Calcasieu Paper 5

bobyar2001 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 11, 2006 6:57 pm

Another much traveled industrial locomotive. Saved in Louisiana by photographer C.W. Witbeck, it later went to Lake George, NY, then Arizona, and lastly, to a casino in Kansas City:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=75533

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=75534

John Risley · **Joined:** Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:34 pm **Posts:** 966

Did this cutie ever run after its being saved? Dispite the obvious fake pilot and stack this engine is cool stuff. Cheers, John.

Alex Huff · **Joined:** Tue Aug 24, 2004 6:51 pm **Posts:** 148

Very unlikely anyone put pressure on that boiler since it was retired. I bought the locomotive from the Witbeck estate prior to inspecting the firebox. Bad mistake. The crown sheet sags between staybolts. My memory is that the crown sheet was welded to many of the staybolts to stop leaks. Nice to see the old wretch still exists and the current owners have disguised the homemade round top tender.