# Tell me about this train **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-this-train/791091 "2017-07-12T14:59:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-this-train/791091/1 "2017-07-12T14:59:04Z")
Years ago I bought a used book on-line and found an aging photograph between the pages. Thinking that it might have some value to the seller, I scanned it, did some quick color/contrast correction, and e-mailed it back to them. (Never got a reply, no “thanks, I was wondering what happened to that”, no “thanks, but I bought the book at a yard sale, no idea who those kids are” no nothing, the jerk.) While searching for different photo last night, I ran across the scan again. My guess is that there is enough information in the photo that the collective wisdom of the Dope will be able to tell me the name of the train, where it ran, and possibly where the photo was taken. (I’ve got a pretty good idea of around “when” based on the kids’ clothes.) So, for gits and shiggles, [have at it](http://imgur.com/a/Uo7Bf). ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-this-train/791091/2 "2017-07-12T15:13:55Z")
I’ve sent the image to my expert. I see a bird logo on the door, which may help narrow it down. I’ll let you know if he recognizes it. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-this-train/791091/3 "2017-07-12T15:23:43Z")
It looks like the [Yreka Western Baldwin #19](http://locomotive.wikia.com/wiki/Yreka_Western_No._19). It has been used in movies. It’s had a long life. The logo is for its duty under the [Oregon pacific and eastern](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8JAG1-HyLEE/hqdefault.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-this-train/791091/4 "2017-07-12T15:23:51Z")
Looks really similar to the Yreka Western 19 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, shown on this page. [http://www.alpharail.net/yw/NWRails/YrekaWestern-2.htm](http://www.alpharail.net/yw/NWRails/YrekaWestern-2.htm) I don’t know anything about locomotives, but I ride trains whenever I get the chance. I just found this info with a reverse google search. ---
**Author:** ![nofloyd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nofloyd/32/2870_2.png) [@nofloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nofloyd)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-this-train/791091/5 "2017-07-12T15:35:47Z")
Also coming in to also suggest Oregon, Pacific and Eastern. The wikipedia page’s photo is of #19. > **[Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon,_Pacific_and_Eastern_Railway)** > > The Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway (reporting mark OPE) was an Oregon-based short line railroad that began near Eugene as the Oregon and Southeastern Railroad (O&SE) in 1904. O&SE's line ran 18 miles (29 km) along the Row River between the towns of Cottage Grove and Disston. The Oregon, Pacific & Eastern Railway Company incorporated in 1912, purchased the physical assets of the O&SE two years later, and shortened their total trackage to operate 16.6 miles (26.7 km) from an interchange yard... The horiz stripes on the boy makes me think 70s, my brother looked just like that, but could be earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-this-train/791091/6 "2017-07-13T04:40:53Z")
1960s or early 1970s. Any later and the boys would be wearing athletic shoes on such an outing. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-this-train/791091/7 "2017-07-13T19:15:33Z")
My last office was on the grounds of the old Baldwin plant in Philadelphia, and our office suite number was 2 Baldwin. Choo choo. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-this-train/791091/8 "2017-07-13T20:52:40Z")
According to [this page](http://www.alpharail.net/yw/NWRails/YrekaWestern-2.htm), the fact that this locomotive was at the OP&ER narrows down the date to between 1971 and 1989. Later photos [like this one from 2000](http://www.alpharail.net/yw/NWRails/pas21.jpg) shows the logo has been painted over and replaced with “19”. Also because in [this YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JAG1-HyLEE) taken at the OP&ER, there is a similar silver passenger car in the background (visible around 0:54). ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-this-train/791091/9 "2017-07-13T21:33:06Z")
BTW, I haven’t commented back yet on the answers, but it took 24 minutes from posting to a correct identification. Not too shabby. It may still take a while for someone to chime in identifying where it is parked based on that building with the yellow “tickets” sign behind the train. (I wouldn’t be too surprised by an eventual out of the blue bump where a newly joined poster shows up who is one of the two kids in the photo, or at least knows them.) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-this-train/791091/10 "2017-07-14T00:32:21Z")
I hear it’s bound for Glory. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-this-train/791091/11 "2017-07-14T21:22:19Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > BTW, I haven’t commented back yet on the answers, but it took 24 minutes from posting to a correct identification. Not too shabby. It may still take a while for someone to chime in identifying where it is parked based on that building with the yellow “tickets” sign behind the train. The “building” looks like a passenger railcar with a metal “skirt” added because it’s being used as a stationary ticket office. Which (along with the steam engine itself) smacks of a railroad museum.