Dec 20 2006
Requiem For A Train
My favorite train of all time, a little 0-6-0 switcher, the very last one of that model, (L-5 made by Rogers in 1899), which is displayed in Snoqualmie’s beautiful railroad exhibit, (The Northwest Railway Museum).
Per the excellent Washington State Steam Railroads and Locomotives website, here is an image and some backstory:
http://wasteam.railfan.net/nwrm.html
In 1899 #924 was built as #74 for St. Paul & Duluth, renumerated the #924 for the Northern Pacific railway shortly after. After the bulk of it’s career, #924 was sold to the Inland Empire Paper Company. As I recall it is one of a handful of this model built.
Certainly a love of locomotives truly shows my nerdy tendencies.
More Later-
Jeff