Florida East Coast 4-6-2 #113 6-3-23
Several Steam Locomotives can be found in the collection of the Gold Coast Railroad Museum. One of these is Florida East Coast #113, a 4-6-2 Pacific built by the American Locomotive Company in 1913. Its career on the Florida East Coast lasted until 1938 when it was sold off to U.S. Sugar. On the USSC it hauled Cane Trains to and from the company's mill at Clewiston for another 30 years until being retired in the mid 1960s. In 1969 it was donated to the Museum which was based out of Fort Lauderdale not far from Port Everglades at the time. Here she reunited with fellow 4-6-2 #153 which was donated 12 years prior. For another two decades the 113 hauled the Museum's weekend excursion Trains in Lauderdale and later Miami. In he early 1980s she was even given an extensive overhaul. In 1986 she was chosen to lead a one time roundtrip passenger excursion over the Seaboard System's Homestead Branch between the Museum Grounds at Richmond and Homestead Proper for the City's Rodeo Days Celebration. In 1992 her fire was dropped for the final time on account of her deteriorating boiler and damage suffered from Hurricane Andrew. While she remains a static display piece, she was given a cosmetic restoration in 2008. In 2019 she was one of over 40 pieces of equipment put up for sale on Ozark Mountain Railcar by the Museum as part of their effort to transition into a mixed-use events venue. Video from my visit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VisfxPXJtO4
Florida East Coast 4-6-2 #113 6-3-23
Several Steam Locomotives can be found in the collection of the Gold Coast Railroad Museum. One of these is Florida East Coast #113, a 4-6-2 Pacific built by the American Locomotive Company in 1913. Its career on the Florida East Coast lasted until 1938 when it was sold off to U.S. Sugar. On the USSC it hauled Cane Trains to and from the company's mill at Clewiston for another 30 years until being retired in the mid 1960s. In 1969 it was donated to the Museum which was based out of Fort Lauderdale not far from Port Everglades at the time. Here she reunited with fellow 4-6-2 #153 which was donated 12 years prior. For another two decades the 113 hauled the Museum's weekend excursion Trains in Lauderdale and later Miami. In he early 1980s she was even given an extensive overhaul. In 1986 she was chosen to lead a one time roundtrip passenger excursion over the Seaboard System's Homestead Branch between the Museum Grounds at Richmond and Homestead Proper for the City's Rodeo Days Celebration. In 1992 her fire was dropped for the final time on account of her deteriorating boiler and damage suffered from Hurricane Andrew. While she remains a static display piece, she was given a cosmetic restoration in 2008. In 2019 she was one of over 40 pieces of equipment put up for sale on Ozark Mountain Railcar by the Museum as part of their effort to transition into a mixed-use events venue. Video from my visit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VisfxPXJtO4