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    What is this little engine ? —Ray Sanders
   For many months, I have noticed this little engine sitting on a local siding, apparently rusting away. Today I got curious enough to take a few pictures... (URL) What is that thing anyway ? Ray (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: What is this little engine ? —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) It's a critter! To me it looks like a Plymouth but I'm not very good at identifying critters, could be a Whitcomb or any one of dozens (hundreds?) of other makes... (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: What is this little engine ? —Robin Werner
   (...) Ray, I'd say it's a 30 to 90 ton Whitcomb industrial switcher with a electrical drive system. It also looks like a non side rods version. Cool little critter... where is it? Robin W GFLTC (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: What is this little engine ? —Ray Sanders
   (...) Trenton FL, at the very west end of the Florida West Coast RR tracks. FWCRR is a short line that connects to CSX at Newberry (about 15 mi of track). They used to go beyond Trenton to Cross City, and maybe to Chiefland, but that track was (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains)
 

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