Railroad Locationless: Steam Locomotives Locationless, Washington, United States
By Dan & Janet on Friday 5 April 2002. Waypoint GC49C7

31st

driving through burlington, iowa ran across this cb&q steam engine had santa at the wheel happy new year!


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31st

This engine is located in Idaho Falls, CO. It is a narrow gauge engine, built in 1886, started its career on the Union Pacific owned narrow gauge Utah and Northern RR. The posted coordinates are corrected to the location of the engine. Information about the engine and its use is shown in the pictures.
 

31st

This steam engine is located in Lawrence, Kansas. It is unlike any I've seen before because they allow you up into the engine so you can see the inner workings.
 

31st

Team Smo_Sen at the Erzgebirgsbahn which runs between Cranzahl and Oberwiesenthal in Germany.

http://www.bvo.de/fichtelbergbahn/

The pictures are taken at 2 different visits.

Regards
Lucie & Steve
 

28th

#481 is a 1903 Baldwin locomotive. It now resided in the Trails and Rails Museum in Kearney, Nebraska. The museum is maintained by the Buffalo County Historical Society. They were closed when we stopped by, but after explaining that we only wanted a quick photo of this locomotive, the staff kindly let us in.
 

27th

This steam locomotive locate at Lapinlahti (savon mualla) Finland.
These same coordinates you will find also the cache named "Matin ja Liisan asema" (GCRAFW).

 

27th

We found this Steam Locomotive during a cachetour in Germany, near Düsseldorf.

TFTC

Greetings from
Team Goldregen
 

27th

These photos were taken at the Stephenson Railway Museum situated in North Shields, Tyne & Wear, England. Unfortunately, the museum is closed in winter, however some of the carriages and one of the locomotives can still be seen outside.

The Museum is home to George Stephenson's 'Billy', built in 1826. It is one of only five survivors world-wide to pre-date Stephenson's world-famous Rocket.

The Museum is also the northern terminus for the North Tyneside Steam Railway and rides on steam trains can be taken during the summer months.


 

26th

Found this steam engine while doing other caches in N. Conway, New Hampshire. Look who's driving - I guess he got tired of being out in his sleigh.
 

24th

Merry Christmas Eve!

I found this steam engine while looking for the highpoint of Lee County in North Carolina. The engine itself is on display in front of the train depot in Sanford, NC. It has a 12 on the front and the name "Atlantic and Western" on the side.
 

23rd

This loc is locted in Mendig, there is a private museum around the theme Basaltley.
That means, that this loc was used to transport stones in a quarrie.
Therefor it is not so big as its brothers....
The railway-location for this usage was changing, because the stones were needed to ba transported form other places in the Quarrie.

Chloderic and the Commander
 

20th

I've found this small one near Smichovske Nadrazi station in Prague, Czech Republic.
Thanx for this locless.
 

20th

Found that old caboose on a private driveway in Plasburg, New York State,
 

18th

Located in the Heritage Musuem in Lubbock, TX. It ran on the Burlington Northern's main line in 1923.
 

17th

This is a CN (Canadian National Railway) steam engine number 6213. It is located on the CNE fairgrounds in Toronto Canada. I have confirmed it has not been logged on either Steam Locomotive cache.
 

17th

This Steam Train, coupled to a Pullman coach is used as a restaurant at the Avon Causway Inn.
The Avon Causeway Inn stands in the heritage area of Hampshire Avon valley between the New Forest and Ringwood Forest and yet is only ten minutes from Bournemouth & five minutes from the airport.The Inn has been developed on the site of Hurn Station which was part of the 1870's Bournemouth to Ringwood railway and many railway mementoes remain, which inclueds a steam train & Pullman coach.


 

17th

This Engine is located in Galesburg IL. It was once part of the C B & Q Railroad wich is now the Burlington-SantaFe Railroad. The number is #30 and is complete with coal car and way car. There is a Railroad museum near by and several items in the area for viewing. Galesburg is famous for it's annual "Railroad Days Celebration" held every June.

My father worked for the railroad so as a child I had the opportunity to climb around inside this landmark [^]

It is truly a shame that these location-less caches will be removed from the web site They offered a great change of pace from the every day cache hunt.
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14th

I have found the 50 2988.
 

13th

Hier fand ich den Ur-Vater der Eisenbahngeschichte in Deutschland. http://www.leipzig-lexikon.de/VERKEHR/ES_DRESD.HTM
Friedrich List http://www.stadt-reutlingen.de/Listarchiv/Friedrich-List.htm
Ihm zu Ehren wurde hier ein Denkmal gebaut,
es steht nicht weit vom Bahnhof Reutlingen.

Grüsse
MOORII


 

12th

Tottenham Ontario Canada. The steam engine located in Tottenham is still in operation. The South Simcoe Steam Train runs tourist excursions from April to Thanksgiving (that's the second Monday in October for us) every year. After Thanksgiving the railyard is locked and the engine put into storage for the winter. Unfortunately, we arrived after Thanksgiving, so didn't see the engine. But we do have pictures of the yard and the sign, clearly depicting that this is the location of a steam engine. Hope that counts! TFTC
 

11th

This is the steam locomotive Chicago & Illinois Midland # 551. It is located at the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis MO. They have a fabulous collection of railroad equipment!
 

