I did take the photo of this narrow gauge steam locomotive in the year 1998. The picture shows the "Whistling Billy", an 8 tons Porter Locomotive (0-4-0ST) once belonging to the Merced Gold Mining Co. in Coulterville / California and came to that place in 1897. (slide scanned)
Volker Hunsche 02.12.2010, 2751 Calls, 1 Comment
Hi Volker!
This locomotive should be No 1 (0-4-0ST) 24" from Merced Gold Co at Wells Fargo Office in Coulterville, CA.
You cold compare Your picture with this one:
http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/mother_lode_country/images/coulterville_locomotive.jpg
If You want to see the position in the google-map use this side:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=37.713133,-120.192033&spn=0.002169,0.003283&z=18
Bye Gilbert
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