CADILAC AND LAKE CITY SADDLE TANKER

Ryan · **Posted:** Fri Jun 25, 2004 12:58 pm

I was hoping somebody could help me out. I have been searching for awhile on what happened to the saddle tanker 0-4-0, I believe #11 that ran on the Cadilac and Lake City R.R. in Michigan. I have tried steamlocomotive.com as well as steamlocomotive.info and have not been able to track it down.
Thanks in advance
Ryan

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Fri Jun 25, 2004 1:14 pm

Found it. It has to be one of THE most traveled locos about. From Kelley Island, it went to the C&LC, apparently briefly from there to the Reese Central, then to Hiltons, Virginia, and then even briefly owned by a certain Jery Jacobsen...... now in South Dakota.

http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=1125

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Marty Knox · **Posted:** Sat Jun 26, 2004 10:57 pm

> Found it. It has to be one of THE most
> traveled locos about. From Kelley Island, it
> went to the C&LC, apparently briefly
> from there to the Reese Central

Even when it was on the C&LC it was owned by Fred Steck. The Reese Central was what he called his siding in Reese, Michigan. I haven't seen Fred in a couple of years but last I knew he was still around.

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Steve Zuiderveen · **Posted:** Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:56 am

> Even when it was on the C&LC it was
> owned by Fred Steck. The Reese Central was
> what he called his siding in Reese,
> Michigan. I haven't seen Fred in a couple of
> years but last I knew he was still around.

Marty,

Somewhere in there it was also owned by Carlton Johnson, of Clio. In fact, I am not sure if Fred Steck even owned it between him and Jerry Joe. Upon the demise of the C&LC, Reese Central was a convenient place to go with the loco. Carlton, Fred, and our friend George Atkinson were all shareholders in the C&LC.

Huckleberry content: between the demise of the Advance Rumley steam tractor, and the present permanent installation; the sawmill at Crossroads Village was powered by Carleton's Case 65 hp, under contract complete with Carl running it.

Photo from Railroadmichigan.com:

Train No. 71 and crew at North Cadillac, Michigan Station, 3 miles north of Cadillac on U.S. 131. Left to right Engineer Carlton Johnson, fireman Edward Seeley, and conductor Earl Abbett Leon Foster

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