11th

This train is from the "Sauschwaenzle - Bahn" ("Pigtail-train"). It is a unique museum-train on the south-german border to switzerland, near lake Constance. We took those pictures already last year on 1st of may.
It is really worth a jorney. For more details see the webpage on:
http://www.sauschwaenzlebahn.de
 

11th

During a cachingtour we saw this steam locomotive in Herford/Germany.
TFTC
T*R*A*M
 

10th

This old train is the home of the cache GCPYQ3 Pufferspeicher (N48° 41.213 E8° 59.094) in southern Germany. It is located at the carpark of our local supermarket.

It's an old german train with the number 38 3650
 

10th

Old Shay Locomotive in Duncan Park, Natchez, MS

Built 12/26/1992

Owners:
Woodward, Wight & Co. (D) #11, New Orleans, LA
Rosa Lumber Co. #11, Picayune, MS For:
C & R Lumber Co. #11, Blodgett, MS
(c12-3-1929) Virgin Pine Lumber Co. #11, Piave, MS
(9-30-1937) Crosby Lumber & Manufacturing Co. #11, Crosby, MS
(1966) Donated to City of Natchez, MS

Shop Number 3197
 

8th

This is the so called "Walhalla Bockerl".
It was a steam engine of the Walhalla Railway which connected Regensburg to the famous Walhalla and later to Wörth.
The railway was in service from 1889 to 1968.

The steamengine is unfortunately no longer working. It can be found at N49° 01.583 E12° 05.807. The place is close to the former station of the Walhalla Railway where the tracks were in the middle of the Mainstreet of Stadtamhof.

Die Orientierer
 

7th

This steam train was found near the engine sheds on the Llangollen Railway in North Wales. According to their website(http://www.llangollen-railway.co.uk/stock/steam/2859.html), Engine 2859 is under restoration. Further details are :
2859 is a GWR heavy freight engine of the 28xx class built at Swindon in May 1918, to a design of George Jackson Churchward's dating from 1903. The engine cost £4,992 when new and £956 for the tender; in the year 2000 £6000 will just about buy two large connecting rods! Engines of the type were produced in batches from 1905 onwards, and on 25th February 1906, an engine of the class hauled 2,010 tons on a test train. This steam haulage record in Britain lasted from 1906 to the 1980s, when 9F 92203 Black Prince (by then preserved) pulled a train of over 2200 tons. In all, 84 engines were built to Churchward`s design. From 1937 to 1942 a further batch of 83 was built with enlarged cabs and outside steam pipes to modified designs by Charles Collett.
 

4th

We found this Steam Locomotives of Lustenau/Austria.

Greetings from Switzerland
 

4th

located near Minute Maid Park in Houston.
 

3rd

Found that steam Lock at Sinsheim Germany.
Painted for use in wintertime in Worldwar 2

Garborwatzki
 

3rd

Hello, found in Chateaugeauy,
 

3rd

5pm. To be found in Cape Town, South Africa, in the Central Railway Station. It was the first Railway locomotive in South Africa - built in 1859 by Hawthorn's of Leith.
 

3rd

found it's in the route of Chateauguay, Québec, Canada
 

2nd

We found Steam Locomotives at station Lysa nad Labem, Czech Republic.
 

1st

Took a ride on this Steam Train while visiting Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton Pa. This engine # 2317 is only used for the Slocum Hollow's Christmas Magic Excursion. A special Holiday Journey to the North Pole for Christmas led by Park Rangers. It is the first time this tour happens so this engine had not been used before, for excursions. It was decorated for the event. See pictures. It will become one of the excursion engines for the park part of the Delaware, Lackawanna line.
 

26th

Cowan, TN. Found the steam locomotive at the Cowan Railroad Museum as well!
 

26th

This steamlocomotive is located in Hamar city Norway! It was buildt at "Thunes Mek Verksted" Norway! Now it standing in a house on museum. The steamer is called "Dovregubben"
 

25th

Found this locomotive in a railway museum in Riverside County near Perris. The engine had a 'face-lift' to match a popular locomotive with the kids - Thomas! The little Geo-Rangers posed with GPS for the photo op!


 

24th

This steam engine is in Sheridan, Wyoming. I came across it while visiting my son who lives there. It was/is a Burlington Northern and you can see the number on the side of it.
 

21st

Went to Plym Valley Railway in Plymouth, Devon, England. It was closed today so I had to take the picture through the gates to the Railway.

This is a picture of Steam Locomotive 75079
"City of Plymouth"

75079, a British Railways Standard class 4MT 4-6-0, built at Swindon in 1956, and later fitted with a double chimney in 1957. The locomotive is jointly owned by the Plym Valley Railway Association and the Plym Valley Railway Company Ltd.


 

20th

Lafy & Mira + Maros,

found this while travelling in Chile.
Near the sea in the Puerto Montt city.
 

20th

Trouvé à St-Constant sur la rive sud de Montréal en faisant d'autres caches! Ici, il y a un musée de train
 

20th

We found this loco about 50kms from home in the town of Barberton, Mpumalanga province, South Africa. Sadly, it is not well maintained, the maker's plates have been stolen, and there was a hobo living in the coal bin. It's a crime that once proud machines like this are allowed to decay and are lost forever.
 

