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Prototypes
#1

This came across the “Tweetsie” Yahoo Group Email this am…

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A friend in California sent this article to me … she was part of a
fundraiser held at the home.

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1346492.php

Built: May 1891 by Baldwin Locomotives in Pennsylvania

Track: 600 feet of narrow-gauge track that’s 3 feet wide.

Pulling capacity: 150 tons on level grade.

Weight: Eight tons when fully loaded with diesel fuel and water.

Owner: George Thagard, who named it for his daughter Deanna.

Deanna is a fully restored, steam-powered locomotive built in May 1891
by Baldwin Locomotives in Pennsylvania as engine number 11,900 for the
Kaiwiki Sugar Co. in Ookala, Hawaii.

It was originally called the Doctor and ran on that company’s sugar
plantation from 1891 to 1941. It was bought by Oahu Railway & Land
Co., where it languished on a siding until 1964.

The engine … was originally coal-fired but was converted to diesel
in 1924. --[I imagine coal was harder to come by in Hawaii??]–

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that is a beauty, and that little Plymouth-wow, I want one of those for my GRR!

cale

#2

Cale, all:

George Thagard has brought the Deanna to Ardenwood Historic Farm Regional Park in Fremont, California and operated her on the Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources (SPCRR) trackage several times. These visits have usually been connected with the Washington Township Railfair held over the Labor Day weekend. Deanna is in pristine condition and it’s really great to see this beautiful Baldwin 0-4-2 pulling some of the restored Carter equipment on the SPCRR tracks.

BTW, the SPCRR’s motive power is usually provided by Tucker & Jiggs, both fourteen year old Belgian Draft horses. They pull the 3’ gauge passenger trains over ~1 1/2 miles of track 4 days a week. A great re-creation of a bygone era!

Happy RRing,

Jerry Bowers

#3

Nah! The rails are too far apart. :smiley:

I’m with Cale on that Plymouth. I’d give my eye teeth to have that and a place to run it.

#4
Warren Mumpower said:
Nah! The rails are too far apart. :D

I’m with Cale on that Plymouth. I’d give my eye teeth to have that and a place to run it.


heck I’d take a nice Fn3 Version!

I need my teeth!

cale

#5

Mine would have to be in 7/8ths minimum…that’s 2’ gauge. :smiley: