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| Author: | bobyar2001 [ Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Rutland 100 |
Just the cab and backhead of this one survived, originally saved by a woman in Bennington, Vermont for her children to play on. Over the years, it went to Edaville, then to Steamtown in Vermont. Did it survive the last cleanup there? http://abpr.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?s ... rut100.jpg Photo at Rutland, Vermont, September 16, 1947. |
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| Author: | J.David [ Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rutland 100 |
Dear Bob: Yes and no! We stripped useable parts out of the cab to keep for spares. The backhead/firebox section and some of the cab were left behind when we moved and taken by the Green Mountain Railroad for possible use as a display. The last time I saw it, it was in the remains of a shep at the former Steamtown site. J.David |
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| Author: | Les Beckman [ Fri Mar 31, 2006 2:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rutland 100/other strange remnant |
Bob: Certainly a strange preservation. But there have been others. The one I remember is the town in southern Illinois (Dupo perhaps?) that was offered a Missouri Pacific 1-class 2-8-0. Supposedly the town didn't want the whole thing and saved only the FRONT END! It was cut perhaps at the back of the cylinders and that portion plastered against a stone wall of some type as a memorial to the steam age. I guess it was better than nothing. I don't know if it is still there or not. Les |
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