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Author:  bobyar2001 [ Sat Feb 11, 2006 6:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Louisnana Gravel Engines

Some gravel pit engines, a couple I don't recognize. Anyone know more about these locomotives, photographed in 1963?

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=78621

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=69803

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=69803


I think this one is the former GM&O 4-6-0 72, at Franklinton:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=69806

Just found a better link here. Looks like this was the Franklinton operation, and the SP 0-6-0s were still in use at the time. They and the 4-6-0 survived, the others must have been scrapped. Franklinton and Covington are some distance apart on the map. Which location was it really?

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiv ... px?id=2490

Author:  jim templin [ Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Louisnana Gravel Engines

Well, the first photo is of ex Caddo & Choctaw, ex Reader RR, ex Hartwell Scenic 2-6-2 # 11 in storage in kentucky.

All of the other locos were scrapped, except the 72, and the Louisiana Cypress engine, which was famously stored for years in a Houston garage before relocated to Griffin , GA.

Author:  bobyar2001 [ Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Louisnana Gravel Engines

Sorry about the wrong link on the first one. The last link, with the thumbnails, is the best. Just the 4-6-0 and the two ex-SP 0-6-0s survived.

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