To help out Marshall, my fellow west coast Q fan....
The collection included the Edwards car and a a waycar (amongst other
things) operated under the name of the 'Fort Madison, Farmington &
Western'....to my great regret, I never did go by there to see the stuff.
Here is a link to their web site:
http://www.calliopes.com/minerville/railroad.htm
Regards & Everywhere West!
John Lewis
San Diego
From: "Marshall Thayer" <zephyr9903@e...>
Reply-To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Last post..
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 10:01:19 -0700
>>> Marshall,
Whose collection was this Edwards motor car from and why is the
collection being broken up? <<<
This is embarrassing - I can't remember the name of it to save my soul, but
some individual bankrolled the collection and restoration of some fairly
odd stuff & set it up to operate on remnants of the old St.L.K.& N.W. at a
point just off US 218 between Donnellson & Keokuk, Iowa. In addition to
the Edwards car and the CB&Q way car, he had some other equipment,
including (restored to run) one of the Rock Island's dinky little 0-6-0
gas-mechanical Davenports. As I say, it was privately owned and funded,
and when I was last there (around 1997?), the stuff was around, but all
locked up. Privately funded operations like this one are fragile - the
owner's ill-health, finances, or even death can ruin the whole deal.
That's why I was wondering if anyone else knew about the disposition of the
equipment - I'd hate to think of any restored equipment of this odd
character just vanishing from the scene . . .
Marshall Thayer
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