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 Post subject: Locomotive Identification Puzzle
PostPosted: Sat Apr 16, 2022 5:39 pm 
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In 1970, a European railfan was on his way to Chicago, by rail, from the east, and grabbed two photos of steam locomotives dead on a siding as they neared the station. Low resolution versions of these two photos are show below. Higher resolution images are available at the URLs shown:
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 Post subject: Re: Locomotive Identification Puzzle
PostPosted: Sat Apr 16, 2022 7:59 pm 

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Greetings:

The locomotives are in the AT&SF coach yard, one track of which was leased to John E. Thompson (JET) to store SOME of his collection of locomotives.
Left to right are: Baldwin c/n 41562 built for Calcasieu Long Leaf Lumber #69, a 2-6-2 with a cabbage stack, now privately owned in Sedgewick, Alberta, Canada; Baldwin c/n 39553, built for the Louisiana & Arkansas Railway as #402 (later their #509), a 4-6-0 now on display at Cookeville, Tennessee (too many intermediate (including me) owners to get into here) and 2 truck Heisler c/n 1364 built for Craig Mountain Lumber Co. #3, now owned jointly between Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad and an individual, stored at Tillamook, Oregon (has run within "recent" memory). Note: the Heisler only shows up in the 2nd photo.

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 Post subject: Re: Locomotive Identification Puzzle
PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2022 11:55 pm 
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Thank you so much for your informaton! It has been passed along to the railfan in question with full credit to you (and a suggestion that he join RyPN).

Wishing you well,
Doug

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 Post subject: Re: Locomotive Identification Puzzle
PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 12:29 am 
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69 is no longer in Sedgewick, she's now at the Three Valley Gap museum and resort just west of Revelstoke, British Columbia. Their indoor roundhouse and turntable make for an impressive sight even from Google Earth, to say nothing of the collection inside.

A very similar Calcasieu 2-6-2 (107, Baldwin c/n 52255) has operated on a daily basis at Fort Edmonton Park since the late 1970s.

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