Re: Rio Grande Scenic 18 NNG

o anderson Wrote:
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> None of the ex LS&I locomotives would have
> survived if it were not for the Marquette and
> Huron Mountain RR. It was one of the first
> tourist RRs in the US and lasted into the 1980s.
> Three passenger cars and a 2-8-0 with a booster on
> its lead tender truck wound up at Union IL. Other
> 2-8-0 s are all across the US from this place in
> the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where they were
> used or sat in storage for many years.
> Marquette and Huron Mountain
Maybe you know the answer to this one....Was the owner of
the tourist railroad named Robinson. Our family went on a railfan adventure with a group in a Pullman car to Mexico in 1963. Some guy named Robinson said his family owned the M&HM RR. He was around 20 at the time I would guess. I was 12!!!
Greg Scholl