This old beauty is a prairie 2-6-2 locomotive built by Baldwin in 1912. From it’s cabbage smokestack it was probably a wood burner. It served in Northern Florida as part of the turpentine industry before coming to Manatee to shuttle supplies for the Manatee Crate Company. In 2002 it was moved to the Manatee Historical Village in Bradenton, Florida. My sincerest thanks go to Sandra, the Madsnapper, my dear blogging friend for taking these photos for this post.
(photo by Sandra, the Madsnapper)
(Photo by Sandra, the Madsnapper)
(Photo by Sandra, the Madsnapper)
14 comments:
Exceptionally well restored !
Very nice, christine.. You Florida girls have a gift for picture taking.. I notice there is no snow... smile.
Blessings my sweet friend..
Really cool trains. We are loving your train series. :)
Another great engine. Hope you can keep them coming! Jim
I have seen that train all my life and taken photos of it, but did not know the info you posted. that is really interesting. and 10 miles from that train we can ride behind one at the railroad museum.
A beautiful old machine. Glad to see they are being cared for.
yay, sandra! i love the plain black paint job! lovely old train!
What magnificent photos!
Awesome!
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Wow that is a beautiful train..Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving..
This is a beautiful train. I really like the black with the white trim. Sandra is wonderful!
Hope you had a happy holiday!
That's an impressive locomotive. (I came over from Sandra's blog to have a peek...)
Great photos from Sandra. I especially liked the second one! Just beautiful.
Love Di ♥
I love trains! Thanks for treating us with those pictures.
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