In Search of Steam Portland, Locationless, Locationless
By BigHank on 05-Apr-02. Waypoint GC49BC

Found this one in Ely, Nevada. It is one of 2 fully operational coal fired locomotives (#40 & #93)that are still used today. The "Ghost Train of Ely" runs daily in the summer and offers a great view of the desert night sky. the history of the railroad and these trains is below.

The Last Bonanza Railroad
Nevada Northern Railway Company
1905-1983

Ely was named in honor of Smith Ely, president of the Selby Copper Mining & Smelting Co.; which was founded on the site of the present Ely's City Hall in 1878. By 1902 extensive copper deposits were found in the area. Mark Requa, son of a wealthy Comstock silver magnate, owned the Eureka & Palisade Railroad, a narrow gauge in Eureka. Requa was interested in bolstering the sagging economy of the E&P and explored the local copper properties at Ely. He organized the White Pine Copper Company - constructing a route that would require 140 miles of track construction. In 1904 White Pine Copper Co. merged into other mining properties and organized as the Nevada Consolidated Copper Co. ( NCCCo)



1905-1906 - Construction at Cobre began and tracks reached Ely and a gala "Railroad Days" celebration took place. The branch line was completed from McGill Junction to McGill.

1907-1908 - Construction of the McGill smelter began. NN tracks reached Lane City, Keystone mining district, Veteran Mine and Kimberly. Passenger & express service begins to McGill. The Hiline is completed.

1920 - Regular Pullman passenger service discontinued.

1938 - Local passenger and express trains discontinued.

1948 - Dieselization of ore trains begins and most Kennecott ( successor to NCCCo. ) steam engines retired.

1978 - Ruth district mines are closed & ore trains to McGill are discontinued.

1983 - Last NNRy freight operated in East Ely to Cobre.



In 1983, the White Pine Historical Railroad Foundation was organized to receive, administer, and develop an operating railroad museum. Kennecott made substantial donations consisting of: over 32 miles of track, East Ely Complex of machine shops, roundhouse, yards, and rolling stock as well as the McGill Depot.

In September of 1986, Engine #40 was steamed up for the first time since 1964 and pronounced to be in perfect mechanical condition. A new era thus was born as the newly dubbed "Ghost Train of Old Ely" began chugging along once familiar rails to thrill generations. Here is your invitation to come to Ely and experience the nostalgia of an era gone by.

I found the Steam Locomotion on her way to the Bergisches Land. An Area in Germany

Thx

Team Hildanus

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I found this one while looking for something else in Phillipsburg, NJ. I had just parked the bike and I heard the whistle blow. I ran down to the train just in time to get the pictures and here the conductor yell "All Aboard". I didn't even have enough time to get a signal on the GPS. The engine is #142 Susquehanna. Some of the pictures are not clear due to the steam that the train was emitting. I didn't realize how close I was to it until I got wet from the steam. Thanks for the cache!

Found this steam loco in Horseheads, NY. Searched all over for a data plate , but none present.

This is Cn locomotive number 5270. It is located on permanent static display at Centennial Park in Mocton, N.B., Canada. It was built in 1918 at the Industrial Locomotive Works.

Living less than seven miles away from a National Park that deals with trains, it is sort of ridiculous that I have not found any of the locationless caches dealing with trains.

This is a picture of a Union-Pacific model 4013 located in the maintenace yard of Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania. As it was in the work yard, I could not go and find the exact details needed as no one but mechanics are allowed in there for safety reasons.

While caching in Cochrane, Alberta we happened to hear this train coming towards us as we were getting back to our car. My wife commented that it was a steam engine. The bells and whistles started going off in my head reminding me that there is a locationless cache re: steam engines. I grabbed the camera from the back of the car, climbed the tree and snapped two pics before it passed us. Unfortunatley, I didn't manage to get one with my gpsr in the photo. I checked the logs and noticed that there is one similar with engine # 2818. This engine # is 2816. Either the previous log is a typo, or there are two engines that are active with the Canadian Pacific Railway.
http://www.cprheritage.com/mainline/empdisplay.htm

I'm suprised this engine hadn't made your list - SP 1785 is another Baldwin-built 2-6-0 "Mogul" located in Woodburn, Oregon, just south of Portland. The engine is an M-6 class in reasonably good shape, undoubtedly due to the serious fence surrounding it. This is one of three SP Moguls on this locationless cache; the others are SP 1765 and SP 1629. Thanks for the hunt!

