Suspected Rorer Dinkies

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Stephen

No expert on Rorer locomotives.  I have only seen one photo. That was 
there no. 12.

The second locomotive in your photo looks a lot like No. 12.  You will 
note that it has a round builders plate that is rather large.  The one I 
have seen a photo also has a similar round builder plate that is large.  
My guess both are built by Baldwin. The early Baldwins had a plate 
similar to the two photos.

Next we need to get a Salem Expert in on this.  Some where in my memory 
I recall the tannery in Salem had some similar tank locomotives.  If the 
Salem experts have the same memory it could be the Rorer locomotive(s) 
were sold to the tannery.

Could be.  If you have a construction number for the number 12 or date 
built I will check it out in my list of locomotives built by Baldwin.

Jim Blackstock

On 10/25/2020 4:29 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> In a recent Ebay find, I picked up this interesting tidbit.. two 
> Porter narrow gauge locomotives that match the era for local mining 
> operations at the Rorer Iron ore washers and mine. I'm estimating the 
> actual dinkies on the Rorer Iron Narrow Gauge Rail Road were in proper 
> use until the 1920s. This photo is dated from 1936, suggesting these 
> two engines were documented by a rail fan while awaiting the scrapper.
>
> From the back of this small photo print, there is an obvious 
> misspelling of "Rorer" and an even odder renaming of Salem "Oregon" to 
> "Virginia."
>
> While this is not the best provenance I'd like to see, it's headed in 
> the right direction. Can anyone shed light (one way or another) on 
> this interesting image?
>
> Stephen Warren
> Roanoke
>
>
>
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