Flagg Coal 75

by Joseph C Hinson

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Flagg Coal 75

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Joseph C Hinson

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Photograph - Digital Photography

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Flagg Coal 0-4-0 #75 on the South Carolina Railroad Museum in Winnsboro, South Carolina. The engine was built in 1930 and went to work for a number of companies in her revenue service including the Flagg Coal Company of Avoca, In 1935 the engine was sold to the Solvay Process Co. in Jamesville, NY and given a new number, 75.

In 1954 Number 75 and a dozen other engines were sold to Dr. Stanley Groman of Syracuse, NY. Dr. Groman built Rail City Museum, the first operating railroad museum in the country. The engines were moved to Sandy Pond NY, the location of Rail City. The engines, including Number 75, were unloaded onto a storage track. Rail City Museum closed in 1974.

After Dr. Groman passed away his son Robert put the equipment up for sale. In October, 1991, Byron and John Gramling purchased Number 75 and began moving it to their shop at Ashley IN. The steam engine along with another one travel the country by truck to locations where folks want to see a steam engine.

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June 11th, 2015

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