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QUINCY MINE LOCOMOTIVES
49750 US-41
HANCOCK, MICHIGAN -USA
Location: HANCOCK, MI
Description:
- LOCOMOTIVE(S) ON DISPLAY
- COG RAILROAD
Web Site QUINCY MINE LOCOMOTIVES HOMEPAGE
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Comments/Directions:
Quincy Mine Locomotives - 2 locomotives are on display at the Quincy Mine an Hoist site.
Both of these engines were built before 1900 and operated on a railroad named
the Quincy and Torch Lake Railroad. The Quincy & Torch Lake was a private line
operated by the Quincy Mining Company from 1888 to 1945.
First Photo:
The first engine is number #5 (or #34)it is a 2-8-0 36" gauge steam locomotive built by Baldwin in 1891 for a line called Hancock & Calumet, and named "Opechee". In 1901 the engine was sold to the Q&TL for use in the Quincy Mine railyards in Hancock, MI.
Second photo;
The second engine was #1 it is a 2-6-0 36" gauge steam locomotive also built
for the Q&TL and the Quincy Mine in Hancock, MI It was built by Brooks
Locomotive Works in 1889 and is named Thomas F Mason.
There is a COG railway on the same grounds along with abandoned rail cars.
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Added 10/09/2019
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