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Walter Johnston was a Chicago-area live steamer. | Walter Johnston was a Chicago-area live steamer. | ||
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File:TheJohnstonLine herald.PNG|The herald on the tender of Walter's Hudson | |||
File:WalterJohnston abt1970.PNG|Walter Johnston at his track in Indiana, just outside of Chicago, Ill. | |||
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[[Bill Koster]] wrote: | |||
: Walter Johnston had quite a railroad on a farm. It was just across the border from Chicago in Indiana. My diesel was the first diesel to run on his track. He later came to visit me in Homestead, Florida and ran my diesel there. I don't know what may have happened to his track. It was on property that his relative [[Emery Ohlenkamp]] (the injector manufacturer) owned. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
* <i>The Miniature Locomotive</i> magazine, March-April 1953 | * <i>The Miniature Locomotive</i> magazine, March-April 1953 | ||
Revision as of 22:35, 26 July 2014
Walter Johnston was a Chicago-area live steamer.
The herald on the tender of Walter's Hudson
Walter Johnston at his track in Indiana, just outside of Chicago, Ill.
Bill Koster wrote:
- Walter Johnston had quite a railroad on a farm. It was just across the border from Chicago in Indiana. My diesel was the first diesel to run on his track. He later came to visit me in Homestead, Florida and ran my diesel there. I don't know what may have happened to his track. It was on property that his relative Emery Ohlenkamp (the injector manufacturer) owned.
References
- The Miniature Locomotive magazine, March-April 1953