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Keeping Track
The Official Newsletter of the Western Railroaders' Hall of Fame & Museum
Volume 1, Number 1 -- Page 3 of 4
Society News
The Western Railroaders' Hall Of Fame & Museum (WRHOF&M) was begun to
provide a way to honor railroaders across North America and
contribute to everyone's education and understanding of the
contributions railroaders have made to the growth and development
of the West. Our emphasis will be on those who have helped build
and operate railroads in the Western United States, Western
Canada, and Mexico using interpretive displays of memorabilia
and equipment.
Our support group, Friends of the Western Railroaders' Hall Of
Fame & Museum is made up of people who enjoy history. Many are
active in and support a number of different preservation groups.
The address is:
Friends of the WRHOF&M
2533 N. Carson St., Suite 202
Carson City, NV 89706
STEAM...
(Steam Train Excursion And Museum) seeks to
preserve the experience of travel aboard the famous trains of the
"Golden Age" of railroad passenger train travel. The STEAM group
has located a mainline steam locomotive that can be restored and
used to pull a mainline excursion train made up of restored
privately owned passenger cars that were once part of famous
North American passenger trains. STEAM welcomes new members
($25 individual/$35 family membership dues). Their address is:
Friends of STEAM
113 W. Pillsbury, Suite E
Lancaster, CA 93534
Ed. Note: though there is another mainline steam
locomotive operational in Southern California, steam
locomotives require a lot of tender loving care (maintenance) and
thus the desirability of having more than one available for
regular excursion service.
The Bodie Railway & Lumber Company Association...
has been formed to
rebuild its namesake. They are trying to track down information
on the whereabouts or final disposition of the Tybo, first locomotive on the Bodie Ry.
& Lumber Co. According to their newsletter, The Link And Pin, it
was purchased from the Eureka & Palisades Railroad in 1881. It is
described as follows: Steam Locomotive 2-6-0 Mogul, built 1874 by
Baldwin #3638, cylinders: 12 inch x 16 inch, drivers: 40 inch
diameter. Identifying marks: connecting rods, reverse lever,
links and other finished parts stamped: "8/18 D 10". It may bear
a plate stating that it was rebuilt by the Virginia & Truckee.
Information available indicates that it was sold to the Inyo
Development Co. and became their Locomotive #1. It worked at the
salt works in Keeler California at the end of the Carson &
Colorado Railroad (S.P. Owens Valley narrow gauge line). Where
it went after that is the mystery.
For more information contact:
Roderic Mac Duff
Box 38
Lee Vining, CA 93541
(619) 647-6234
The East Broad Top Railroad...
has been listed by The National
Trust For Historic Preservation as one of the "11 Most Endangered
National Historic Landmarks in 1996". You are urged to write in
support of its preservation to:
Governor Tom Ridge
Capitol Building, Room 225
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Fax: (717) 783-1396
Also, please send a copy to:
Friends of the East Broad Top
9910 Old Spring Road
Kensington, MD 20895
The Orange Empire Railway Museum...
reached an agreement with San
Bernardino County to acquire Union Pacific 2-8-2 #2564. It had
been on exhibit in a county park. It was built in 1921 by ALCO's
Brooks works, Dunkirk, N.Y., for Union Pacific subsidiary Los
Angeles & Salt Lake. It was traded to the Oregon Short Line in
1923, and became their #2564. Orange Empire Railway Museum has
established a special "UP 2564 Fund" to receive donations to help
cover moving and restoration expenses. Donations may be sent to:
OERM's 2564 at:
P.O. Box 548
Perris, CA 92572
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