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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