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 Post subject: Rail preservation amongst the kudzu
PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:39 pm 

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A series of photos taken at Andalusia, Alabama:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/80297647@N ... 122617465/

It looks as if the old L&N depot here was preserved (or supposed to be). There is equipment here. Steam of some type. An L&N baggage car? Some type of Pullman? What else? Anybody got any idea? Maybe a new chapter needs to be added to the "Lost engines..." website.

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 Post subject: Re: Rail preservation amongst the kudzu
PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:01 pm 

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If there was ever a poster child for a park display engine looking worse than the Roanoke scrapyard engines, I'd say this one has got to be it! I'm assuming this Baldwin 0-4-0T shown here on steamlocomotive.info is the same engine: http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomo ... Display=24

If anyone can provide me with more info and photos, I'll happily add it to the Lost Engines site.

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 Post subject: Re: Rail preservation amongst the kudzu
PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:17 pm 

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Les,
As far as I know the equipment in Andlausia is privately owned. No NHRS chapter, etc. There has been chatter on the Alrails Yahoo group in the past about these. If I recall, the owner doesn't have an $$ to do anything with the equipt., but won't part with it.
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 Post subject: Re: Rail preservation amongst the kudzu
PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:27 pm 

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HOD Bill wrote:
Les,
As far as I know the equipment in Andlausia is privately owned. No NHRS chapter, etc. There has been chatter on the Alrails Yahoo group in the past about these. If I recall, the owner doesn't have an $$ to do anything with the equipt., but won't part with it.
Bill


Hi Bill -

Thanks for the info. Can you, or someone else, advise exactly what is there? Anything else besides the SAL 0-4-0T, L&N baggage car and L&N Pullman?

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 Post subject: Re: Rail preservation amongst the kudzu
PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:44 pm 

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In the background of that shot on Steamlocomotive.info I see a caboose and what looks like it might be a steam locomotive tender along with the baggage car there. Steamlocomotive.info also shows a Heisler in Andalusia: http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomo ... isplay=350 - I'm not sure if it's part of the same collection, but it appears to be in somewhat better shape than the 0-4-0 anyway (not that that's saying much).

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 Post subject: Re: Rail preservation amongst the kudzu
PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:56 pm 

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In the notes section of the photo, it says the loco was sold and has been moved.

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