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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:7/8/1979 - 7/8/1979
Album Info:Nice color slides of Luraville Loco 4-4-0 by an unknown photographer. Quite a history to this little loco!
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Luraville Loco 4-4-0
Title:  Luraville Loco 4-4-0
Description:  Built by Danforth. Cooke & Co of Patterson, NJ (predecessor of Cooke Locomotive Works) between 1850-1855, this little loco led an interesting life!. It worked for 50 years in the logging industry before an accident in the 1890's caused it to fall in the Suwannee River where it remained until being recovered in 1979. James Lancaster of Luraville, FL, was the man who saved it, hence the name for the loco. After being sold, it was eventually donated in 1982 to the Florida Dept of Agriculture. After much work it was officially recognized with a historic marker and set in a place of honor next to a new depot inTallahassee, FL
Photo Date:  7/8/1979  Upload Date: 12/6/2022 5:41:14 AM
Location:  Luraville, FL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam
Locomotives:  LURAVILLE UNK(4-4-0)
Views:  138   Comments: 0
Luraville Loco 4-4-0
Title:  Luraville Loco 4-4-0
Description:  Here's another view of this historic loco salvaged fry the Suwannee River in 1979, just a few months earlier than thses photos were taken. It now has a place of honor in Tallahassee, FL, in recognition for its work in the Florida logging industry.
Photo Date:  7/8/1979  Upload Date: 12/6/2022 5:41:36 AM
Location:  Luraville, FL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam
Locomotives:  LURAVILLE UNK(4-4-0)
Views:  98   Comments: 0


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