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| Author: | Boyd Owens [ Tue May 25, 2004 11:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | More on Copper Range #29 |
Mid-Continent's Volunteers will load #29 for movement to North Freedom tomorrow. Arrival in North Freedom and unloading is supposed to take place Thursday. Mid-Continent's webcam (linked below) is going to be repositioned to show the unloading process. Should be an interesting show. Boyd Mid-Continent Webcam bowens@rypn.org |
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| Author: | L Beckman [ Tue May 25, 2004 6:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: More on Copper Range #29 and C&NW 175 |
> Mid-Continent's Volunteers will load #29 for > movement to North Freedom tomorrow. Arrival > in North Freedom and unloading is supposed > to take place Thursday. Mid-Continent's > webcam (linked below) is going to be > repositioned to show the unloading process. > Should be an interesting show. > Boyd Boyd: Tbanks for the photos. Rough shape, but I've seen worse. A couple of questions, about tenders no less: 1. It appears that the 29 may have doors over the coal bunker. Is this in fact true? 2. If so, is she the only preserved steam locomotive with a tender so equipped? 3. Is that really a Northern Pacific tender behind the C&NW ten-wheeler and if so, off of what locomotive? Thanks. I wish you guys well with the move. Les Beckman (Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum/North Judson, Indiana) midlandblb@cs.com |
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| Author: | Handsome Devil/ John [ Wed May 26, 2004 12:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: More on Copper Range #29 and C&NW 175 |
> Boyd: > Tbanks for the photos. Rough shape, but I've > seen worse. A couple of questions, about > tenders no less: > 1. It appears that the 29 may have doors > over the coal bunker. Is this in fact true? > 2. If so, is she the only preserved steam > locomotive with a tender so equipped? > 3. Is that really a Northern Pacific tender > behind the C&NW ten-wheeler and if so, > off of what locomotive? > Thanks. I wish you guys well with the move. > Les Beckman (Hoosier Valley Railroad > Museum/North Judson, Indiana) Just returned from MI assisting in the prep work for the move. Answering your questions to the best of my tired ability is: yes it had doors over the coal bunker, but the doors are now gone. Yes that is really a NP tender, haven't a clue to what it came off of, maybe an S4? Have to ask Clint next time I see him, surprised I didn't, it is a nice tender. Can't answer the other question. Regards, John. springfield@tds.net |
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| Author: | Boyd Owens [ Wed May 26, 2004 7:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: More on Copper Range #29 and C&NW 175 *PIC* |
Les, I can't add much that John didn't already answer. The NP tender I believe came from the Minnesota Transportation Museum, purchased by Clint as a replacement for the totally deteriorated original C&NW tender which was scrapped. It's been quite a long time since it was acquired, but maybe someone at MTM knows what loco it came from. Boyd  bowens@rypn.org |
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| Author: | Scott [ Wed May 26, 2004 11:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | CNW R-1 #'s |
I note on steamlocomotive.com that there are three CNW R-1 class 4-6-0's listed: #444 - at Forney #175 - in Michigan (with the NP tender) #1385 - at Mid-Continent Why the widely different #'s? Were these re-numbered by some other owner(s) along the way? Thanks! Scott |
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| Author: | Boyd Owens [ Wed May 26, 2004 12:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: CNW R-1 #'s |
The C&NW numbered steam locomotives into vacant number slots on their roster, thus any class of loco could have any number 2, 3, or 4 digits long. Any consecutive numbers of locos of the same class was pure coincidence based on empty number slots. Boyd bowens@rypn.org |
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| Author: | Scott [ Wed May 26, 2004 1:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Interesting! Thanks, Boyd! *NM* |
| Author: | Mid-West Locomotive & [ Fri May 28, 2004 3:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: More on Copper Range #29 |
Mid-West Locomotive & Machine Works was contracted to disassemble and load the CRRR #29 for movement to North Freedom. Three volunteers from Mid Continent Railway Museum helped with removing and labeling parts and loading the trucks. The # 29's boiler was removed from the frame and the tender tank was removed from the underframe to clear the bridge between Houghton and Hancock. greenchili@tds.net |
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| Author: | Mid West Locomotive & [ Fri May 28, 2004 3:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: More on Copper Range #29 and C&NW 175 |
The NP tender is off of a scraped Rotary Snow Plow that was cut up in the late 60's. Apparently the plow was built for the Copper River & Northwestern. It is also set up for doors over the coal bunker. greenchili@tds.net |
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