Monypeny
and the Number Sixty
Jacksonville,
Gainesville & Gulf Railway
By Don Hensley
Bill
Monypeny happen on to the Jacksonville Gainesville & Gulf in Gainesville,
Florida,
during
its twilight of operation around 1941.
Here
he was lucky enough to catch the 60 being readied for one of its tri-weekly
trips to the phosphate mine at Emanthla.
By
this time the mine was the only income left as the crate mill at irvine had
switched to trucks.
The
Mine though was set to close and with it would go the railroad.
The
Sixty was being steamed up for its tri-weekly run to Emathla, the caboose is coupled
behind.
Note
the coal bin behind the locomotive and the water hose running to the tender.
The engineer
is posing with his engine while the fireman looks on.
Here the fireman joins the act!
A few years later Monypeny happen to
capture the Sixty once again, on the Unadilla Valley.
She was now the number Six in 1944.
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