Cab of this 2-8-0 looking very good at Dearborn:

http://abpr2.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi? ... 806_MI.jpg

And the cab of the Allegheny as well:

http://abpr2.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi? ... 806_MI.jpg

The 154 still looks real nice! The flash makes both cabs look dusty though. Speaking of builders plates, there are none (Baldwin) on the engine. The files state that they are in a private collection.

As for the 1601, the cab was restored about 4 years ago. Before that, the handles and gauges were painted over in silver and black paint in a slap-dash cosmetic job.

Neither cab are open to the public, which makes me wonder how these pictures were snapped.

The cab of the Allegheny is now open to the public. You can now sit in the seats and put your hand on the grapevine. It's also less dusty.

And here's the 1601 as she looks from the outside:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/57669468@N00/329020584/

Les

Is the 1601 running extra or is there a second section?

That picture is pre-opening-the-cab. The stairway is on the engineer's side.

Great stuff. Thanks a lot for sharing.

when I saw the starting poster of this thread, I said "great, bobyar is back!!!!!" then I noticed the date. rats!!

The Henry Ford will allow people with real research needs access to their stuff. Somewhere we've got photos of the 1601's firebox and thermic syphons. I think I recall it has the C&O's diaphragmated side sheets (with the dimples around the staybolts).

The GG-1 should look good next to the Allegheny. This big engine always looked a bit lonely by itself, but it generates a lot of what Walter Gray called "the wow factor" at the Ford Museum.

The IRM did a nice job on this restoration.
As an aside, I recently purchased the original steam gauge from No. 154 off eBay. The documentation I got with the gauge indicates that it was removed in the early 1980s'. With sharp eyes you'll note that the gauge in the picture has holes in it for mounting but is secured with a clamp type bracket. The original gauge has no mounting holes, obviously useable only on a gauge bracket with a clamp.
My intent is to reunite the gauge with the locomotive...
J.David

The Baldwin builders plates for the 154 (33370) are supposedly in a private collection, at least that's what the records show. I wonder where they are.


I still haven't found the unofficial IRM builder's plate on the 154.

It says "IRMST" if memory serves me. I saw the stamping back when i was about 14 or so and figured it must stand for "Illinois Railway Museum Steam Team". Is this the answer?

Yup, I found the IRM builder's plate. It's still there, though it looks like it was painted over.

It's supposed to be Chrome on a Ford locomotive, like the GEs that later went to Wellsville, Addison & Galeton RR.

This is how that other Bessemer & Lake Erie steam locomotive looks as of February 2011.














There is the IRM marking!

She looks like she's ready to have a fire lit in her belly!