Comments on Little Bytes of Life: A Noble Life: On the Railroad

Engine 909 was built in Sweden in 1907 & was i...

2009-04-19T18:21:00.000-07:00

Engine 909 was built in Sweden in 1907 & was in
service there until 1945, put in storage during the Cold War, then used as a tourist train. Sold
to Canada at the end of the last Century and is
now used for steam engine tours. The middle man
is dressed like Conductors on freight trains in
the US dressed when my Grandfather was a Conductor for the Southern Pacific Railway. I
Googled "steam engine '090'" and there's lots of
articles about the engine. Good luck finding
the identity of the men. Sandy Loman

I also was going to suggest that you check with ra...

2009-04-10T18:08:00.000-07:00

I also was going to suggest that you check with railroad buffs. The serious ones can tell you not only what railroad company the locomotive was issued to, but what lines between what cities that locomotive ran during which years!

Thanks, Finn - I'll definitely check that out!

2009-04-10T12:53:00.000-07:00

Thanks, Finn - I'll definitely check that out!

Elizabeth

Check out http://doddcenter.uconn...

2009-04-10T12:47:00.000-07:00

Elizabeth

Check out http://doddcenter.uconn.edu/findaids/NHRR_Smallformat/MSS19910133.html it has a collection of railroad pictures (not shown). The index indicates some of locomotive 909, could it be the one in your picture? I Googled "railroad locomotive 909"

Finn S. Hansen

Comments on Little Bytes of Life: A Noble Life: On the Railroad

Engine 909 was built in Sweden in 1907 & was i...

I also was going to suggest that you check with ra...

Thanks, Finn - I'll definitely check that out!

ElizabethCheck out http://doddcenter.uconn...

Elizabeth

Check out http://doddcenter.uconn...