I found this Steamtrain today in my Hometown "Wernigerode",Germany.

This engine is on display at the Yellowsonte County Museum at the airport (a contrast of the times). It was originally used by the Northern Pacific Railway. They later became Burlington Northern, and now are the Burlington Northern Santa Fe. I couldn't get myself in the picture, but I think I managed the rest of the requirements. I believe it is a 0-3-0, as the other trucks are under the tender.

Found this steam engine nr 10, type V at Stavanger train station, Norway. The name of the engine, is Hugin. It was built in 1881, at Motala, Sweden. max speed 55 km/h. wheels: 0-2-1. It could pull up to 18 goods wagons. It came to Norway in parts in 1882, and was working from 1883. it was in use until 05.10.1952.

Found this Baldwin at Heritage Park, 12100 Mora Drive, Santa Fe Springs, California. They have an interesting and informative display with ATSF #870 and tender as the centerpiece. A refrigerator car and caboose are also part of the recreation of the train depot. The engine was brought to California from Madrid, New Mexico. The plate in front of the engine says LFM Co., Atchison, Kansas, L7954 (see picture below). I was unable to determine the year of manufacture or when it arrived in Santa Fe Springs. The wheels don't show too well on the pictures and I don't know the wheel arrangement. (one small wheel and four larger ones on one side). The tender had four wheels.

My Dad and I visited here several years ago. He had been a fireman on the Santa Fe line through Indio, California many, many years ago when I was a little girl. He enjoyed the exhibit very much -- and taught me about "railroad differential".

It's a great exhibit and well suited for children of all ages. Stop by if you get a chance.

Lots of cache

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Our team has passed by this steam locomotive hundreds of times over the years. It is located at the corner of Front and Exmouth Streets in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.

It is a 6000 Series steam locomotive with a wheel configuration of 4-8-2. 20 of these locomotives were built at the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1944 for the Canadian National Railroad. The tractive effort of this locomotive was 52 315. This particular locomotive was retired in 1960 with the addition of diesel engines in locomotives.

I found this little steam locomotive in the port of Magdeburg (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany).
It is a replica / reconstruction of the "89-6236" (own by the [url=http://www.mebf.de/]Magdeburger Eisenbahnfreunde e.V.[/url]).
This tender engine "0-3-0" (german: Ch2) has been only build ten times in this configuration. [url=http://www.dlok.de/112.htm]Baureihe 89[/url]

Found this train on display in Eureak springs Ark it has the number 1 on the front there was a plaque on the side but i couldn't get close enought to get the information...Thanks...Kattz

Location: Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

We found this Steam Locomotive in front of the "Starlight Express" theater in Bochum.

As shown on the builder's plate the locomotive was built in 1942 by "Henschel & Sohn GmbH" in Kassel.

Thanks for the cache!

Sanne & Kiki

My friend frettedfive and I were in the middle of a busy caching day when I spied this locomotive. I've always been a lover of old trains, so we stopped by this one, especially as there was some activity there.

The first thing we happened on in the yard was a railroad turntable. Ff wanted to cross on it, but I insisted on going around as we didn't have permission. As we made our way around, we realized that the locomotive was being restored, possibly for display (I hoped it would run again).

We pulled up along side the locomotive, and it turns out it is a 2-8-2 Baldwin. I've always been a fan of Baldwins since my excursions to New Mexico and Colorado to ride the Cumbress & Toltec and the Durango & Silverton lines.

As we were taking pictures, one of the men working on the train asked us what we were doing. We explained that we were both (ff and I) fascinated by old trains, and that this had the potential to be a locationless cache. We described the hobby of geocaching, and the men we were talking to were interested.

They invited us to come in to their cordons, and we got some more excellent pictures. It turns out that restoring this locomotive is the Eagle Scout project of Asif Mithani from BSA Troop 758 from the Longhorn Council, and we had been talking to Asif himself. He was very helpful and polite, and with his help we were able to get some great shots.

