Here’s a photo of my family around 1989 in front of a steam loco but I cannot remember where? I know it was West of Milwaukee, WI. I thought East Troy trolley museum but that looks like a electric operation. It was a small place and I think the engine was a Climax?
Thanks for any input.
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Great photo :-)
My guess is the Mid Continent RR Museum, at North Freedom, Wisconsin. That sure looks like the newly restored, at the time, logging locomotive, that was subsequently shipped out west to the Oregon Coast Railway, after some pretty serious legal issues at the Mid Continent Museum.
Hot Water,
I concur, the 2-6-0, not the Shay. The only issue I have with that is the photos I find of MCRRM's #9 have a different grab iron on the smokebox. OCSR's website mentions nothing about #9. I did find a photo elsewhere of an OCSR #2, which does look like the #9, albeit again with different grab irons.
Chris
LVHR
@lehighline posted:Hot Water,
I concur, the 2-6-0, not the Shay. The only issue I have with that is the photos I find of MCRRM's #9 have a different grab iron on the smokebox. OCSR's website mentions nothing about #9. I did find a photo elsewhere of an OCSR #2, which does look like the #9, albeit again with different grab irons.
Chris
LVHR
OK, you seem to have nailed it, i.e. the 2-6-0. I was thinking of the Polson Logging 2-8-2 #2, that also had that same looking nice new wood pilot. The privately owned logging 2-8-2 was the locomotive that went to the Oregon Coast RR.
It's the Kettle Moraine Scenic Railway in North Lake, WI. Ceased ops in 2001. Engine 9 is now at Age of Steam in Sugarcreek, OH.
That’s it, Thankyou I need to see if I can find more photos.
Thanks everyone for your input.
How about that! :-)
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