13th

Old "86" is located outside of the museum in London, Ontario.
while on a whirlwind, 12 hour caching tour.
 

12th

Found this over 100 years old steam engine east of Hamburg, Germany in Aumühle.
It is located at an historical train museum. The same where HHL found his steam engine (which is btw. still in the same condition as 2002). [We hadn't saw his entry until I wanted to enter the same engine..]

This steam engine has had a max. speed of 40km/h.
 

12th

One of many locomotives at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay WI.
 

12th

This is a steam locomotive being restored in Nashville TN
 

12th

We found it in St.Pölten, Austria near the station.
It is a U.4 http://www.mariazellerbahn.at/nostalgie/u4.php or Uv.3 http://www.mh6.at/trak_uv3.html, it is in a bad condition.
Greetings Helmut and Richard
 

12th

I found this very old steam train in Marxzell south of Karlsruhe, south-west Germany. It is part of a museum.

found at 2.10 PM by
Schnueffler
 

11th

The Steam Engine and Tender can be found in the City Park across the street from the High School in Auburn, Washington.
 

8th

Found this Steam Train in Tailem Bend, Adelaide Australia. I have included the plaque that provides all the details in a photo. Many thanks Dan & Janet for the opportunity to log this cache.
 

7th

Found this one outside of the Canadian Railway Museum in St-Constant, Quebec
Thanks for this cache!!
 

6th

We found this steam train on purpose. we rode the Texas State Railroad that spans a 25 mile distance from Palestine and Rusk state parks. We had the option of riding the diesel train or the steam train, the diesel was a closer drive for use (considering we already drove 2.5 hours on a motorcycle) so we rode the diesel train. I was dissapointed because i thought we would not be able to get a good picture of the train but we got a few pictures when the trains were crossing paths, it worked out perfect. If we had ridden the steam train lunch would have been boring because at the depot we came from there was nothing to do, no lake no caches. The depot the steam train came from (where we ate lunch) there was a cache and a lake. So it worked out!
 

6th

This H.K. Porter Steam Engine, Tank #0-4-0 can be found in McDonough, GA. It was built in 1933 and used by the Western Pennsylvania Yards in Connellsville, PA. until the 1950's. It was one of the last of its kind to be built that operated off of steam. In Pennsylvania, this trains nickname was "Highlander" but the people of Henry County, GA call it "Old #7".
 

5th

Canadian Northern Railway 1112 was constructed by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1912 as Class G-1-6-a 4-6-0 “Ten Wheeler”. CNoR 1112 passed into Canadian National Railway ownership in 1918 which was initially formed with the amalgamation of the Canadian Northern and other railways. The Canadian National Railway had converted the locomotive to an oil burner sometime prior to selling it to the Quebec, North Shore & Labrador Railway in 1952, which used it in the construction of the mining railway connecting the port of Sept-Iles, Quebec with the iron mines at Labrador City and Schefferville, Quebec.
The QNS&L retired 1112 and shortly thereafter in 1961, became one of the first locomotives in the collection of the Canadian Railway Museum in Saint-Constant, Quebec. The Canadian Railway Museum leased 1112 to the Smiths Falls Railway Museum Association, which is the Ridaeu Valley Division of the CRHA, and on June 6, 1992 the steam locomotive was moved to the museum site.
 

5th

Travelled with this during our holidays on Island Ruegen, Germany, it's nickname is "Rasender Roland". Still in use and in good condition. Travels along the east coast of this nice island.
Regards from Germany,
Team Erindjah
 

5th

Found this steam locomotive in Sant Andreu de la Barca, near Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Thanks for the cache.
Greetings from Barcelona.
 

4th

This steam locomotive was built in 1889 at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadephia PA. It weighs 16 tons and the wheel diameter is 36". Wheel config is 0-6-0 T. Fuel - coal. Gauge 3 feet. #19, called The Victoria, moved coal in Nanaimo BC Canada from 1889 to 1952. Gauge was changed from 36" to 56.5" and back again. It has been reboilered once and the original wood cab replaced 3 times. It was presented to the city by Robert Swanson and now is located in its own building at the Nanaimo Museum. It pulled four 12-ton wagons at a time and the coal was shipped to San Francisco. Only 4 of these locomotives still exist: Duchess, 1872, Carcross Yukon; #14 and #17, Northwest Railway Museum, Snoqualmie, Washington. The original owners were the Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Company.
 

3rd

Found this steam engine sitting in the front of Whistle Stop Mall, an antique mall in Franklin, NC. The mall had many antique cars and farm/work equipment. Found on a short trip through the area. Thanks for the cache.
 

3rd

This steam engine is located in Tannersville at the Day's Inn. It is a restaurant named Tandoor Palace. There is not a lot of info on it. The engine was owned by Bethlehem Steel and went to the restaurant in the mid 1960's.
 

2nd

Found this one in "Museu del Ferrocarril", Gijon's train museum (Spain). You can learn more about this locomotive in the information picture.

