End-O-Lone getting 1876 Baldwin

Rob Davis · **Posted:** Thu Nov 13, 2003 4:27 pm

Just saw today that it has been confirmed that Minnesota's End-O-Line park is getting the 3' foot 1876 Badlwin from the defunct Prairie Expo Center. She's been inside there, hope that care continues.

Link to engine below. She's a beauty!

Rob

http://steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Displa
rdavis@rypn.org

Doug Bailey · **Posted:** Thu Nov 13, 2003 7:21 pm

> Just saw today that it has been confirmed
> that Minnesota's End-O-Line park is getting
> the 3' foot 1876 Badlwin from the defunct
> Prairie Expo Center. She's been inside
> there, hope that care continues.

> Link to engine below. She's a beauty!

> Rob

I fervently hope they don't do to it what they have done with Georgia Northern 102. Shudder

End O' Line Park

Richard Jenkins · **Posted:** Thu Nov 13, 2003 7:45 pm

Considering the rather incomplete kit of parts they had to start with, they actually did a reasonably good job with that ten-wheeler. At least this little Baldwin 2-6-0 comes ready to display right out of the box.

Below is the "before" shot and a link to the "after" shot of the Georgia Northern engine from steamlocomotive.com. Looks like the photo on steamlocomotive.info falls somewhere in between.

GA Northern 102 - the "after" shot

rjenkins@railfan.net

Tom Cornillie · **Posted:** Thu Nov 13, 2003 10:09 pm

> I fervently hope they don't do to it what
> they have done with Georgia Northern 102.
> Shudder

Could you elaborate about what makes you 'shudder.' From what I have seen from the low-resolution pictures on their website it does not look too bad, but looks can be deceptive.

rrhistorian@hotmail.com

Doug Bailey · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2003 3:36 am

> Could you elaborate about what makes you
> 'shudder.' From what I have seen from the
> low-resolution pictures on their website it
> does not look too bad, but looks can be
> deceptive.

I think my reaction was badly exaggerated and for that I apologize. Richard Jenkins is right, considering what they had to start with, they did a pretty good job.

End O' Line Park

dave · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2003 7:32 am

OK, maybe she does have new paint, but you can't just take a Southern girl to Minnesota and leave her outside to shiver in the cold all 10 months of winter without even the small pleasure of sweet tea in the brief and fleeting summer days for comfort.........and the language? Poor thing must be completely confused.

Even Garrison Kiellor tours the South in the winter.

dave

irondave@bellsouth.net

John Craft · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2003 8:37 am

> you can't just take a Southern girl to Minnesota
> and leave her outside to shiver in the cold

I didn't know you were such a gentleman, Dave!

> Even Garrison Kiellor tours the South in the
> winter.

Keillor brought his show to Birmingham, AL in mid-March, 1992 - it snowed 16" the night before the show and the entire city was shut down. We blamed it on him . . .

JAC

Jim Templin · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2003 10:50 am

Heck, I didn't know there were any Yankees left up North to keep any engines as I thought they were all now living in Plano, Texas.

This old girl will really have the chills, seeing as it is a South American machine. i just hope they put it under cover. Snow and road salt will get to machinery quick, you betcha!

Does this engine still have the set up where part of the tender weight rests on the back of locomotive frame? It was a Baldwin set up to spread axle loading weight , I believe.