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| Author: | bobyar2001 [ Sat Feb 11, 2006 3:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Lee Tidewater Cypress 4? |
Can't positively identify this one, but my best guess is it is former Lee Tidewater Cypress 2-6-2 4, acquired by Nelson Blount in the 1960s, but never moved north from Florida. It ended up at the Thompson winery at Monee, Illinois in the late-'60s. Not sure where it is going in this photo: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=92028 Or is it the W.T. Carter 4, the operable engine used in the movie, that later ran in Florida? |
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| Author: | Alan Maples [ Sat Feb 11, 2006 6:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lee Tidewater Cypress 4? - nope |
Quote: Or is it the W.T. Carter 4, the operable engine used in the movie, that later ran in Florida?
I believe your second guess is correct. The Lee Tidewater Cypress engine went to the Hardin Southern in Kentucky, and was most likely shipped by truck. They have sinced ceased operations and I don't know the present status of the locomotive. The W.T. Carter engine is stored in the enginehouse at the Dardanelle & Russellville Railroad. Having seen it there, I would say it is the same engine as in the photo. I was told that one of the advantages of the 4 was its size, which allowed it to be loaded on a flat car and shipped anywhere without clearance restrictions. Alan Maples |
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| Author: | jim templin [ Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lee Tidewater Cypress 4? |
That's ex WT Carter #4 (Reader RR now) on its way back from Mt Dora, Florida. |
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| Author: | Benjamin True [ Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lee Tidewater Cypress 4? |
Is this the 'Oh Brother" engine? |
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| Author: | ICF8469 [ Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lee Tidewater Cypress 4? |
Bob, Here is the website link to the Hardin Southern Railroad where the Lee Tidewater #4 now resides. I suspect the engine in your earlier post is the W.T. Carter engine. Note the different pilot and lack of cab braces on the Lee Tidewater engine. Bruce Pierce http://www.hsrr.com/steam.htm [/url] |
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| Author: | jim templin [ Wed Feb 15, 2006 10:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Yep |
it sure is. |
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