That's 982, the engine that was on display at Hermann Park for over 60 years. It was briefly moved to a spot near Minute Maid park where a museum was supposed to get built, but that fell through. It's currently in storage for a newly formed group that is going to restore the engine completely and put it into excursion service.
The steam locomotive was in Herman park by the zoo for a long time. The oil tender, it burned oil not coal, was sold to a tourist train in Utah. The collection of cars and locomotives belong to the Gulf Coast Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society and hopefully will be moved soon to the Galveston Railroad Museum.
That's 982, the engine that was on display at Hermann Park for over 60 years. It was briefly moved to a spot near Minute Maid park where a museum was supposed to get built, but that fell through. It's currently in storage for a newly formed group that is going to restore the engine completely and put it into excursion service.
Wow, You're absolutely right, it is the one I seen many times in front of Minute maid park 👍. Thanks for mentioning that and reminded me.
The 982 (nee 3651) was built by Baldwin in 1919 for SP. it is a "Santa Fe" type engine.
The steam locomotive was in Herman park by the zoo for a long time. The oil tender, it burned oil not coal, was sold to a tourist train in Utah. The collection of cars and locomotives belong to the Gulf Coast Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society and hopefully will be moved soon to the Galveston Railroad Museum.
That's cool. I never been to the zoo in Houston yet, even though I lived here for 11 years lol
Extremely interesting thanx for the info
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Looking at the engine and wheel configuration it looks to be an old Mikado with the wheel pattern 2-8-2. Very cool steam engine.
I'm not too familiar with trains, especially older ones. They are cool to see. Wish I could've seen them in action.
the steamer looks to be a 2-10-2
MKT Missouri, Kansas, & Texas. Also known as Miss Katy.
HB & T: Houston Belt & Terminal
Yep, I had to look that one up. Also the MKT "Missouri, Kansas, Texas".