You might try:

Railroad Historical Center
P.O. Box 639
Greenwood, SC 29648
864-229-5813

Rickie Good
Sumter County Museum

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Taylor-Atchison County Historical Society"
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Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 5:22 PM
Subject: Looking for Railroad Museum formerly in Toledo


> We have had a request from two local patrons to help them find a museum
where there father & grandfather respectively donated a hand built, fully
operational, model of a steam locomotive.
>
> The family is now trying to find what museum collection the item may be in
and the information they have shows he gave it, while he was living, to a
Railroad museum in or near Toledo, Ohio. They said an aunt had some
information that the museum may have re-located to South
> Carolina.
>
> At any rate they would like to try to find who may have the locomotive
today.
> Details:
> Walter L. Bell
> 408 South Lawn Ave.
> Kansas City
> A retired railroad machinist (and Post office employee) built the 6 1/2
foot long scale model of the Missouri Pacific locomotive, Engine No. 1409, a
4-6-2 type, may have "Northeast" painted on the sides of the tank truck
along with the number "1409". Took him over 17 years working
> and machining parts himself.
> 6 1/2 feet long, 650 pounds, ran on live steam
> May have been donated in the mid 1950s to early 1960s.  (They are not sure
of the year, but he retired in 1947 and he died at age 93- so there is a
span of time here and they seem sure it was donated while he was alive.)
>
> Any help on located possible museum collections is appreciated, thanks.
> --
> Chris Taylor
> Executive Director
> Atchison County Historical Society
> P.O. Box 201
> 200 S. 10th Street, Santa Fe Depot
> Atchison, KS 66002
> 913-367-6238
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