann]

To clarify a bit on the two previous posts, ex-Southern Pacific 745 (an Mk-5 class 2-8-2 built for the GH&SA and later assigned to the T&NO, both SP subsidiaries) visited Kansas City in 2006. It was on display at Union Station for some months, steamed to Liberty, MO and Kearney, MO, and pulled some short excursions IIRC on a WATCO-owned short line near Pittsburgh, KS. This locomotive is owned by the Louisiana Railway Heritage Trust, and leased to and operated by the Louisiana Steam Train Association.

There's a guy who calls himself Tiki Jackalope, who has a blog of sorts, and it featured a bunch of stuff on this, including many good pictures. And if I am permitted to mention it, the 2007 LASTA calendar has seven or eight pictures from the KC area, and I think is still available, now $5.

For more information, see www.LASTA.org.