| Railway Preservation News https://www.rypn.org/forums/ |
|
| ex-M&StL 457 https://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=20222 |
Page 1 of 1 |
| Author: | bobyar2001 [ Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | ex-M&StL 457 |
When owned by and in use at the American Crystal Sugar factory in Mason City, Iowa. Its currently under restoration in the park there, with funds being raised for a shelter. http://cdm.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm4/item_view ... R=22&REC=4 |
|
| Author: | Ron Travis [ Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ex-M&StL 457 |
Number 457 was built by Alco in 10/1912. That engine is nearly identical to Don Lind's #471 at Annandale, MN. Number 471 was built by Baldwin for the Iowa Central as #429 in 12/1910. There was also another M&StL 2-8-0, #452, that was sold to Crystal Sugar at the same time as #457, and that engine worked at Crystal Sugar at Chaska, MN, during the beet season, up until about 1959. Coincidentally, Chaska was the home of the Klein brickyard where #471 sat for years waiting for Don Lind to come along and buy it. RTK |
|
| Page 1 of 1 | All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ] |
| Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |
|