Ricardo Silva
 

1st

Throughout the summer you can ride the "ghost train", we did a wine and cheese party on it with visiting family when we lived here. there is no better way to view the night sky then on one of the open cars of this train. #93 & #40 are fully operational COAL fired locomotives. #93 was having maintanance done on it and #40 was under cover for the harsh winters they get in Ely (winter runs from septermber to june around here), but they opened the engine house for me so i could get a photo of #40. thanks to the folks at the RR museum for their help and the history.
The Last Bonanza Railroad
Nevada Northern Railway Company
1905-1983

Ely was named in honor of Smith Ely, president of the Selby Copper Mining & Smelting Co.; which was founded on the site of the present Ely's City Hall in 1878. By 1902 extensive copper deposits were found in the area. Mark Requa, son of a wealthy Comstock silver magnate, owned the Eureka & Palisade Railroad, a narrow gauge in Eureka. Requa was interested in bolstering the sagging economy of the E&P and explored the local copper properties at Ely. He organized the White Pine Copper Company - constructing a route that would require 140 miles of track construction. In 1904 White Pine Copper Co. merged into other mining properties and organized as the Nevada Consolidated Copper Co. ( NCCCo)



1905-1906 - Construction at Cobre began and tracks reached Ely and a gala "Railroad Days" celebration took place. The branch line was completed from McGill Junction to McGill.

1907-1908 - Construction of the McGill smelter began. NN tracks reached Lane City, Keystone mining district, Veteran Mine and Kimberly. Passenger & express service begins to McGill. The Hiline is completed.

1920 - Regular Pullman passenger service discontinued.

1938 - Local passenger and express trains discontinued.

1948 - Dieselization of ore trains begins and most Kennecott ( successor to NCCCo. ) steam engines retired.

1978 - Ruth district mines are closed & ore trains to McGill are discontinued.

1983 - Last NNRy freight operated in East Ely to Cobre.



In 1983, the White Pine Historical Railroad Foundation was organized to receive, administer, and develop an operating railroad museum. Kennecott made substantial donations consisting of: over 32 miles of track, East Ely Complex of machine shops, roundhouse, yards, and rolling stock as well as the McGill Depot.

In September of 1986, Engine #40 was steamed up for the first time since 1964 and pronounced to be in perfect mechanical condition. A new era thus was born as the newly dubbed "Ghost Train of Old Ely" began chugging along once familiar rails to thrill generations. Here is your invitation to come to Ely and experience the nostalgia of an era gone by.


 

30th

We visited Czech railway´s museum in the village Lužná. We saw many steam locomotives.
 

30th

This locomotive stands in Altenbeken (Northrhine westfalia, Germany. There annually the viaduct celebration takes place. Altenbeken is an important traffic junction in our region. With the locomotive it concerns 44. It has an output of 1400 HP and weighs 114 tons. She was built of 1926 - 1944. This series were operated later with oil firing to 1977.

Translatet by Google, sorry, but my english is terrible too .

Thanks for the cache
Ulrike and Rainer
 

29th

I found the Steam Locomotion one an railwaystation in Solingen Ohligs
 

26th

Dieses alte Ungetüm fanden wir im Esloher Dampfmuseum / Germany.
 

24th

I saw this excursion train about six times while we were at the Cherry-Crest farm for the fall festivities. I couldnt make out the number of the engine.The farm is in Strasburg Pa. a couple miles from the train museum.I took the pics from the pumpkin picking field.
 

24th

Our team has passed by this steam locomotive hundreds of times over the years. It is located at the corner of Front and Exmouth Streets in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.
It is a 6000 Series steam locomotive with a wheel configuration of 4-8-2. 20 of these locomotives were built at the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1944 for the Canadian National Railroad. The tractive effort of this locomotive was 52 315. This particular locomotive was retired in 1960 with the addition of diesel engines in locomotives.


 

24th

This steam locomotive is located at the entrance to Centennial Park, in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. it was Cn locomotive number 5270.
 

23rd

Found this one readily enough at a local park. Thanks for the cache.
 

23rd

Another steam locomotive found in the repair yard at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

- JD
 

22nd

This is one of the eldest steam locomotives built in Bohemia (Czech Republic, Europe). This 310-076 is one of 250 pieces of Austrian 97 series machines. It's weight is 30 tons, the top-speed were 40 km/h. This engine stays close to the railway station in South Bohemian Ceske Budejovice town (where famous Budweiser lager beer is been brewed )
 

21st

Found this old train at Sumerlee Heritage Park at Coatbridge near Glasgow in Scotland.

Could not find out any interesting information about it but it looks like it has 2 sets of 8 wheels that are driven and I cant work out which is the front end!


 

20th

Found this Baldwin at Heritage Park, 12100 Mora Drive, Santa Fe Springs, California. they have an interesting and informative display with ATSF #870 and tender as the centerpiece. A refrigerator car and caboose are also part of the train depot display. The engine was brought to Santa Fe Springs from Madrid, New Mexico, but no one knew when.

My Dad and I visited here several years ago. He had been a fireman on the Santa Fe line through Indio, California, many, many years ago when I was a little girl. He enjoyed the exhibit very much -- and taught me about "railroad differential".

It's a great exhibit and well suited for children of all ages. Stop by if you get a chance.

Lots of cache
 

20th

SP 2479 is now owned by the California Trolley and Railroad Corporation in San Jose, Californa. They are restoring it for a new musuem that they hope to open, but until then it is on display at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. For more information about the Engine, http://www.ctrc.org/2479.html
 

16th

Location: Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

We found this Steam Locomotive in front of the "Starlight Express" theater in Bochum.

