MOBILE, ALABAMA ENGINE

Where in Mobile is the Frisco steam loco displayed? I have made several inquiries while visiting there and just get blank looks. Thanks, Jim|-|

 

Would this be the one you are looking for

http://www.alabamarailfan.com/download.php?file=frisco_1527.jpg&catid=image

Hope this helps

Have a great day

Darren

 

OMG!!!!!!!! Someone run down and get some paint!!! That is one of the worst steam engine paint jobs I've ever seen. I really feel bad for the 1527 she must feel really mixed up right now
Ship it on the Frisco!!!



Murphy Millican

 

At least there is a fence, but seriously who thinks that this looks good?

Steve

 

its not that bad ive seen worst

 

NAHHH
Just needs some big White Stars in the center of the wheels.
Then Red and White "Barnum & Baily" painted on the tender side.

 

Don't blame me I didn't do it
I have to say a nice coat of rust would look better and I hate to see an engine rusting away for any reason.
Maybe searching a little the care taker can be found and given a gentle but firm kick in the butt over the paint job and maybe they will see the error in their ways

Have a great day

Darren

 

everyone should be happy its still around, unlike the rest of them seems like everyone wants thier cake and eat it to it could have just rusted away like the rest did,and maybe it should have

 

It really is a shame the city did not do their homework. The cost of the paint would have been the same to do it correctly rather than the morbid scheme it is in currently. Jeff

 

enough of this bashing. I live across the bay from that fair city. Those folks don't know any better. They are eat up with ignorance. If it's not GM&O or L&N they could care less.
I remember when they first painted it. Convicts from the Metro jail did it. I couldn't beleive what I was seeing.

It really deserves a better home

 

To answer the original question

Exit I-65 onto Springhill Ave.

Go west on Springhill Ave.

continue on Springhill Ave until you reach Municipal Park (Langan Park). At this point Springhill mystically turns into Ziegler Blvd but stay the course

continue on Ziegler/Springhill past the park. The locomotive will be on your left at the corner of Ziegler/Springhill Ave and Forest Dale Dr.

you can't miss it

 

There you go, Don, Can't put them in jail - they are already there!

At least it is being taken care of.

 

Google Maps shows Ziegler carries the name "Illinois Central Gulf" as well as "Parkwood." If you search "Langan Park, Mobile, AL" and move the view a bit, you can see the top of the locomotive, so it's not all bad.

 

the top view would be the best

 

I think that I have discovered where the painters are hiding.
They have struck again.

check this out:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1765313

 

what is up with red wheels?

 

Isn't this one of those engines from"RED" China?

Tom

 

THANK YOU to all of you for your help! I will be in Mobile the week of 11 October and will go and see for myself. My orthopaedic surgeon is in Mobile and I will see what I can find out from him about contacts with the city about doing 1527 properly.
Jim