On display in Jerome, Arizona:
I'd never heard of this, or of the Goodman Equipment Corporation.
The state park was partially shut down when we were there, so I wasn't able to get any closer.
There's lots of old mine railway equipment on display, or just abandoned, all over Arizona. And if you want deluxe passenger accommodations, they've got that too:
Maybe an idea for a small display at IRM along the side of the Chicago Tunnel Co. equipment?
ReplyDeleteC Kronenwetter
That idea occurred to me briefly also, I must admit, but of course the next questions are going to be: Who's going to do the work? and who's going to pay for it? and so on. Furthermore, I'm sure there were a large number of companies in the Chicago area that produced railroad-related things at one time or another, and we can't possibly cover them all.
ReplyDeleteBut Jerome is a truly unique place, and I'd recommend it to anybody visiting Arizona. It's quite a hoot.
Goodman built a few locomotives for the Chicago Tunnel Co. that didn't last long in service.
ReplyDeleteR. W. Schauer
IRM could very well have a nice tunnel display, with perhaps even limited demonstration operation. The who is a big question, and it probably would require a new mini department to form and create the product. And fight all those that say it cannot be done. Best wishes to those who feel so motivated! I have two of those Mancha trammer chassis, and have passed up purchasing a few others that I now regret. Someday they will be in operation, somewhere out west.
ReplyDeleteYou can ride behind one at the Queen Mine in Bisbee, AZ, and a few other places.
O Anderson
Well, now that you mention it, Olin, I must have ridden behind that trammer through the Copper Queen Mine in Bisbee. I just didn't pay much attention to the details of the mine train. Nobody's perfect.
ReplyDeleteMancha Trammer locomotives were originally built in St. Louis before Goodman purchased the complete line of storage battery locomotives and consolidated production in Chicago ..... thousands of units built. They were not the only manufacturers for the Trammer types. There were at least 7 to 10 builders but the Mancha was by far the most popular. This locomotive allowed inexpensive exploratory mining at deep depths due to the shear size it folded up to for the shaft cages, less rock to remove for the underground tunnel networks. Examples of other manufacturers can be found on our page.
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Pete