This is how that other Bessemer & Lake Erie steam locomotive looks as of February 2011.
There is the IRM marking!
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| Author: | bobyar2001 [ Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | B&LE 154 cab |
Cab of this 2-8-0 looking very good at Dearborn: http://abpr2.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi? ... 806_MI.jpg And the cab of the Allegheny as well: http://abpr2.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi? ... 806_MI.jpg |
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| Author: | Chris Salmonson [ Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: B&LE 154 cab |
The 154 still looks real nice! The flash makes both cabs look dusty though. Speaking of builders plates, there are none (Baldwin) on the engine. The files state that they are in a private collection. As for the 1601, the cab was restored about 4 years ago. Before that, the handles and gauges were painted over in silver and black paint in a slap-dash cosmetic job. Neither cab are open to the public, which makes me wonder how these pictures were snapped. |
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| Author: | Chris Salmonson [ Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 1601 cab |
The cab of the Allegheny is now open to the public. You can now sit in the seats and put your hand on the grapevine. It's also less dusty. |
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| Author: | Les Beckman [ Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1601 cab |
And here's the 1601 as she looks from the outside: http://www.flickr.com/photos/57669468@N00/329020584/ Les |
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| Author: | Chris Salmonson [ Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1601 cab |
Is the 1601 running extra or is there a second section? That picture is pre-opening-the-cab. The stairway is on the engineer's side. |
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| Author: | tomgears [ Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: B&LE 154 cab |
Great stuff. Thanks a lot for sharing. |
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| Author: | Dave Lewandoski [ Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: B&LE 154 cab |
when I saw the starting poster of this thread, I said "great, bobyar is back!!!!!" then I noticed the date. rats!! |
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| Author: | Aarne H. Frobom [ Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: B&LE 154 cab |
The Henry Ford will allow people with real research needs access to their stuff. Somewhere we've got photos of the 1601's firebox and thermic syphons. I think I recall it has the C&O's diaphragmated side sheets (with the dimples around the staybolts). The GG-1 should look good next to the Allegheny. This big engine always looked a bit lonely by itself, but it generates a lot of what Walter Gray called "the wow factor" at the Ford Museum. |
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| Author: | J.David [ Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: B&LE 154 cab |
The IRM did a nice job on this restoration. As an aside, I recently purchased the original steam gauge from No. 154 off eBay. The documentation I got with the gauge indicates that it was removed in the early 1980s'. With sharp eyes you'll note that the gauge in the picture has holes in it for mounting but is secured with a clamp type bracket. The original gauge has no mounting holes, obviously useable only on a gauge bracket with a clamp. My intent is to reunite the gauge with the locomotive... J.David |
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| Author: | Chris Salmonson [ Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: B&LE 154 cab |
The Baldwin builders plates for the 154 (33370) are supposedly in a private collection, at least that's what the records show. I wonder where they are. I still haven't found the unofficial IRM builder's plate on the 154. |
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| Author: | jasonsobczynski [ Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Unofficial builders plate |
It says "IRMST" if memory serves me. I saw the stamping back when i was about 14 or so and figured it must stand for "Illinois Railway Museum Steam Team". Is this the answer? |
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| Author: | Chris Salmonson [ Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Unofficial builders plate |
Yup, I found the IRM builder's plate. It's still there, though it looks like it was painted over. |
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| Author: | JimBoylan [ Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Unofficial builders plate |
Jdelhaye wrote: Jeff, who remembers taking pictures of 154, with a large paper blue oval "FORD" script emblem taped to the side of the tender! It's supposed to be Chrome on a Ford locomotive, like the GEs that later went to Wellsville, Addison & Galeton RR.
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| Author: | Chris Salmonson [ Mon Feb 07, 2011 8:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: B&LE 154 cab today |
This is how that other Bessemer & Lake Erie steam locomotive looks as of February 2011. There is the IRM marking! |
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| Author: | tomgears [ Mon Feb 07, 2011 8:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: B&LE 154 cab |
She looks like she's ready to have a fire lit in her belly! |
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