A real 0-4-0 in action on the Poway Midland RR

Ray Dunakin

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I'm not sure if this is in the right place, since it's not a model...

Last Sunday our club had its annual picnic at Old Poway Park in Poway, CA. At the park they have a beautiful, 1907 Baldwin 0-4-0 steam locomotive that runs on a 42" gauge track around the park. I spent much of my time there shooting video of this train and got a lot of interesting and unusual shots, which I've edited into a nifty video for YouTube:

http://youtu.be/E_SE7M9ThrI

This locomotive was originally an industrial saddle-tank engine. It was later bought by a private individual who "backdated" it and converted it to use a tender.

Enjoy!
 
very pretty, but unusual in the USA to be running on 42inch gauge, surely? Why not the usual 3ft, I wonder?
 
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