As shown on the builder's plate the locomotive was built in 1942 by "Henschel & Sohn GmbH" in Kassel.

Thanks for the cache!

Sanne & Kiki


 

15th

Mallet locomotive #225, also known as a Yellowstone, was one of the largest locomotives made. This locomotive was purchased by the Duluth, Messabe, and Iron Range Railway in 1941. It is 127 feet long and 16 feet high. The locomotive weighed 347½ tons and the tender, when loaded with 25,000 gallons of water and 26 tons of coal weighed 218 tons.
It is one of only three Yellowstones left and is on display in Proctor, Minnesota where the DM&IRR was headquarted.
 

15th

This steam locomotive is in the Atlantic Coast Line Museum located in Wilmington, North Carolina. This was the home office until 1960, it then relocated to Jacksonville, Florida. Wilmington is located on the southeast coast of North Carolina about 60 miles north of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
This locomotive is #250. Thanks for the hunt.

Team CyberLinks

 

15th

Found this on display in Idaho Springs, Colorado. It started as Engine # 263 with Union Pacific Railroad.
It was transferred to Colorado and Southern and renamed
Engine #60.

I will upload the pictures tonight.
 

15th

Here's #4039 Steam Engine at the Whippany Railway Museum.
 

10th

ahoi!
found this one in Sierksdorf / Germany
greetz
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9th

This is Engine number 98, of the Wilmington Western Railroad. It is located near Prices Corner, Delaware, and kept in Marshalltown Delaware.
 

9th

Wir haben die Dampflokomotive in Schinznach Dorf besucht. Hier werden alte Lokomotiven restauriert und wieder in Bertrieb gesetzt.
yugi04
 

9th

On a drive thru Atchison, Ks. we found this railroad mueseum. An AT&SF engine 811 sat in rail lot. This engine is a 2-8-0 made by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1902. It is the last of 23 units of the 789 Class. In 1923 it was converted to oil at the Topeka shops.
 

8th

We spotted Engine #6072 at Fort Riley, Kansas.

Steve & Mary Brown
http://mysteve.com
Kansas City, MO
MOKan Geocaching Forum
http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php
 

8th

2-6-6-2 Steam Locomotive #11
U.S. Plywood Corporation

This 1926 steam locomotive is parked at the corner of Snoqualmie Parkway and Railroad Ave in Snoqualmie, Washington. In February of this year, Engine #11 was restored to its 1956 appearance. The second phase of restoration will return the locomotive to operation and will begin upon completion of the Museum’s planned new collection care facility.

Thank you for maintaining this interesting locationless cache opportunity for the past three years.


 

6th

The old Younsgtown Sheet & Tube #301 0-6-0 Baldwin built in 1916 [http://www.todengine.org/mvrha.html restored and now residing at Canfield Fairgrounds [http://www.canfieldfairgrounds.com/ 7265 Columbiana-Canfield Rd 44406. Canfield Fairgrounds is home to the Canfield Fair hosted each year during Labor Day. (the last summer fling!). Once the home of the local stock car races until the residents nearby won an injunction concerning the noise.... too bad...



Interesting coordinates for this one....


[This entry was edited by Rattlebars on Thursday, October 06, 2005 at 8:11:31 PM.]
 

5th

I found this steam locomotive in town Most, Czech republic in front of a colliery.
 

4th

Here is a very old steam locomotive around this steam some old mytos. It has a very long history and is still worth a sight.
Snowdream
 

2nd

Deze tegengekomen in een klein stationneke te Baasrode, België
 

1st

You can find this train in Centennial Park in Nashville Tennessee. It was built in 1942 by American Locomotive Company and was used by N.C. / St.L railroad. The train number 576. The working weight is 685,500 pounds, total length is 100 feet, Diameter of the driver wheel is 70 inches, pulling power is 57,000 pounds, and steam pressure is 250 pounds.
 

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Caro, Michigan
I knew this one was here. But took about 6 1/2 hours of research on the net to FINALLY figure out WHAT it was, and ANY history at all. I got VERY lucky. There is no nameplate, number, or info on the locomotive itself, nor did any of the restaurant employees know anything about it. It stands next to the Depot Restaurant, and Depot Subdivision. I took plenty of pictures with our son Zachary! Enjoy!

Here is what I know about THIS one:
The engine was built for the Continental Can Co. for use at their plant in Chicago. It later ended up at Penwalt Chemicals in Riverview MI. In 1987 the locomotive was moved to the Sweetline Railroad in Carson City, MI for a rebuild that never occured. In 2000 it was moved to it's current location at the Ice Cream Depot Restaurant in Caro, MI.

This locomotive is...A 1936 HEISLER!!! Made by Heisler Locomotive Works, this is a 0-4-0F fireless standard gauge locomotive. Heisler Locomotive Works built (20) 0-4-0, (7) 0-6-0, (1) 0-8-0 and one geared fireless steam locomotives (shop numbers 33 to 61). While Heisler began building fireless locomotives in 1933, but the first one of known record was outshopped in 1934. They were built in weights from 30- to 95-tons. From 1934 until the plant closed in 1941, Heisler built at least 29 fireless locomotives.

