It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! A couple of weekends ago, I got to go do something fun. Just outside Saint Louis to the southwest is the Wabash Frisco & Pacific Railroad. It is one of the very few 12 inch railroads like ours that can be found to visit. The WF&P has been in existence since 1939 and has been operating in it's current location of Glencoe, Missouri since 1961. They have a mile of track so its a 2 mile, 40 minute ride out and back. This is the locomotive we got to ride behind. The WF&P has 14 locomotives in total, some being restored. The 928 is a beautiful locomotive with a great sounding whistle. It is a Mountain type, 4-8-2 wheel arrangement and burns oil. It's is the only locomotive that was built by the WF&P. I have a very short YouTube video HERE where you can see it in operation and hear the whistle.
Neat looking train.Engineer should have an engineer's hat on๐ Nice deep sounding whistle
ReplyDeleteI know. :-) But, I don't like to wear a hat much either so I can relate.
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