We asked if we could go back across the turntable, and they said we could, but being normal geocachers, we were distracted by something else. It turns out that the building right next to the locomotive houses another two locomotives, one working on the Tarantula Railroad between Grapevine and Fort Worth. We got a couple of pics of those locomotives as well.

What more could you ask for. A beautiful locomotive being restored, two more waiting in the wings, meeting some wonderful boy scouts, and a full day of caching!

Independence, Kansas
This old steam engine is located at Riverside Park.
It was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Pennsylvania, and is a 2-6-2 type. This type was built in 1902 and was no longer used after 1956. The locomotive operated on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe line.

I found this steam locomotive visiting the Voelkingen Iron Works (Völkingen Hütte) in Germany. I think it was a very good idea when UNESCO in 1994 put this place in their list of World Heritages. If you are interested in industrial history, I think Saarland is an Eldorado for you.

I remebered reading this one but missed getting some of the details which I will have to do on my next trip up. In the meantime, this old girl with her two wheels was probably a shunt engine used in the Sioux Lookout CNR yard. I will try to track down some of the older folks in the community and will see what other details I can offer on her history.

Number 1220
Found in Simpelveld - Netherlands
Part of the "Miljoenenlijn" Project.

Maker: Nydqvist & Holm
Bild: 1914
FactoryNumber: 1036
Wheels: 4-6-0 (2C)
Length: 19,47m
Wheel diameter: 1750 mm
Axel pressure: 16 ton
Max. speed: 90 km/h
Power: 9620 kg
Cylinders: 2
Max. steam pressure: 12 kg/cm²

Here is a steam Locomotive which was produced in the factory in Wr. Neustadt (Austria) in 1870. The plate shows the Number 1112 / G.Sigl.

Beutelteufelweibchen

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ahoi!
found this one in Sierksdorf / Germany
greetz
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displayed at Boonville ,Indiana,U.S. at Threshermans Park
open for festivals and antique steam and engine shows. no
number or data plate on engine that i could find. ladys in
old depot/gift shop didn't have a clue as to what it was.
2-2-2 .

We found the AT&SF engine 811 parked at a railway muesuem at Atchison, Ks. This engine is a 2-8-0 made by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1902. It is the last of 23 units of the 789 Class. In 1923 it was converted to oil at the Topeka shops.

2-6-6-2 Steam Locomotive #11
U.S. Plywood Corporation

This steam locomotive is parked at the corner of Snoqualmie Parkway and Railroad Ave in Snoqualmie, Washington. Locomotive 11, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1926, is a 104-ton steam locomotive with two separate engines under one boiler, a locomotive type commonly utilized on logging railroads throughout the Northwest. Locomotive #11 was retired in 1961 and is now owned by Washington State Parks. It was moved to Snoqualmie in 1972 and is on long-term loan to the Northwest Railway Museum.

In February of this year, #11 was restored to its 1956 appearance. The second phase of restoration will return the locomotive to operation and will begin upon completion of the museum’s planned new collection care facility.

Thank you for maintaining this interesting locationless cache for the past three years.

Youngstown Sheet & Tube yardbird #301 Baldwin Steam Locomotive 0-6-0 [http://www.todengine.org/mvrha.html . Built in 1916 restored and now residing at the Canfield Fairgrounds [http://www.canfieldfairgrounds.com/ in fine shape along with a Depot and Caboose.... this old bird was succeeded by a Chicago Short Line #102 Baldwin diesel.[http://yardlimit.railfan.net/baldwindiesels/existing/

I found this nearby from town Most, Czech republic.

This steam locomotive is a 1913 Baldwin/Mabado, currently being repaired/restored in Grapevine, Texas, USA.

Here is a very old steam locomotive around this steam some old mytos. It has a very long history and is still worth a sight.
Snowdream

This is an old locomotive in Tallinn, Estonia. It is in the yard of institution of higher education of transport. I marked that place on the 02.10.05. at 14:40.

Found this steam locomotive 699.103 at Steyr local train station. The "Steyrtalbahn" is the oldest Narrow Gauge Railway of Austria, founded in 1888 and still in operation.

Found this steam locomotive in Hubbard Ohio. There was no number on the front but the wheel arrangement is 2-4-2. Thanks

You can find this train in Centennial Park in Nashville Tennessee. It was built in 1942 by American Locomotive Company and was used by N.C. / St.L railroad. The train number 576. The working weight is 685,500 pounds, total length is 100 feet, Diameter of the driver wheel is 70 inches, pulling power is 57,000 pounds, and steam pressure is 250 pounds.

