Peninsular Railway 0-6-0ST No. 1
San Quintin, Baja California, Mexico 		Location: San Quintin Bay
Status: Sunk
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Posted: Aug 15, 2024 @ 07:08:33 by Mark Smithers
Any chance of salvage?
Posted: Oct 24, 2023 @ 06:10:21 by Eddie Wearing
Ordered by the Lower California Development Co.; Delivered to the Peninsular Railway in Mexico in 1891; The engine was used from 1891 to closure in 1909; In 1909, the rails were removed and sent to be used in Arizona for a mine there. The train engine was lost, falling into the outer bay while being hoisted onto a ship. A Japanese diver was employed to attach lines to the engine but failed. The train engine lies 43 feet down, on the seafloor.
Posted: Dec 6, 2022 @ 13:12:26 by mark kelvin smithers
What is the story behind this one? How do you know that this locomotive, of which a works photo survives, is at the bottom of the sea? Are there any shipping records or photographs of sunken remains?