Locomotive -- Ranching Heritage Center, Lubbock TX
N 33° 35.284 W 101° 53.081
14S E 232282 N 3720213
The Fort Worth & Denver City 2-8-2 Mikado locomotive 401 is on display at the Ranching Heritage Center, Lubbock TX
Waymark Code: WMV5PF
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/27/2017
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The Fort Worth & Denver City 2-8-2 Mikado locomotive number 401 is on display at the Ranching Heritage Center, on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock TX.
An interpretive sign nearby reads as follows:
"LOCOMOTIVE
1923
Built as a coal burner by the Baldwin locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pa., The engine originally ran on the Burlington Northern’s main line. It was later converted to oil. Behind the locomotive are wooden Santa Fe cattle cars, one being a rare double-decker that hauled sheep and small animals. The trains lunges caused cattle to lose their footing and get trampled by the other animals, so they were packed in close to keep upright. Cowboys escorted their herds, writing in the wooden caboose. This train represents those used for shipping livestock in the 1920s and ‘30s."
Group that erected the marker: Ranching Heritage Center
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
3121 4th St
Lubbock, TX
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