Red River and Gulf #106 (NNG)

Some of you have been following what we are doing at the Southern Forest Heritage Museum to stabilize and remove Red River and Gulf #106 from the shed where it has been stored since 1955. After the shed was rebuilt in 2005, the fill on which it and the engine rested was destabilized, and without any track structure left at all (35# rail, on rotted ties) the engine began to take a pronounced list to the firemans side. This spring, when cracks 6" wide and up to 12' deep were found under the engine, the museum volunteers led by project manager Mike Miller, attacked stabilizing the locomotive and removing it from the shed, so that the track structure can be rebuilt. This past Saturday, the locomotive was removed from the shed without a single hitch. There is much about all of this on the RR&G website and the museum websites, www.RedRiverandGulf.net and www.LongLeaf.LA but the u tube video by Jason Rose tells the story of this past saturday very well.







Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/15/2018 02:52PM by Everett Lueck.