THE HISTORY OF HEISLER: (Will need to scroll down link page) http://trainweb.org/loggingz/builders_1.html

FIRELESS LOCOMOTIVES:
The fireless locomotive is one of the most remarkable and foolproof locomotive designs devised. A locomotive equipped with a large tank or reservoir instead of a boiler and firebox, it carries no fire. This engine was essentially a giant thermos bottle lying on its side with wheels. This type of locomotive was very desirable for service in plants where cleanliness and the elimination of fire hazards and noise were important. They were quite popular in applications where smoke and cinders could ruin the product, as in textile mills or agricultural processing plants. In those applications where this type of locomotive fits, it was a reliable and economical unit of motive power. Fireless locomotives could be found working in chemical industries, powder plants, paper mills, food plants and electric power plants, wherever a reliable source of steam or compressed air was readily available. In a fireless steam locomotive, in place of a boiler, the locomotive is fitted with a cylindrical tank which is charged with steam and hot water from a stationary plant. The storage pressure usually approximates the working pressure of a locomotive boiler; but the pressure of the steam is considerably reduced before it enters the cylinders. These locomotives are simple in construction and, as they cannot explode, they are exceedingly safe to handle. As a rule, little equipment must be installed for their operation, as the majority of industrial plants at that time were equipped with the boiler capacity necessary for charging the locomotives.






[This entry was edited by Quietlake on Friday, September 30, 2005 at 11:11:54 PM.]
 

30th

Old Steam Locomotive on display at McDade Park outside of Scranton, PA. It is the home of the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour.
 

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Found this one in Sidney, Montana. It has a number 100 painted on it. It was use for many years by the Holly Sugar factory here in Sidney, It is now on display in a city park. On of the photos will show a plate on the engine that lists the Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Railway 1885.
 

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This is located at Galt, Illinois. Found this one as a result of information given while looking at another engine on display a few miles away. Trees have just been cut down that surounded the equipment.This is one of 15 engines that were used for parts for the last steam engine that was used in an industrial application in the U.S..
I also found out that this one has been sold and will soon be moved to a new location in Iowa.
It was owned by Northwestern Steel and Wire Co.,in nearby Stirling, Illinois.
The builders plate is gone and no numbers appear on the engine. With the front of the steambox removed there's a great photo of the steam pipes. This is a 0-8-0 locomotive.
 

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Found this in a train museum in Valla, Linköping, Sweden. It was built in Tegel, Berlin, Germany in 1919 after the 1.st World War. This model was built with special weel protection. It was meant to stop the french bullets from destroying the weels during the war.
 

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Found this on the way to church. Used for logging in the comox Valley.
Sea 2 Sky
 

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This locomotive is located in Kuopio railwaystation in Finland.
 

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This old Steamer happened to be at Union Station In Kansas City, Mo.
 

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The Countess of Dufferin on display at the Winnipeg Railway Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Built in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by BAIRD (BALDWIN) for the Northern Pacific Railroad and delivered to Breckenridge, Minnesota in February 1872. Worked in Minnesota and Dakota Territory until 1877. Sold to Jos. Whitehead, contractor in 1877 for use as a construction locomotive on the Pembina Branch of the CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY on contract #5, the first railway contract issued in the construction of the railway promised to British Columbia as a condition of B.C.'s entry into Confederation. The locomotive was loaded onto a barge at Fishers Landing, Minnesota (then the end of the track north from St. Paul) with six flat cars, a caboose and track material. While being loaded at Fishers Landing the first Governor General of Canada to visit Manitoba, the Earl of Dufferin, on his way back to Ottawa via St. Paul, was shown the locomotive by Jos. Whitehead who named the locomotive in honour of Earl's wife, The Countess of Dufferin. On completion of the loading of the barge, in company with two other barges propelled by a steam paddle wheeler, the flotilla began its way to St. Boniface via the Red River. The flotilla arrived at The Forks on the morning of Oct 9, 1877, to a raucous welcome from the local citizens. The following morning the flotilla sailed down the river, over the next few days unloading the cargo on the east side of the Red River in St. Boniface. Shortly after the Countess began her duties on the construction of contract #5, the Pembina Branch of the Canadian Government's Canadian Pacific Railway. After completion of the Pembina Branch the locomotive was employed on contract #15, east from East Selkirk toward the Lakehead, on construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway main line. Ownership of the Countess was transferred to the CPR in 1883 and was re-numbered CPR 151. The 151 then worked west to British Columbia where, in the middle of 1880's, she was sold to the Columbia River Lumber Company of Golden, BC, who renamed the 151 the Betsy. The locomotive was taken out of service and dismantled as a locomotive in the early 1900's. Her boiler was used to generate steam for the sawmill. In 1909, the locomotive was discovered by chance by Mr Waugh of Winnipeg. The owners of the company, Mackenzie and Mann, of CNR fame, donated the locomotive to the City of Winnipeg. The CPR transported the components to Winnipeg where the company re-assembled the locomotive in Weston shops. In 1910 the Countess was placed on public display in William Whyte Park on the south side of Higgins Ave, opposite the CPR Depot. In 1944 the locomotive was moved into the forcourt of the Royal Alexander Hotel. In 1970, through the generosity of Mr Geo Richardson and the CPR, the locomotive was restored in the CPR Weston Shops and placed on display on Main St adjacent to the Manitoba Museum. Due to the combined effect of weather and vandals the locomotive was once more in peril. In 1977, the Midwestern Rail Assoc, in co-operation with the City of Winnipeg, the Province of Manitoba and CP Rail, moved the locomotive into a safe housing at Weston Shops. The locomotive was to rest at that location until Oct 7, 1992. On that date, with the co-operation of CP Rail, CN Rail and through the courtesy of Via Rail Canada, the locomotive was again placed on display on Track 1 of the Via Rail Canada Union Station in Winnipeg where it currently sits. When initially reassembled in 1909, the CPR used a typical CPR wood burning locomotive smokestack. The lettering on the cab and the tender were reversed. When CPR restored the locomotive in 1970 the correct style smokestack and lettering where installed. Specifications: Weight 64,000 lbs (29,300kg), Length 51'5", Height 13'13 3/4", Gauge 4' 8 1/2", Wood Burner, Coal oil headlight, Stevenson valve gear, Pistons 15" diameter, Stroke 24", Rear dome Steam Chest, Middle dome Sand, Front dome Steam throttle valve.
 

