Steam & Excursion > 0-6-0 at Evansville 3/13/88 What is its heritage?

Made a photo of this decked out 0-6-0 at the Evansville Museum of Arts & Sciences on 3/13/88.
I have no idea of its heritage.
Can anyone tell me?
ALLEN

Saw it last year and now lettered for Milwaukee Road.

From "The Steam Locomotive Directory of North America," by J. David Conrad, 1988:

CMStP&P 1207, 0-6-0, built by Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Pacific Railway Company (The Milwaukee Road) at their Milwaukee, Wisconsin shops. No builder's number. Built April, 1908.

Sale: 1952 to Wabash Sand & Gravel, Inc. number 1416 at Terre Haute, Indiana
Sale: 1966 to Evansville Museum of Arts and Science

Looks well cared for in 1988.

Wonder about now?

Milepost_130 Wrote:
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> From "The Steam Locomotive Directory of North
> America," by J. David Conrad, 1988:
>
> CMStP&P 1207, 0-6-0, built by Chicago, Milwaukee,
> Saint Paul and Pacific Railway Company (The
> Milwaukee Road) at their Milwaukee, Wisconsin
> shops. No builder's number. Built April, 1908.
>
> Sale: 1952 to Wabash Sand & Gravel, Inc. number
> 1416 at Terre Haute, Indiana
> Sale: 1966 to Evansville Museum of Arts and
> Science

Thanks very much!~
ALLEN

I swear I have seen this locomotive here on the steam board before. Something about the museum needed money for a cosmetic restore

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The locomotive and cars were moved under cover next to a new building built east of the existing museum as center for transportation history in the area in the 1990s. A former L&N dining/work train car was added to the consist as well and is connected to the building to display a model railroad layout. The new building is known as EMTRAC. The building the train sat next to previously was restored in the 1990s and is now the home of the Convention & Visitors Bureau. In addition, LST 325 (only operating WWII vintage ship) is housed just up river from the museum site.

Website for the museum:

http://www.emuseum.org/

Thanks all for sharing. I wish they had pictures of the RR cars on display on the website. But perhaps with the closed in environment that is, for the most part, not possible?
Victor A. Baird
http://www.erstwhilepublications.com



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/24/15 11:40 by wabash2800.

Indiana_Trainman Wrote:
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> In addition, LST 325 (only operating WWII vintage
> ship) is housed just up river from the museum
> site.

While it may be (and probably is) the only operable WW II combat ship, there is an operable WW II liberty (cargo) ship in San Francisco.

And..... a Victory Ship 'The Lane Victory' in San Pedro. at Los Angeles harbor.
It also runs regularly.
It has a Turbine engine vs. Reciprocating in the Liberty Ship.

--Jim Baker

An operable Liberty Ship, the SS John W. Brown,
is located in Baltimore, MD. It is occasionally
used for cruises.

PS: The John W. Brown was built and launched in Baltimore.

I seem to recall a Liberty Ship in the Tampa, Florida area a few years ago. IIRC, it was supposed to sail soon after that.