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Texas City Shay
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There are reports (in Trainorders) that the Shay locomotive on loan to Texas City by the Galveston
Railroad Museum is on its way to the Three Rivers Rambler operation in Knoxville TN. [ Three Rivers Rambler = home of the true Nash-ville sound.] https://www.threeriversrambler.com/ Any corrections to that report? (photo below) https://www.galvestonrrmuseum.org/fullscreen-page/comp-jiw1h9p7/34d85867-a93b-47f9-9138-a14fca3b14b4/2/%3Fi%3D2%26p%3Dh4cer%26s%3Dstyle-jivyb9rh
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Don Harper
That is correct Dennis. The Shay was sold to the Knoxville outfit. They will restore it and run it. It is much closer to home than it was in Galveston.
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The loan to Texas City was a fiasco. The Shay and a caboose were loaned in exchange for boiler work being done on the 555 Consolidation. The company that said they would do the boiler work reneged, and the Museum board didn’t do anything about the contract being broken. I initiated the effort to get the Shay and caboose returned to the Museum after it has been in Texas City for 25 or so years. Don Harper
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Everett Lueck
Home for the 112 was originally Mansfield, LA and the engine worked in both Louisiana and Texas (Nacogdoches) for Frost Lumber before going to Tennessee. I know that their are reports that the Rambler will restore the locomotive to service, but I don't see how it fits their passenger operation with its extremely slow speed. At any rate it will get a good home, and be with 3 other steam engines and people who know how to care for steam engines.
On Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 08:00:25 AM CDT, Don Harper <luciferfaxoni@...> wrote:
That is correct Dennis. The Shay was sold to the Knoxville outfit. They will restore it and run it. It is much closer to home than it was in Galveston. The loan to Texas City was a fiasco. The Shay and a caboose were loaned in exchange for boiler work being done on the 555 Consolidation. The company that said they would do the boiler work reneged, and the Museum board didn’t do anything about the contract being broken. I initiated the effort to get the Shay and caboose returned to the Museum after it has been in Texas City for 25 or so years. Don Harper
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Dennis Hogan
Was it ever in the possession of the OP&E in Oregon?
From: Everett Lueck <elueck@...>
Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 10:19 AM To: Dennis Hogan <denmeg_hogan@...>; Don Harper <luciferfaxoni@...> Cc: Railspot <rs-talon@groups.io> Subject: Re: [Railspot] Texas City Shay Home for the 112 was originally Mansfield, LA and the engine worked in both Louisiana and Texas (Nacogdoches) for Frost Lumber before going to Tennessee. I know that their are reports that the Rambler will restore the locomotive to service,
but I don't see how it fits their passenger operation with its extremely slow speed. At any rate it will get a good home, and be with 3 other steam engines and people who know how to care for steam engines.
On Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 08:00:25 AM CDT, Don Harper <luciferfaxoni@...> wrote:
That is correct Dennis. The Shay was sold to the Knoxville outfit. They will restore it and run it. It is much closer to home than it was in Galveston.
The loan to Texas City was a fiasco. The Shay and a caboose were loaned in exchange for boiler work being done on the 555 Consolidation. The company that said they would do the boiler work reneged, and the Museum board
didn’t do anything about the contract being broken. I initiated the effort to get the Shay and caboose returned to the Museum after it has been in Texas City for 25 or so years.
Don Harper
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Everett Lueck
I think that it was, and was used as a display in Oregon, but never run.
On Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 10:46:15 AM CDT, Dennis Hogan <denmeg_hogan@...> wrote:
Was it ever in the possession of the OP&E in Oregon?
From: Everett Lueck <elueck@...>
Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 10:19 AM To: Dennis Hogan <denmeg_hogan@...>; Don Harper <luciferfaxoni@...> Cc: Railspot <rs-talon@groups.io> Subject: Re: [Railspot] Texas City Shay Home for the 112 was originally Mansfield, LA and the engine worked in both Louisiana and Texas (Nacogdoches) for Frost Lumber before going to Tennessee. I know that their are reports that the Rambler will restore the locomotive to service,
but I don't see how it fits their passenger operation with its extremely slow speed. At any rate it will get a good home, and be with 3 other steam engines and people who know how to care for steam engines.
On Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 08:00:25 AM CDT, Don Harper <luciferfaxoni@...> wrote:
That is correct Dennis. The Shay was sold to the Knoxville outfit. They will restore it and run it. It is much closer to home than it was in Galveston.
The loan to Texas City was a fiasco. The Shay and a caboose were loaned in exchange for boiler work being done on the 555 Consolidation. The company that said they would do the boiler work reneged, and the Museum board
didn’t do anything about the contract being broken. I initiated the effort to get the Shay and caboose returned to the Museum after it has been in Texas City for 25 or so years.
Don Harper
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Christopher Zurek
Whatever happened to the caboose? Chris Z.
On 10/7/2020 08:00, Don Harper wrote:
That is correct Dennis. The Shay was sold to the Knoxville outfit. They will restore it and run it. It is much closer to home than it was in Galveston.
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Kenneth Cotton
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From: Christopher Zurek
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 4:03 PM To: RS-TALON@groups.io Subject: Re: [Railspot] Texas City Shay
Whatever happened to the caboose? Chris Z. On 10/7/2020 08:00, Don Harper wrote:
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Don Harper
It is.
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eda77092
When the caboose was still in Texas City they attached wood panel siding to the exterior steel sides thus covering all the windows.I suppose they did that to cut down on vandalism.The plybead paneling gives the appearance of a wood caboose but with no windows.The doors have been welded shut.Now that it is back at Galveston RR. Museum I hope they will remove the wood siding to display it as originally built.I believe it is a SP or TNO model C40-3 caboose.
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