It is likely Kewenaw (sp)Central, ex Copper Range RR. It was used in
excursion service in the late '60's early 70's. It is owned by Clint Jones,
who also owns CNW R-1 #175
Ron
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Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 7:04 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Unidentified Railroad
> Dear fellow railfans,
>
> Here's an unrelated question that perhaps some one can help me out with.
I
> was looking through one of my old railroad books and came across a
photograph
> by Ron Ziel. It is a black & white photo of a 2-8-0 locomotive taken at
> night. A lot of the details are hidden in the dark. I can not identify
the
> railraod and am hoping that one of you might recognize it.
>
> Here are the details:
>
> 1) What little of the road name on the tender is revealed is as follows:
> "...AW CENTRAL". It is located along the top of the tender side and
> terminates about a foot from the front edge of the tender. The letters
are
> all capitolized and appear to be about 8 inches high and appear white in
> color. Below that, in mid-heighth of the tender side, one can barely make
> out the faded letters "...NGE...". They appear to be the same size font
as
> the former. But because they are either faded or were painted over at one
> time, I can't tell what color they were. If I had to guess, I'd say the
> color was gold. (Was there ever a Saganaw Central railroad?)
>
> 2) The 2-8-0 appears to be a standard-gauge, North-American style,
coal-fired
> locomotive. It has a sand dome in front of the cab. The drivers appear
to
> be anywhere from about 40 inches to 55 inches. It is numbered "29" on the
> cab. I can barely make out some small lettering below the number, which
> appears to be either a "C" or "C?". If there is a second character after
the
> C, I can't quite tell what it is, but it appears to be either the number 6
or
> 4 and appears to be slightly super-scripted above the C. It may simply be
a
> shiny spot on the cab in the night light, too.
>
> The driver cylindars are of the design seen on Rogers locomotives where
the
> valve chamber is a square box sitting on top of the round cylindar
chamber.
> There is no external valve gear.
>
> There is a cylandric object or tank to the front of and below the cab. I
> can't tell if it is a power-reverser or not, but I'm guessing it's not as
I
> can't make out any linkage in front of it. But then, it's a bad angle,
and
> there is something directly in front of it. Is it possible to have a
> power-reverser on internal valve gear?
>
> 3) The lead tender truck appears to be a leaf-spring arch-bar type.
>
> 4) The photographer is standing at about mid-tender looking toward the
front
> of the engine, so you can not see any of the pilot. The engine is
stationary
> and posed for the picture along with the engineer who is leaning out the
> window looking forward, and a conductor (I assume) who is wearing a dark
> suit. The coat appears to be a double-breasted coat with 6 buttons (two
> columns of 3). He is standing next to the third driver with a flare in
his
> hand (pointed at the ground) and looking up at the engineer as if
discussing
> something. There is what appears to be an light-colored Flag, most likely
> white, on the smoke box. If I had to guess when this picture was taken, I
> would say it was anywhere from 1900 to 1940, more or less. lol
>
>
> Well, that's about it. If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear from
you.
> Thanks!
> Val
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