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Bound for Train Festival in Michigan, SP 4449 leaves Naperville on the BNSF, near the end of a Twin Cities-Chicago run, 7/18/09. |
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A rainy opening morning at the Train Festival in Owasso, MI, 7/23/09. |
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| SP 4449 was one of eight locomotives displayed under steam at the Festival. It pulled all-day excursions on Thursday and Friday |
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Two Berkshires, both Lima graduates from the 1940's, were on display: NKP 765 and PM 1225. |
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PM 1225 belongs to the host organization, the Steam Railroad Institute, and was the model for the engine in the animated film 'The Polar Express.' She blew a boiler tube while on static display Friday, and 765 substituted on the Saturday excursion. |
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Three 0-4-0 tank engines were displayed: Flagg Coal Co. #75, Viscose #6, and Little River #1. |
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One of many visiting engineers gets his 15 minutes at the throttle of #75. |
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No. 63 'Leviathan' is a just-completed twin to CP's 'Jupiter' which participated in the Golden Spike Ceremony in 1869. The engine was periodically given a 360 degree spin for photographers. |
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Little River #110 is the smallest operating standard gauge 4-6-2 in the US. She pulled hourly excursions all during the Festival. |
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A variety of live-steam engines operated on loops of #1 gauge track. |
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British and German prototype live steamers. |
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While most of the engines use butane or alcohol as a fuel source, #461 is a true coal-burner. |
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Passengers were carried on a 7 1/2" gauge line using an assortment of motive power. |
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| Daily excursions were run between Owasso and Alma. Although the distance was only about 40 track-miles, the trip took over two hours each way. Here the train passes Ashley, about mid-way on the trip, as seen from an open-window coach. |
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| On Friday, 4449 has been turned and prepares to take the train back from Alma to Owasso. The track is part of a former Ann Arbor RR line from Toledo to the Lake Michigan ferry port of Frankfort. It still carries freight. |
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Run-bys were held on the return trip at a park near Ithaca. |
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NKP 765 leaves Owasso on the Saturday excursion. |
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Sunday after arrival in Alma. After problems trying to turn the entire train on the first trip, the train ran observation-first outbound, and only the engine was turned at Alma. |
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The Alma fire department waters the engine, and the crew prepares for the return trip. |
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A run-by of 765 at Ithaca. |
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One of the Milwaukee’s unique “Skytop” parlor-observation cars brought up the rear of the train on the return trip to Owosso. |
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The photographer relaxes in the rear lounge as the Sunday trip, and the Festival, draw to a close. |
Additional photos by Carol and Dave Ingles
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Photo by Carol Ingles |
SP 4449 South on Great Lakes Central (formerly Ann Arbor, later
Tuscola & Saginaw Bay), Ashley, Mich., 7/23/09. |
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Photo by Carol Ingles |
Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 765, southbound on Great Lakes Central,
7/25/09 (subbing for Pere Marquette 1225) on return leg of all-day
excursion as part of Owosso Steam Festival.
Bannister, Michigan. |
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Photo by Dave Ingles |
The brand-new replica of Leviathan. Owosso, Mich., Steam Railroading
Institute, 7/26/09. |
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Photo by Dave ingles |
Viscose Co. 0-4-0T #6 (foreground), Little River 0-4-0T #1 (rear);
Owosso, Mich., Steam Railroading Institute, 7/26/09. |
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Photo by Dave Ingles |
Steam Railroading Institute's Flagg Coal 0-4-0T no. 75, Owosso,
Mich., 7/26/09. |
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Photo by Carol Ingles |
Little River Railroad 4-6-2 No. 110, on shuttle train during SRI's
steam festival, north of Owosso on ex-NYC Chesaning branch, 7/26/09,
photo by Carol Ingles
Engine trucked up from Coldwater, Mich. for festival (along with
0-4-0T No. 1). |
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