In a message dated 00-02-17 11:50:06 EST, you write:
<< I'd sure like to see a picture of it swimming ! All of my locomotive
experience has led me to believe that steam locomotives sink!
Keith Taylor >>
It is all done with pontoons, like the old ww II flying boats!!:-))
Yesterday I spent the afternoon at the Oregon Historical Society
research Library and came away with a lot of information about the "Oregon
Pony" including four 8 x 10 photos taken at various times during its life.
Dave, if you traveled the Columbia Gorge from Portland to The Dalles
In a message dated 2/16/2000 1:30:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> It really
> has a colorful history, including hauling debris out into the San
Francisco
> Bay after the big quake in 1906.
I'd sure like to see a picture of it swimming ! All of my locomotive
exper
At 10:29 AM -0800 2/16/00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a picture of the Oregon Pony the first Locomotive in Oregon. It was
>the first locomotive built on the west coast by Vulcan Iron Foundry in San
>Francisco CA, 1858-59. According to information I have received it is the
>oldest survivi
I have a picture of the Oregon Pony the first Locomotive in Oregon. It was
the first locomotive built on the west coast by Vulcan Iron Foundry in San
Francisco CA, 1858-59. According to information I have received it is the
oldest surviving steam locomotive outside the Smithsonian Institute
