1923 Porter 0-4-0T in Cape Girardeau, MO

1923 Porter 0-4-0T (#6571)

 

The Museum of Transportation in Saint Louis, MO (Part 4)

 And here's the rest of the trains:

The Museum of Transportation in Saint Louis, MO (Part 3)

 

Even more pictures from the museum:

The Museum of Transportation in Saint Louis, MO (Part 1)

There were so many train at the museum that I even had to split the YouTube videos into four parts! The trains in this video are pre-1900:

1923 Baldwin 4-8-2 in Rolla, MO

 On our way to St Louis and traveling Route 66, we found this 1923 Baldwin in Rolla, MO. At first there was loud lawn maintenance going on and then it started raining on us (of course).

1943 Baldwin 4-8-4 in Springfield, MO

 In another part of Springfield, MO there is this 1943 Baldwin 4-8-4. It was in a fenced in area (ugh) by the Boys & Girls Club where it looked like they gave tours and such. It was in much better shape than the last one and well cared for.

1921 Davenport 0-4-0T in Springfield, MO

Our stay in Branson was unfortunately over, so we were back on the road again. In Springfield, we had to hunt down one of those mystery trains that was described as being "behind a photography studio". Well we found it...

1919 Porter 2-4-0 in Branson, MO

 While still in Branson, we hit up the main strip and found this 1919 Porter 2-4-0 out in the parking lot of the World's Largest Toy Museum. The Humpty Dumpty was a little creepy, but we just ignored it.

Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO

 

One of the main destinations for our vacation was Branson, MO. We spent a week there and visited Silver Dollar City where we did the train ride (of course) and tried to find all their trains. Most of them were European so we got to see some new builders.