A man and his Machine...

The best way to start the photographic journey...


Although I may not own #191 (yet XD), I still can easily view myself as the unofficial, official curator of this locomotive. I've climbed all over it, complained of the lack of Clapper in the bell, and frankly, wouldn't mind going over the whole thing with a washcloth, (or two, or ten...) to shine her up as she deserves.


I see many people take pictures of this locomotive with themselves, but most as I imagine, don't know that this venerable locomotive actually never donned a Congdon smokestack in it's DSP&P days, and is a coal burner even though the misconception is that a smokestack of that size would be for burning wood.


As proof, here is 191, numbered 51 on the DSP&P before coming under ownership of the DL&G and then C&S:

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That there smokestack is certainly not a Congdon.


After serving on all three of the railroads listed above, #191 moved on over to Wisconsin, becoming the Thunder Lake Railroad's little-used #7:

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Many years, and $18,000 paid later to move the TLRR's #5 to #7's display spot, #191 came back home to the CRRM, lost its original tender, had a replacement stuck behind her, and was fixed up nicely in 2010, and is now here next to the Station, sitting pretty.



I can assure you if the spot was open, I'd love to tell people about this here teakettle all day...