Re: Hauts Fourneau de la Chiers

Thanks Ned

Well... May it be this loco ?



Informations here http://www.tvnp.fr/PFF/?p=6770

And here, the railway where she resides now http://www.ried-express-cftr.fr/020T2850.html

nedsn3 Wrote:
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> Sebastien-
> My ex-wife was from Charleville- Mezieres. Her
> father was chief engineer for Les Hautes Fourneaux
> de La Chere (sp?), a steel company there. In the
> early '70's he gave me a tour of the plant
> (ancient, and now closed). They had stored inside
> a locomotive that we might call a "grasshopper".
> The B&O museum has a similar one. It must have
> dated from the early 1850's, or even earlier, I'm
> guessing? I think it was standard gauge. Wonder if
> it's still there?
> I looked at the two websites you attached.
> Fantastic and very nice work.
> Merci beaucoup.
> Ned

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Sebastien
SNCF passenger trains engineer
Volunteer on the "Chemin de Fer de Rillé" (60cm/2ft, France)
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