Gotta love steam.

Nothing wrong with slowing down to relax and enjoy the flat land....... what am i saying...... Around here you need speed to get past the dull flat lands...

Wow, look at her! A tiny 'Prairie' (2-6-2) class engine!

Data: Built by Baldwin SN38219
Erected 1912 2-6-2
Calcasieu Paper #5

This 1912 prairie Baldwin locomotive originally worked for Industrial Lumber in Louisiana as #101. It was later renumbered to #5. It was then sold to Calcasieu Paper and operated in Elizabeth, Louisiana. The last time this locomotive operated was in 1964 when a Mr. Witbeck ran it on the Calcasieu Paper Co.'s spur after the locomotive was retired.

http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/d.....01/misc277.jpg

This shows her sister engine in use which displays the proper stack type, headlamp and front coupler.

Oh, and the correct tender as well. I doubt the lumber company ever converted it to oil, which is the type the tender is currently.

Oh wow!That must be one of those new fangled "locomotives" I've heard so much about. :D