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| Author: | Jeff Frost [ Sun Dec 14, 2003 5:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Does anybody know what happened to this engine? |
This engine sat at a bank (old Pere Marquette station now being used with the Grand Traverse Dinner Train) in Traverse City, MI and when I was a kid my dad and I would go down and take a look at here. Around 1993 she was moved and I think she was sold to somebody in France and was going to be restored to operating condition. She is a meter gauge engine with Stephenson Valve gear running off of a crank on the main driver and she had a screw reverse. I think she is an 2-6-0T built around 1890. Does anybody know anything else about her? Thanks, Jeff Picture and post also on this site: http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/r ... ?10,658617 jsfrost@mtu.edu |
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| Author: | Linkmeister [ Sun Dec 14, 2003 8:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: photo of loco *NM* *PIC* |
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| Author: | Link Auditor [ Sun Dec 14, 2003 9:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Link Monster (aka Link Buster) |
Your link doesn't work. Maybe you should think of a new "handle". xxx@nowhere.net |
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| Author: | Linkmeister [ Sun Dec 14, 2003 10:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: It's you, everyone else can see it. *NM* |
No Message |
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| Author: | Linkmeister [ Sun Dec 14, 2003 10:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Does anybody know what happened to this engine |
ok, try this one. http://www.steamlocomotive.info/onephoto.cfm?display=1482 |
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| Author: | Linkmeister [ Mon Dec 15, 2003 7:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Here it is |
...on a French webpage. Good to see it truly did get restored. Long journey for this little steamer. See link below. http://www.chemin-fer-baie-somme.asso.fr/preservation/130cail.htm |
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| Author: | Jeff Frost [ Mon Dec 15, 2003 12:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Here it is |
Thanks for finding it!!! At least I have some friends from France who can translate the page for me. :-) Jeff jsfrost@mtu.edu |
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| Author: | Aarne H. Frobom [ Mon Dec 15, 2003 2:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Traverse City weirdness |
How wonderful to see this engine repatriated and restored. When sold by the Ford Museum this engine looked quite complete. I recall looking into its cab at the bank branch in Traverse City and seeing gauges made by "M. Bourdon et Cie." I don't know how long it stayed that way while squatting on the brick station platform between the passenger and freight halves of the T.C. union station. This 2-6-0 was the bank branch manager's second choice for a steam engine for their railroad-themed bank (now closed). They were sure that with a few phone calls they could get PM 1223 delivered up there. Shows what can happen when antique dealers trade in old trains. Question: what's the weirdest thing to find on the shores of Boardman Lake in northern Michigan? A. French Panama Canal Co. 2-6-0 B. AT&SF 60' superintendent's car C. SP Daylight articulated coaches D. FEC oil-burning 4-6-2 E. All of the above - Aarne Frobom |
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| Author: | Jeff Frost [ Mon Dec 15, 2003 4:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Traverse City weirdness |
Ok, I know about the 2-6-0T and the #148 (I will put up a post on that soon) but not of the coaches. I know there are some coaches up in the old yard but nothing else about them. jsfrost@mtu.edu |
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| Author: | Kevin Gillespie [ Tue Dec 16, 2003 8:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Here it is |
> Thanks for finding it!!! > At least I have some friends from France who > can translate the page for me. :-) > Jeff If I have time tomorrow, you won't have to wait for your French friends. I'll try to post a translation if I don't get too involved in "Honey Do" projects. kevin.r.gillespie@verizon.net |
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