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Author:	tomgears [ Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:50 am ]
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I've done some searching but have been unable to turn up anything so I thought I would ask here. Has anyone written a history of the Miniature Railroad Company or Cagney Locomotive Company? Are there records of the locomotives sold in some archives? Thanks in adviance,

Author:	boilerwash [ Sun Feb 28, 2016 12:39 pm ]
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You could try Wasatch Railroad Contractors. I think they pretty much are the Cagney people these days or at least hold the license to build them.

Author:	JR May [ Sun Feb 28, 2016 12:57 pm ]
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Tom: I am not aware of one concise history having been written on the history of Cagney, however, some excellent articles can be found in Live Steam & Outdoors Railroading magazine. A couple of folks who surf RyPN are also treasure troves of information and may chime in here. Little Railways of the World has a bit of history, but the book does tend to take some liberties. I have heard also that a book may finally be coming together on the history of the Cagney firm. I am not aware of any records of the locomotives that have been built, in fact we are still discovering products that were largely unknown including a Cagney version of the UP M-10000 which popped up recently. Feel free to send me an email and I can provide what I have. I grew up around a Cagney, and even had a chance to run the Strasburg Cagney well before it make its way to Strasburg. Today I own a “relative” of a Cagney, in fact Strasburg is building a new boiler for it. J.R.

Author:	John E. Rimmasch [ Sun Feb 28, 2016 1:02 pm ]
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Jeff Terry is currently writing a very deep history of the family and the locomotives. It has been my great honor to help proof read the chapters. Very well done. I think the target date is the end of this year.

Author:	Jennie K [ Sun Feb 28, 2016 1:41 pm ]
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There have been articles in Live Steam in the past concerning the Cagney's, but there hasn't been anything in book form since Cap Shaws book

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Jeff Terry [ Sun Feb 28, 2016 4:10 pm ]

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Re: Cagney Locomotive Questions

It's true that I've been working on an exhaustive history of Cagney Brothers for about three years now. I can't take credit for all the research; I've had a lot of help from people who know and love these early live steam trains. And thanks to a gentleman in Maine, I now have about 100 pages of new material to pour through. I can't wait to get started!

Jeff Terry

Edit: John Rimmasch is the guy that got me started on this project. He let me run this when I was in high school. I've never been the same!

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Author:	o anderson [ Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:29 pm ]
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A good starting point for anyone researching Cagney would be this rather recent reprint of an early catalog (with much additional material) Cagney's Locomotive Works, by Francis Orr http://grandscales.com/giftshop/2giftindexpage3.html Regards, O. Anderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18inch

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