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Author:  tomgears [ Thu May 28, 2009 12:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Steam in Oregon Mall

Saw this on my google reader news feed. Does anyone know more details on this locomotive?

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article ... /1001/news

Author:  Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Thu May 28, 2009 12:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Steam in Oregon Mall

A similar/identical article was posted to TrainOrders last week or so.

One poster speculated that the loco was:
"Coahuila & Zacatecas Railway # 6. (Mexico) Three foot gauge, outside framed. Built by Baldwin in 1904, as a 4-6-2, converted by CyZ to a 4-6-0.
CyZ was built as a copper mining railway, and was disrupted by the Mexican revolution.
The 'Pancho Villa' part is possibly more legend than fact. (How would you prove this without a picture?)
Sold in the early 1960's to Early West Railways,(along with two 2-8-0's and about a dozen ng cars), EWRy was a group in Southern California that wanted to build a tourist RR near Pomona, CA.
Then it was displayed at a resturaunt in SoCal, then sold to private individuals.
Last I heard it was stored near Lake Elsinore, CA. "

Basic info matches this loco:
http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=1430

2005 article:
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/09/13/news/community/91205193816.txt

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