Argent Lumber Co. 2-6-0 No. 1
Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, United States 		Location: Midwest Central Railroad
Status: Restoration
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Posted: Dec 6, 2024 @ 13:12:38 by
please change number to 1
Posted: Sep 28, 2023 @ 09:09:44 by Jim Freeland
This is Argent #1. It is now painted all black. Need new boiler. A metal Porter cab has been mounted. The pistons are seized in the cylinders. several years before operates again.
Posted: Oct 6, 2021 @ 20:10:14 by Stephen Hallmark
This picture was taken before e we sold it. We purchased it in 1984 at the Ritchie bros auction. I miss seeing it sitting under the shed on my way to work for many years.
Posted: Oct 25, 2019 @ 15:10:50 by Matthew Lapp
3/1914 I believe is the correct year this locomotive was built and also it originally was owned by Beaufort County Lumber Company in North Carolina
Posted: Sep 21, 2019 @ 17:09:03 by Chris Little
Status should be changed to stored/restoration. The locomotive has been examined and appears that before it can return to service it will require a new boiler.
Posted: Apr 10, 2019 @ 23:04:38 by Matt Crull
The Argent Lumber Company #1 is now owned by Midwest Central Railroad in Mount Pleasant Iowa as of September 2018. It left the Hallmark Estate April 9, 2019 for Iowa
Posted: Apr 9, 2019 @ 18:04:15 by
Number 7 is being relocated to Mt. Pleasant, IA to go to the Midwest Central.
Posted: Jan 2, 2018 @ 09:01:24 by Myron Creel
This locomotive operated as Argent Lumber Company Number 1, and was brought to Long Beach Resort in Panama City Beach, FL, in 1965. I operated this engine over 9 summer seasons at the Petticoat Junction and Ghost Town Railroad, and accumulated more than 20,000 miles as engineer. I participated in the restoration in 1975, at which time the wood cab was added. You can find photos of the train by searching for Petticoat Junction Amusement Park, Panama City Beach, FL. Many steam fans got their first cab ride with me, and a lot of ex-steam engineers were given one more time at the throttle! I turned out the fire the last time for paying passengers for PJ> on Labor Day, 1984.
Posted: Feb 17, 2004 @ 21:02:29 by D Alderson
Is this engine really operational? I got my first cab ride ever on it back when it was at Petticoat Junction.
Posted: Nov 10, 2003 @ 20:11:36 by Tommy Gray
This was Argent Lumber Co. #1 before going to Petticoat Juntion Railroad in Panama City, FL.  Entered tourist service burning coal and was converted to oil later.  Also, entered tourist service with a metal cab which was later changed over to a wooden one.