Re: American Narrow Gauge Locomotives

This CRRR visited the North & South RR of Georgia which became part of the Central of Georgia. Once the CofG was Standard Gauged, the 2-8-0 was sold to the Gainesville Midland Railroad. When the GM was standard gauged in 1914, it went to Cuba.

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? 2-8-0 Baldwin 8-1893 13634 17x20 cylinders
38" drivers
Crystal River #11, Redstone,CO as 0-8-0 returned to Baldwin and rebuilt
as a 2-8-0 in 1894 Columbus & Rome #4 [] Central of Georgia #804 [11-
22-97] GM by [1906] SI&E #973 [1915] Mt. Airy & Eastern Railway
#9 Mt. Airy, NC [1915] $3400 SI&E #1088 [] Tallahalla Lumber CO #3
Tallahalla, MS [11-23-1916] SI&E [] # type builder built c/n history
? (continued) Cia Azucarera Madrozo (a sugar company in Cuba) [8-
1918]

This was an outside frame locomotive similar to the other Crystal
River Locomotives. One source says it is similar to the D&RGW C-21
class. A Colorado Railroad Museum history says that this locomotive was
standard gauged by CofG while it was #804 and then sent to GM as a standard gauge locomotive. It was then narrowed again for shipping to MA&E. The SE&I and Baldwin records I have show it to have
been always a narrow gauge locomotive. Since this was an outside frame locomotive, either history might be correct. (Most of this history is from American Narrow Gauge Railroads, Hilton and is verified by Colorado
Railroad Museum information and SE&I records).