Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad Engine 17, Boone IA

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Mike Maskel	General	NICE SHOT	9/8/2016 4:29:40 PM

Mary Rae McPherson	General	A few corrections. #17 last ran on the CO&E on September 8, 1986. While switching coal hoppers that day, her dry pipe collapsed. Between that and her flue time running out, she was retired. Diesels had already arrived on the property at that time. The CO&E remained an independent company until 2012, and it became a division of Progressive Rail on December 20, 2012.	7/10/2017 3:52:37 PM

Mary Rae McPherson	General	I should mention I cab rode this locomotive in June, 1985, when I was 12 years old. Great memory!	7/10/2017 3:53:54 PM

Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad Engine 17, Boone IA
Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad Engine 17, last American steam engine to be sole mode of freight transport, last run in 1986; company still exists, but after buy out, they converted to diesels; parked at BSV Museum, Boone IA
Date: 9/6/2016	Location: Boone, IA Map	Views: 162	Collection Of: David Hukill
Locomotives: COER 17(2-8-0)			Author: David Hukill

Picture Categories: Steam		This picture is part of album: Misc Train Engines and Equipment

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