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| Author: | WWRRDaveH [ Wed Oct 20, 2004 5:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Dugas & Le Blanc #3, Irwin, PA; Existence? |
Was doing some research for 30" gauge steam locomotives in the local region, and stumbled across the Dugas & Le Blanc Ltd. #3 on http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomo ... splay=1410 . However, after a search for this particular engine, as well as the Stearns Auto Museum, where the website says it's located, I find nothing. Does anyone know if this engine or musem exists, or how I can contact the museum or owner of this engine? Thanks Dave H. |
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| Author: | Tim Botti [ Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dugas & Le Blanc #3, Irwin, PA; Existence? |
Hey Dave, Irwin PA happens to be my hometown. Went looking for this engine over the summer, and I'm starting to think it's gone. The building that I think was once the Auto Museum is now a flooring showroom. Until maybe about two years ago the entrance was overgrown with vegitation, but it did have a sign outside that said simply "Museum." A few years ago myself and a friend *cough may have tried to get in *cough but to no avail. Either way, place has been completely remodeled now and definately does not have a locomotive inside. So either I'm in the wrong building, it doesn't exist, or it has managed to evade the ever-viligilant Tim Botti & friends steam locomotive search. :-) Maybe someone with a few years on my 20 can give a you a better idea of what the deal is... |
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| Author: | steaminfo [ Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dugas & Le Blanc #3, Irwin, PA; Existence? |
If you happen to find out where it went, let me know so I can change the website. |
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| Author: | jim templin [ Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dugas & Le Blanc #3, Irwin, PA; Existence? |
I think that this engine is owned by Sam King in Lampasas, TX. i do know that he has two Westfield Plantation (successor to Dagas and LaBlanc), one 0-6-2 and one 0-4-4. At the time Westfield quit steam they had four engines, all preserved, two Porter 0-6-2s and one Porter 0-4-4 as well as the Davenport 0-4-4 that is know 24' and running in Maine. |
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| Author: | survivingworldsteam [ Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dugas & Le Blanc #3, Irwin, PA; Existence? |
Sure enough, the construction information on steamlocomotive.info matches Sammy King's 0-4-4T "Rosa". -James Hefner Hebrews 10:20a Surviving World Steam Project |
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| Author: | Doug Bailey [ Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dugas & Le Blanc #3, Irwin, PA; Existence? |
survivingworldsteam wrote: Sure enough, the construction information on steamlocomotive.info matches Sammy King's 0-4-4T "Rosa".
Okay...relocated the little critter to Lampasas and updated the ownership information. Do you have any idea which other locomotive Mr. King owns? |
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| Author: | survivingworldsteam [ Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dugas & Le Blanc #3, Irwin, PA; Existence? |
The other one is #1, "Bertha". An 0-6-2T; H.K. Porter 1791/1897. Both by the way are 2ft 6in gauge. Is this the same Sammy King that has written about Mexican Railways here on RYPN? I believe Sammy (or a previous owner in Lampassas) had them both for sale; were they ever sold, or are they still for sale? -James Hefner Hebrews 10:20a Surviving World Steam Project |
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| Author: | Doug Bailey [ Thu Oct 21, 2004 11:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dugas & Le Blanc #3, Irwin, PA; Existence? |
Fixed the 0-6-2T as well. As always, James, your information is impeccable. I'm in your debt. Doug |
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| Author: | WWRRDaveH [ Thu Oct 21, 2004 12:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dugas & Le Blanc #3, Irwin, PA; Existence? |
Yes, does anyone know if the engine(s) are still for sale, and if so, who to contact (and how to contact them)? Thanks again! Dave H. |
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| Author: | G. W. Laepple [ Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dugas & Le Blanc #3, Irwin, PA; Existence? |
Just to set the record straight, the former Louisiana sugar engine now running at the Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum in Maine is a Vulcan, not a Davenport. It was regauged from 30-inch to 24-inch gauge at the B&M shops for Edaville. |
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| Author: | christensenge [ Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dugas & Le Blanc #3, Irwin, PA; Existence? |
I thought I had heard that the Forney has been sold to the located Forney Museum in Denver. I don't live in Colorado anymore. Can anyone confirm? Best Regards, Glenn |
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| Author: | jim templin [ Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dugas & Le Blanc #3, Irwin, PA; Existence? |
Yup, you are right, and I knew that to begin with. From time to time I suffer from mental flatulence................ there was another 0-6-2 that was some where in Ohio that was also a Westfield engine, but was converted to a Prairie. |
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| Author: | ontracked [ Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dugas & Le Blanc #3, Irwin, PA; Existence? |
Irwin was also the office address for Carl Auel/Keystone Light Railway. He did deal with Forneys; but they were former 0-4-0Ts that he rebuilt into 2-4-4s (Marriott's Great America, Opryland). |
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