[1558] Church Street Station, Orlando, Florida, 2002

I shot this photo at Church Station of Orlando, Florida on 15 February 2002. I used my first SLR Nikon FE10 for taking this photograph.

 

At the time when I visited this place, the train was serving as a restaurant.

 

About the locomotive Frisco 3749:

 

In 1957 MGM released the movie "The Wings of Eagles" recorded at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, the birthplace of naval aviation. Staring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara, the film also stared an unassuming Frisco 0-6-0 Switcher locomotive numbered 3749, weighting 77 tons with an 11-foot wheelbase and a deep rooted Florida history for services in the film.

 

After filming was complete, 3749 sat in Pensacola's Pen Yard for several years until it was finally sold to a local scrap dealer in about 1968 where it remained intact until the seventies.

 

Frisco retired the 3749 in September of 1952, from that point until the Fall of 1956 it was leased to Alabama State Prison and worked their branch from Huxford to the prison. It was then moved to Pensacola and used in the movie until early 1957 when it was placed into storage. It remained at Pensacola until the Fall of 1966 when it was sold for scrap to Pensacola Scrap Processors. It was moved there on 11/11/66 and then sold to a private individual in the Orlando, FL. Area where remained until late 1970s when it was donated to the city. It was then displayed at the Church St. Station, Orlando, Florida before being donated to the Florida Railroad Museum in Parrish in 2012.

 

Ref: www.frrm.org/Frisco3749.html

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