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| Author: | Bob Yarger [ Thu Dec 18, 2003 6:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Byron RR engine moves |
Recently seen on a truck in Minnesota. The Byron RR was a two foot gauge backyard operation in Iowa that created its locomotives using the unfinished chassis' of Davenport 2-6-2T WWI light railway engines. I think both have been in Washington State in recent years. Unclear where it was headed. http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=10215 ryarger@rypn.org |
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| Author: | Don C. [ Thu Dec 18, 2003 7:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Byron RR engine moves |
> Recently seen on a truck in Minnesota. The > Byron RR was a two foot gauge backyard > operation in Iowa that created its > locomotives using the unfinished chassis' of > Davenport 2-6-2T WWI light railway engines. > I think both have been in Washington State > in recent years. Unclear where it was > headed. Is that the actual number plate off of CB&Q 2968 adorning the front of the smokebox of this little beauty? Why else would it be so large? Don C. http://www.261.com milw261@sbcglobal.net |
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| Author: | Mike Nix [ Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Byron RR engine moves |
> Is that the actual number plate off of > CB&Q 2968 adorning the front of the > smokebox of this little beauty? Why else > would it be so large? > Don C. I had heard from a knowledgeable source that the boilers had been sold by Davenport to a creamery and the chassis's sat around the factory until purchased for the Bryon RR. He supposedly bought the used but original boilers from the creamery and reunited them with the chassis's. M.Nix 2rivers@upstel.net |
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