Caro, Michigan
I knew this one was here. But took about 6 1/2 hours of research on the net to FINALLY figure out WHAT it was, and ANY history at all. I got VERY lucky. There is no nameplate, number, or info on the locomotive itself, nor did any of the restaurant employees know anything about it. It stands next to the Depot Restaurant, and Depot Subdivision. I took plenty of pictures with our son Zachary! Enjoy!

Here is what I know about THIS one:
The engine was built for the Continental Can Co. for use at their plant in Chicago. It later ended up at Penwalt Chemicals in Riverview MI. In 1987 the locomotive was moved to the Sweetline Railroad in Carson City, MI for a rebuild that never occured. In 2000 it was moved to it's current location at the Ice Cream Depot Restaurant in Caro, MI.

This locomotive is...A 1936 HEISLER!!! Made by Heisler Locomotive Works, this is a 0-4-0F fireless standard gauge locomotive. Heisler Locomotive Works built (20) 0-4-0, (7) 0-6-0, (1) 0-8-0 and one geared fireless steam locomotives (shop numbers 33 to 61). While Heisler began building fireless locomotives in 1933, but the first one of known record was outshopped in 1934. They were built in weights from 30- to 95-tons. From 1934 until the plant closed in 1941, Heisler built at least 29 fireless locomotives.

THE HISTORY OF HEISLER: (Will need to scroll down link page) http://trainweb.org/loggingz/builders_1.html

FIRELESS LOCOMOTIVES:
The fireless locomotive is one of the most remarkable and foolproof locomotive designs devised. A locomotive equipped with a large tank or reservoir instead of a boiler and firebox, it carries no fire. This engine was essentially a giant thermos bottle lying on its side with wheels. This type of locomotive was very desirable for service in plants where cleanliness and the elimination of fire hazards and noise were important. They were quite popular in applications where smoke and cinders could ruin the product, as in textile mills or agricultural processing plants. In those applications where this type of locomotive fits, it was a reliable and economical unit of motive power. Fireless locomotives could be found working in chemical industries, powder plants, paper mills, food plants and electric power plants, wherever a reliable source of steam or compressed air was readily available. In a fireless steam locomotive, in place of a boiler, the locomotive is fitted with a cylindrical tank which is charged with steam and hot water from a stationary plant. The storage pressure usually approximates the working pressure of a locomotive boiler; but the pressure of the steam is considerably reduced before it enters the cylinders. These locomotives are simple in construction and, as they cannot explode, they are exceedingly safe to handle. As a rule, little equipment must be installed for their operation, as the majority of industrial plants at that time were equipped with the boiler capacity necessary for charging the locomotives.

This 2-8-0 locomotive is mounted with her tender on the Haliburton Highlands High School Property in the village of Haliburton in Ontario, Canada. She was a part of the Canadian National Railway inventory and was one of the last units to ride the original Victoria Railway Line (1878) from Lindsay, Ontario to Haliburton. A builder's plate was not evident.

This is the last steam locomotive to be used in an industrial application in the United States. It is located in Stirling, Illinois. Wheel arrangment is 0-8-0. See info photos for more information.

This locomotive can be found from Kuopio railwaystation in Finland.

This is a steam locomotive on display in the small village Bergvik near Söderhamn in Sweden. It was built in 1908 and was used for transporting timber.

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This 0-6-0 with tender is a Southern Pacific #1215. It is located inside the Portola Railroad Museum in Portola, CA. I could not find any history on this steam locomotive at the museum today.

We discovered this beauty in Belton, Missouri this evening. There was no builders plate that we could find. The only identifing mark was the #5 on the front. I think the wheel arrangement is 2-8-0.

Steve & Mary Brown
http://mysteve.com
Kansas City, MO
MOKan Geocaching Forum
http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php

Winder, Georgia


"This steam locomotive was presented to the City of Winder and Barrow County in 1959 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company. It was placed here as a permanent exhibit in memory of the important service engines of this type rendered to the country. Built in 1820, it operated for a number of years on the Gainsville Midland Railroad. At the time of its retirement in 1959, No. 208 was one of the last steam locomotives in service in this section of the country."

