TNW 975 2004
Date:
1/1/2004
Location:
Union, IL
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2438
Collection Of:
Merrill Price
Locomotives:
TNO 975(2-10-2)
Author:
Jim Sands
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Illinois RR Museum
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Louis Brzuchalski
General
Sorry to say, but a lot of museums don't have the help or money to maintain these old retired workhorses.
2/12/2005 5:49:15 PM
Jason Lockhart, Sr.
General
This locomotive suffered a LOT of abuse. It was parked in a park in Beaumont, Texas near the Baptist Hospital and basically just forgotton. When I was a young boy in the 1960s, I used to play in the cab of both this engine and her sister #982 (who was originally parked in Hermann Park, Houston, TX). It is my life long fantasy to see both of these old girls under steam and in a double header...sort of like what has been done with NKP 765 and PM 1225 in the past.
12/28/2012 6:36:23 PM
Jason Lockhart, Sr.
General
Post Script - Yes, I love this old girl and her sister too. That should have been obvious from my previous post, but it bears saying anyways.
12/28/2012 6:37:42 PM
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