> John E. Thompson owned L&A 4-6-0 #509, a
> two-truck Heisler, a bunch of
> "oh-four-two-tees", and Roberval
> & Saguenay 2-8-0 #17. #17 was sold by
> J.E.T. to Crab Orchard & Egyptian in
> 1974. #509 is at TVRM, I think.
> J. David, you know far, far more about all
> this than I do.... chime in, willya?
Dear Howard: Oh goodness, if you insist...
JET sold the 509 to me, I sold it to Larry Spreckelmeier, et al at Brookville, IN who leased/sold/gave it to TVRM who sold it in 9/2002 to the City of Cookville, TN where it now rests.
You are correct, JET sold the 17 to CO&E who sold it to Boone & Scenic Valley at Boone,IA
The Heisler was sold to the now defunct Kettle Moraine Ry, at Northlake, WI it is supposedly going to the museum Green Bay, WI.
There was only one 0-4-2T in JET's collection, it was sold to the Hoosier Valley group at North Judson, IN (Les Beckman can fill you in on this one).
In addition to the three 2-6-2s at the farm and later at the winery there was one with a cabbage stack, acquired with No. 509 from Mid-State Materials, former Calcasieu Long Leaf Lumber No. 69 (BLW c/n 41562), sold to Bill Richmond at Strome, AB who later sold it to Ronald Bergseth at Sedgewick, AB. Note that several people have gotten this locomotive mixed up with the 2-6-2 at Edmonton, AB (BLW c/n 52255) which had been owned by Calcasieu Paper Co. (No. 107). No. 69, which I worked on for JET had (as I recall) an excellent firebox and boiler except for heavy pitting on the belly just ahead of the firebox, now a fairly easy repair under the revised rules, but then a death sentence.
> And what happened to Dave Krall, J.E.T.'s
> "locomotive manager"?
Last I heard, Dave was still working on restoring and building theater organs and had made a name for himself in that field.
J. David
jdconrad@snet.net
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