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Date: 04/29/11 04:03
An old amusement park train in Venice, Calif.
Author: BN7150

I got a old postcard at an antique shop. It was written with "the miniature railway, Venice, Calif.," has been posted in Los Angeles on November 22, 1917. Is this Prairie a live steam?



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Date: 04/29/11 07:54
Re: An old amusement park train in Venice, Calif.
Author: Savage

I think that is the " 2 Spot ". Now running in Los Gatos, CA.
Thanks to Billy Jones for rescuing it from a scrap yard in San Francisco. He then brought it home and set up some track to run around his orchard.
Here it is today. http://www.bjwrr.org/

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Date: 04/29/11 10:42
Re: An old amusement park train in Venice, Calif.
Author: rdsexton

The Billy Jones loco is definitely the one on the postcard but the tender has been changed.

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Date: 04/30/11 09:21
Re: An old amusement park train in Venice, Calif.
Author: BN7150

Thank you very much for information. Though I want to visit Los Gato......

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Date: 05/03/11 06:09
Re: An old amusement park train in Venice, Calif.
Author: BN7150

I discovered the following log in this Trainorders.com. Thanks everyone.
http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?10,824478

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