Re: Some Thoughts on Klondike Mines No. 4

Jason Midyette Wrote:
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> Despite everything it has been through, Klondike
> Mines No.4 has to be one of the most original
> locomotives on the face of the earth. Nearly every
> part on it is original and retains the Baldwin
> Locomotive Works stampings. The driver and pilot
> wheel tires are original and have never been
> turned as an example. Most if not all of the
> "damage" that the locomotive has received has been
> the result of it have been taken apart into nearly
> every piece it could be and then sitting in a
> field in eastern Oklahoma for two decades with the
> parts haphazardly strewn about.
>
> It is, as Earl pointed out in another thread, an
> "artifact". It was never really run enough to wear
> out anything.
>
> Its current owners and caretakers have no plans to
> change that fact. The locomotive is in good hands
> and owned by folks who truly care about it and
> respect it for what it is and the history that it
> conveys. As Tim Bain has pointed out, the plan is
> to restore the locomotive essentially as it was
> when built, replacing items such as the incorrect
> cab and walkways it gained in Oklahoma with more
> correct ones. While it will be lettered for the
> C&S (it is after all going to Como), it will
> retain its real road number and will not be
> bastardized into some hokey C&S looking thing.
> Under the coat of paint and the spark arrestor it
> will remain Klondike Mines No. 4.
>
> Now, if someone can drag a real C&S locomotive to
> Como, I bet everyone could easily be persuaded to
> paint No. 4 green and letter it for the Klondike
> Mines Railway!
>
> Also, just to clarify, No. 4 is NOT going to be
> made into a 2-6-0! It will stay a 2-6-2! The
> trailing truck will be reinstalled.
>
> Jason Midyette


Good to hear. I was hoping that was the deal. That's why I was asking.....