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Messaging
The old-fashioned way of sending a message to the train engineer was to attach it to this hoop and pass it to the fireman as the train went by. The railroad lingo was HAND-ON which was a train order or company mail caught with the hoop or without stopping..Engine number 30 is a 2-8-2 Mikado Class steam engine built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in October 1917. ..It was built for the Tremont & Gulf Railroad. In 1954 #30 was sold to the Magma Arizona Railroad. During her time at Magma she was featured in the 1962 movie, How the West was Won. ..In 1974 #30 was purchased by the Texas State Railroad and was rehabbed in 1978..
Author: Jeffrey Stoner
© 2019 Jeffrey Stoner Photography.www.JeffreyStonerPhotography.com.Jeffrey@JeffreyStonerPhotography.com
Photograph size: 1.5 Mpixels (4.28 MB uncompressed) - 998x1498 pixels (3.3x5 in / 8.4x12.7 cm at 300 ppi)
Photograph keywords: Baldwin, Locomotive, Mikado, Railroad, Steam, Texas, Texas State Railroad, Train, Tremon and Gulf
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