Steam & Excursion > from my mFile: 0-4-0 #1 with zero info, have any?

One from my 'Mystery' file .... looking for help



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/15/20 10:54 by valmont.

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Do you at least know where you shot the photograph?  That might help.
Greg

gregscholl Wrote:
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> Do you at least know where you shot the
> photograph?  That might help.
> Greg

 it's not my shot and there was no info on slide mount

When I was a kid there was a pair of these operating west of Cincinnati at Addyston, Ohio.  It was called the Ohio River Coal company.  They interchanged coal cars with the New York Central there.  They had #1 and #2 that looked a lot like this engine.  But then I guess there were a lot of Saddle tankers built for this type of job.  Nice clear shot though.  Ohio River coal lasted until about 1960, and was the last steam operating in the Cincinnati area.  Engine 1 is located about 4 miles from here, as some guy bought it and has it in a building behind his garage!!!  I have gotten a glimpse of it from the road!   You never know!
Greg

Almost looks like it could be a former GW locomotive.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

6 hole fish plates. check out the stacked firewood, this looks to be an antique operation.

Out 

callum_out Wrote:
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> 6 hole fish plates. check out the stacked
> firewood, this looks to be an antique operation.
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> Out 

Yes I saw the firewood, but also behind the engine is a nice pile of coal as well.  Most likely for the engine!!!
Greg

Varney Docksider?

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

Hey that's the old One spot.   I'll bet that peanut whistle was awful.

I certainly do not know ... looks to me like one of the early 1900's Porter tank engines

Odyssey
Evergreen, CO

GREAT 3/4 light!

"... looks to me like one of the early 1900's Porter tank engines"

You can see the partial outline of a Porter builder's plate on the cylinder saddle. For a clue, is there any chance that you use a magnifier on the original slide to read some (or all) of the serial number? Good luck.
John B. Corns  (misterwandle)

Dresser Trap Rock No.1, Dresser, Wisconsin.  Now preserved at Ironhorse Central in Lindstrom, Minnesota. 

And yes, it's a Porter.  



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/17/20 06:15 by CPengineer.

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CPengineer Wrote:
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> Dresser Trap Rock No.1, Dresser, Wisconsin.  Now
> preserved at Ironhorse Central in Lindstrom,
> Minnesota. 
>
> And yes, it's a Porter.  

Thank you .... and answer!!!!