Re: [CBQ] Fairmont equipment

["Tom Burg teb2771@earthlink.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

I want to second the praises of Martin County Historical Society in Fairmont, MN. Ten or more years ago we were there checking the background of Fairmont Railway Motors’ largest item, the Potlatcher railcar of the Washington, Idaho & Montana Railway, built in 1937. Lenny Tvedten, exec. director (is he satill there?), called in people that had worked on the design of the car, and even a lady who worked in the office and rode the car when tested on the local rails (can’t remember if it was C&NW or CMStP&P). We had a fabulous time. They hosted us again when the 2011 Milwaukee Road Historical Association was in Austin, MN. By this time HARSCO had mostly emptied the factory, but former employees still put on a nice slide show of their equipment and history. Tom Burg

On Jan 26, 2017, at 10:24 PM, 'Douglas Harding' doug.harding@iowacentralrr.org [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Rupert, no, not that I am aware of. I acquired the Fairmont photos some time ago through a friend. I don’t know where he got them. I believe a Fairmont Employee began scanning them after Harsco took over. Harsco began moving stuff to South Carolina. Employees I met at the Fairmont HQ in Fairmont MN were very protective of their Fairmont heritage. I have seen the original photos. Many of them are 8x10. They were removed from the HQ and are now available in large scrapbook style photo albums at the Martin County Historical Society in Fairmont MN. http://fairmont.org/mchs/  they have a very small selection of the photos online http://fairmont.org/mchs/railway.pdf I found folks at the Historical Society to be very helpful, but they have a very small staff

 

Doug Harding

www.iowacentralrr.org

 

From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2017 8:15 PM
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Subject: [CBQ] Fairmont equipment

 

  

Doug

Is the Fairmont photo collection available on line?

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ

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