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This is the cran locomotive "Wien" Nr. 3714 of the locomotive factory of the state railway company.
Year of construction: 1910
Since 1934 it was in use at the sugar factory of Siegendorf.
Now it is exhibited in front of the aeroplane and motor museum near Bad Ischl (Austria).
Happy Caching
 

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This steam lopcomotive is on tour through Darmstadt, Germany at least twice a year. It is named "Feuriger Elias". It was build in 1919 by the company Henschel & Sohn. the serial number is 17218.
 

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Winder, Georgia
Gainesville Midland
#208

This is a Georgia Historical site. the plaque will provide more information than i can--or i could regurgitate it for you.

this has been on display my whole life.

as evident in the pics, the sun shines on the opposite side, which inturn means that it is not in as good of condition as this side.

pics galore........
 

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The La Mesa Depot Museum is La Mesa, California's oldest building in its original form and is the sole surviving San Diego and Cuyamaca Railway Station in existence. The building you see today on the corner of Spring Street and La Mesa Boulevard has a colorful history. In 1885 the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Railroads extended service to San Diego. At that time, the locomotives burned coal and access to the wharf to load coal from ships was critical. The section of the San Diego and Cuyamaca Eastern Railway extending through La Mesa Springs was originally planned to join with the Santa Fe or Southern Pacific Railroads at Needles, but, due to the mountainous terrain, never got past Foster, just east of Lakeside. It was in 1888 that the railway came to La Mesa Springs and in 1894 the original station in La Mesa was constructed, its first name being the Allison Station. In 1915, the small original building was moved across the tracks and expanded to its current size. Today the Pacific Southwest Railroad Museum owns and maintains the building, and the City of La Mesa owns and maintains the grounds and land beneath it. The public is admitted free to the La Mesa Depot Museum for tours on weekend afternoons. Visitors can inspect the steam locomotive and string of freight cars on the nearby track and pass through the ticket/waiting area and view the telegrapher's station and a small exhibit area in the baggage room. This building and its past are a fascinating look at a bit of small-town railroading from yesteryear and its importance to the community it served.
 

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I found this steam locomotive in Zadni Treban, Czech republic. About twice a year this locomotive is on tour with passangers. A very impressive experience, as you can see, especially for childrens. Thanks for the cache
 

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This train is located in poway, California. This place is called Midland Railroad. It is at a park that is themed like the old west, right smack in the middle of the city.
This is a working train that gives people a tour around the park. There is also an old time blacksmiths shop there,
aswell as a couple good restaurants.
Thanks, Condor Man...

 

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This is retired Soo Line engine #2713 in Stevens Point, WI. After languishing for years behind chainlink and barbwire, this 4-6-2 is undergoing a massive restoration that includes a historical marker, a new roof and a "passenger platform". After spending some time looking for the build plate, we are guessing it has been removed during the restoration.
 

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Found while getting some other caches. This one is in Abingdon VA.
 

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This is an RX Class locomotive (No 217) located in a park in the township of Nuriootpa in the famous Barossa Valley in South Australia. It was built in Maryborough, Queensland by Walkers Ltd, and was retired from service in 1969 after covering a total of 1,003,334 miles. It was bought by local public subscription and placed in its present location on 28 Nov 71. It is kept well painted, free from rust and provides a huge attraction for kids of all ages to clamber over. (Even big kids, like me who remembers being allowed to sit with the driver and fireman as they shunted carriages around my small-town rail yards in the 60’s. Sounding the whistle was a huge thrill for a small boy )

 

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This train is situated at Fort Klapperkop; Pretoria South Africa. The train was used for carrying of troups and supplies during the Anglo Boer War.

It is a 6B locomotive, constructed in Britain in 1896.
 

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Found this one in Upper Canada Village, near Morrisburg.
 

