11th Sept 2002

Frisco #1621 is a 2-10-0 "Decapod" built by Baldwin in 1918 for the Russian Government to 5ft gauge, but was never delivered after the Russian Revolution changed things! So it remained in the USA, got re-gauged, and worked initially for the Pennsylvania Railroad, before being sold to the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway ("Frisco"). After being retired in the 1950s it was sold into industrial service with Eagle-Picher who used it for lead ore haulage. Quite a life this loco had, and how different it could have been!