Mr. Mitchell, and the forum,
Had an opportunity to make a stop in Sumiton Alabama the other day, and thought I would take a try and see if the locomotive that raised a bit of suspicion was actually still in place... The locomotive in question I believe was PRR E8 5706, which I suspect from reading the forum, was one of the Blue Mountain and Reading PRR E8's that ran a number of years ago.... As it wasn't too far out of the way, I was able to locate the locomotive, along with 4 other full size pieces of equipment on the property, and thought many members of the forum might like to see the current condition, and storage location of this one time excursion engine.....
The engine is in generally semi neglected condition, on a piece of property, not near or connected to live rail... ( so everything was obviously trucked in to this location )....On the property is a small church and a few garages that were made to look like a depot ( although it certainly did not look at all like a depot ) ..... Also on the property is Southern lightweight 10/6 "St John's River" ( now named The EJ Earley ) , a Frisco painted caboose, Southern heavyweight coach # 1076, and a Southern M&W baggage car numbered 900200 ( which had a TVRM repacking date of 1998 ).....It would appear, the equipment, and other antiques are all privately owned....
So....I thought ( once and for all ) many members of the forum would like to see this engine ( and the fact it truly exists ), its present condition, and some of the other cars presently on the property.....
Hope this answers some questions for those that have an interest
Dean Levin
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