Sorry, but i do not know what you mean with the wheels. I would guess you can tell that information from the pics.

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found it in tainan,taiwan.

Found this steam locomotive in Darmstadt, Germany. It's name is "Feuriger Elias". it was built in 1919 by the company Henschel & Sohn.

JClass 611 with a 4-8-4 configuration. Currently restored and retired in Roanoke VA. Number 611 was built at a cost of $251,544 and began service on May 29, 1950. It pulled the last steam passenger train on October 24, 1959, from Roanoke, VA to Bluefield, WV and back. Later that month, the railroad donated it to the Museum. In October, 1981, the 611 was removed from the museum to be part of what was to become the Norfolk Southern steam excursion program. In October, 1995, the 611 was return the Museum following the end of the excursion program.

If I get back out soon I will post a note showing the Nickel Plate Road Class S-2 Locomotive, Number 763
New York, Chicago, and St. Louis railroad was given the name "Nickel Plate" in 1882 by a newspaper in Belleview, Ohio, that described the new railroad as "something bright, polished, and perfect." Other theories as to how the Nickel Plate name came into being arose as well. When New York, Chicago, and St. Louis passenger cars were built by the Michigan Car Co. in 1882, "They were to be finished up in unusually fine style, with a large number of metal parts nickel plated." Regardless of the origin of the name, one thing is sure: the Nickel Plate is a favorite of those who love railroad history! The Museum has captured a bit of Nickel Plate history with the 2-8-4 No. 763.
TFTC 1BuzyMom

This steam engine is at the Western Fair Grounds, in London, Canada. This historical plaque with it describes it as a 2-6-0 Mogul engine, built in 1910 for the Grand Trunk Railway. It was designed primarily for branch line work.

CPR Engine 374 is located at the Roundhouse Community Centre in downtown Vancouver.
On May 23,1887 Engine 374 was the first to arrive into Vancouver, marking the completion of the transcontinental railway (Halifax-Vancouver).

Found this old steam engine on display near bei the village Eschenbach, Switzerland.

Thanks for do this Cache
Regards Catwisel

We found this particular locomotive at the Trixi-Park in Zittauer Gebirge/Saxony/Germany.

Nice greetings
willimax

This pic is of the small yard engine found in Coldwater,Mi.USA. It is an 0-4-0. The engine # is 1. This locomotive sits on private property.

Found this one while out getting some other caches. This one is located in Abingdon Virginia.

Found this Steam Locomotive in Coldwater Michigan USA. The locomotive was sitting on private property, and we were not able to read the manufactures plate. It is a "Working" Locomotive that runs the local tracks twice a year for "show", no riders allowed. The number in the side is #10.

It has 8 pilot wheels, 6, driver wheels, and 2 trailing wheels.

picture includes Me, GPS'r, and the Locomotive.

Thanks for the cache.

Number - 5
Configuration - 0-4-0T
Guage - 4'-8½"
Railroad Line - Groveton Paper
Location - Covered Bridge Park, Groveton, NH

I've driven by here many times. I stopped today to possibly place a micro-cache on or near this steam engine.

Some info links:
[url=http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=827]www.SteamLocomotive.info[/url]
[url=http://www.steamlocomotive.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?0-4-0T]www.SteamLocomotive.com[/url]

TFTC,
Boutin

Steam Engine found at Longleat Safari Park, England.

The museumstrain at a stop in our village

This restored engine is in a town park off Bridge Street in Hartford, Vermont. The engine was made in Manchester, New Hampshire. I've lived in New Hampshire all my life and never knew that they made steam engines here so I learned something. The photo of the sign on the caboose gives a full description of the engine.