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this is "Mountain Thunder", the 1916 Baldwin 2-8-0 steamer, number 734, which pulls the western maryland scenic railway train from cumberland, md to frostburg, md and back. these pictures were taken at the frostburg station. the western maryland runs 3 days a week, friday, saturday and sunday, may through october and saturday and sunday in november.

the railway now shares the railbed with the great allegheny passage, a rail-trail which will connect pittsburgh with cumberland and after joining with the c & o canal, will then connect with washington, dc. if you're lucky, while you're biking or hiking the railtrail, you might get a chance to see the train as it thunders by! dont forget your camera! thanks for the cache, julia51:)
 

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Found this train today, it is located in a small Victorian town of Yarragon Australia, could not find out much about the loco as it has no plaque on it, other than it is a K class loco built by the Victorian Railways, I have included some stats:

Details: Specifications:
Model: Consolidation
Type: Steam
Builder: Victorian Railways
Introduced: 1922
Road Numbers: 140 - 192
Number Built: 53
Preserved - Operational - 3
Preserved - Static - 9
Scrapped - 32
Stored - 8
Under Restoration - 1
Axles: 2-8-0
Boiler: Flues and tubes: 1,317 sq ft
Firebox: 125 sq ft
Superheater: 238 sq ft
Total: 1,680 sq ft
Tender: Water: 4,200 gal
Coal: 5 tons
Valve Gear/Engine: 2 cylinders, 20 inch diameter, 26 inch stroke
Grate area: 25.34 sq ft
Pressure: 175 lb per sq in

Notes: 53 built (140-192)


 

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This old steam train is located at the Railway Museum in Snoqualmie, WA. They have a collection of several old steam trains, and these will all hopefully be restored as funds become available. I selected this steam engine to log as it was probably the most decrepit of them all (it had ferns growing out of the smoke stack), and it had an interested configuration where what I thought where the pistons are showing. This engine was made in 1904, and is Eastern Railway and Lumber Co #1. It is the second oldest surviving three truck shay (which I assume are the piston-things I was interested in). It last operated in 1951. It was donated to the museum by SA Agnew Lumber company. I couldn't find information about the wheel configuration. It was three sets of two wheels a side. Because this is in the official collection of the museum, it is fenced off, and I could not locate a boiler plate. For more info, try trainmuseum.org. Also, because of the fence, it was hard to get quality pictures, sorry. Very fun and education locationless cache! Thanks.
 

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This old steam engine can be found Ausstellungsstück in the southern part of Styria, Austria, Europe.
Infos: http://www.stainz.at/stainz/zug.htm
Unfortunately it has no numbers on it...


 

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This old Steam Locomotive was used to pull cypress logs out of the Manchac Swamp in the height of the lumber industry. The company was Louisiana Cypress Lumber Company located in Ponchatoula, LA 70454.
 

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S 37° 50.332 E 145° 16.023
This is Victorian Railways D3 #666 (4-6-0) now located in Bayswater Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It has been pretty much butchered to make it kiddy-safe, and now forms part of a really excellent railway themed playground and activity centre (its also the location of a traditional cache - GCKZHG Park at the Reddy).

The red paint was not its original colour

Thanks.

 

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We were driving from Chet's uncle's house in Pritchard, British Columbia when part way along the journey towards Monte Creek, British Columbia, stood a steam train being examined. We pulled over and watched and by the time Canadian Pacific Railway's #2816 went snorting, puffing and belching smoke east down the track towards Pritchard we had been joined by countless other steam train addicts (one of which was a RCMP cruiser) parked on the side of Trans Canada Highway. This was a dry run for #2816 before it undertook its assignments for 2005.
 

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Found this one whilst on holiday to Florida from England. It's one of five narrow gauge steam locomotives that operate around the perimeter of Lake Bueno Vista (Magic Kingdom), and originated from the United Railroad of Yucatan, Mexico.
Thanks,
The Hancock Clan
 

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Found this steam locomotive in the habour of Rejkjavik/Iceland. Sorry for the late log.

Vagabund
 

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This steam loco is located at Muzium Negara (National Museum), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. As you can see from the photographs, it's locomotive number is 531.01. The wheel arrangement is 4-6-2. It does not have a builder's plate, but the following information was extracted from a nearby plaque.

This steam locomotive was first put into service in 1921 by the Federated Malay States Railways at the cost of M$121,600. It was withdrawn from service from the East Coast main line in Kelantan in November 1969. It covered 1.5 million miles in hat time! The total weight of the engine and empty tender is 69 tons. With a loaded tender, the weight is 88.5 tons. The total length of the engine and tender is 59 feet. It was manufactured by Kitson & Co, England.
 

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We found this old Steam Locomotive in Pemberton, Western Australia. It is on display in a small park in the centre of town.
 

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Found this little green loco in Corrimal Wollongong NSW Australia beside the highway in a nice park.
Avonside Locomotive No.4
In service 1909 to 1967.
It was used to haul coal from the South Bulli Colliery to the Bellambi Haven Jetty for shipping.
The Loco looks like its in good condition with its fresh coat of green paint. But I don't think it is in working order.
By the way I see that another loco very similar to this model that worked in the same place was logged a while back and its only about 3 kms away from here at the Bulli railway station.
 

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Found this one by accident! luckily my Brain kicked into gear when I saw it on route to another geocache - my brain yelled out TRAIN = GEOCACHE!

This train is in Parkes NSW Australia (known for THE DISH - man on moon etc). It's number is 3075, and it's called Spirit of Parkes.
- Found by ThomasS and MattS.
 

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This engine and coal carrier is in a park in the Barossa Valley. The kids were crawling all over it.
 

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