1911 Baldwin 2-8-0 Constitution Class locomotive #6
Movie image captures of #6 on the MC & SA Railroad,
the Moscow Camden & St. Augustine RR, in the 1960s
Texas Transportation Museum, San Antonio
What follows is a series of captured images from a short movie of #6, the museum's 1911
Baldwin 2-8-0 "Consolidation" class locomotive in operation on the Moscow, camden and St.
Augustine Railorad in the 1960s, not long before it was retired from operations. You will see
the engineer greasing the side rods, and both crew members, the brakeman and the engineer
turning the locomtive on a human powered turn table. The movie is a blend of several visits
to the line, from summer to winter. On some occaisions the trian had a mixed freight consist,
with a combination passenger and freight car at the rear. It cost fifty cents to travel the
seven miles of the MC & SA.
The movie is called "American Steam, A Vanishing Era, Steam Shortlines of the South." This is
still available on VCR for around $5.00 plus shipping. Use Google to find vendors.
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Images of #6 and the static display in 2007.
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