My office is in Eugene, Oregon across the road from a very large railroad yard. Today I heard a train whistle unlike any other I have heard since we moved here. It was a steam whistle. I decided to investigate. What a surprise, it was like an old Rod Serling Twilight Zone episode. Not only was there a huge steam engine on the track, there was an entire 1940s vintage Union Pacific train with baggage cars, passenger cars, the works. UP plans to leave it parked here for three days, even providing a viewing platform so we could look inside the engine compartment (very spartan and HOT)

There was a good size crowd of railroad buffs and curiosity seekers at the scene. I discovered quite a bit about the operation of the locomotive from some of the old timers. The locomotive is "articulated" or hinged, to allow it to go through curves.When watching the approaching locomotive go through a curve, you can see the boiler swing out left or right independantly of the lower half of the engine. The rear half of the locomotive remains in a straight direction until its wheels and frame start into the curve. Thanks for making this cache a learning experience

UP steam locomotive #3985 was built in July of 1943 by American Locomotive Scheneotady Works #70174. One of the railroad buffs told me it was a 4-6-6-4 originally built to burn coal with a 32 ton capacity but converted later to burn #5 fuel oil. Its top speed is 70 MPH. Total weight of the engine and tender is 1,076,000 LBS! No mention of MPG!!!

see www.upsteam.com for some really cool wallpaper for your monitor.



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This old loco is awaiting restoration by the volunteers of the Caledonian Railway Society. It is situated at Bridge of Dun station close to Montrose. The railway society run trains every weekend between here, the end of the restored line and Brechin.

Here is engine 104 in Leesburg, FL. The "104" was capable of pulling a heavy train load of 35 cars of logs.

At first this locomotive was used on the tracks of the company owned and built railroad - The Jacksonville and Southwestern - which ran from Jacksonville through Gainesville to Double Sink some 125 miles southwest of Jacksonville, the terminus of the extensive pine loggings. The logs were taken to the mill in Jacksonville. Later the "104" was used in Levy County to carry logs to the cypress mill at Sumner.

In 1928, with the building of a large modern cypress mill and box factory at Lacoochee, the "104" was used to transport the cypress logs from operations at Homosassa and Rutland. The locomotive pulled its full load of logs each day from these locations to Lacoochee under trackage arrangements with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, using its own crew of engineer and brakemen.

With the closing of these logging camps the "104" was used on the mainline of the company's railroad at Lacoochee bringing in pine, cypress, and hard wood logs from the large holdings of timber lands there.

Later when this timber was cut-out and logs were shipped from many areas of Florida to the mill, the "104" was used as a switching enging, taking logs from the sidings to the mill and taking loaded cars of lumber and crate material back to the sidings for pick up by both major railroads of the state.

The "104" remained in service until the Lacoochee Mill closed in the 1960s. This locomotive and others owned by the Cummer Company were given to the towns and communities in Florida, near where they were used.

Found this locomotive at Penrose Park, Silverton, NSW Australia (just out of Broken Hill). Great campground

According to the info plate it was donated by the Silverton Tramway Company (a local tourist railway) on 23 September 1965. Built by Bayer Peacock & Co in Manchester in 1890, last operated 1960 by which time it had run up 570,142 miles. Weight 28 tons 14c, boiler pressure 180 lbs/sq in, and held 1600 gallons of water and 2.5 tons of coal.

A while since I have studied up on steam trains but looks like an 0-6-0 arrangement to me if I remember correctly.

While looking through the museum in Esperance, Western Australia, we found this old steam locomotive, still on rails. It is a W class (mountain type) with a wheel arrangement of 4-8-2, built by Messrs. Beyer, Peacock & Co of Manchester. In working order, the engine weighed in at 101 tons and had a load capacity of 435 tons on a 1 in 80 grade. The engine operated between 1951 and 1970, and was purchased for the museum in 1974 for $3600.00 The display includes a infra-red sensor near the engine room step which turns on a recording of an engine coming and going at full steam, and even includes a whistle. The coordinates were taken at the entrance to the museum. More information on the engine is available for anyone interested.

This charming little steam loco is located at Muzium Negara (National Museum), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. As you can see from the photographs, it's locomotive number is 321.01. The wheel arrangement is 0-6-2. It does not have a builder's plate, but the following information was extracted from a nearby plaque.

This class "T" steam locomotive was one of five small tank engines built by W.G. Bagnall Limited of England in 1927. With plate frames and pony trucks, they were the first British-built engine to have steel fireboxes and shipped completely assembled for use by Federated Malay States Railways in 1929. Used for dock service, it was stationed at Singapore and Port Swettenham (now Port Kelang) until 1964. Its full weight was 31 tons with 1.5 tons of fuel, and 750 gallons of water.