[modeleng] Re: Char
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 13:09:28 -0700 (PDT)
The African Queen is based next door to the Holiday
Inn at Key Largo, Florida according to thelatest info
I have.
Al
--- JESSE LIVINGSTON <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Al,
>
> Where is the African Queen located now? I saw it
> only once at the pier in
> Memphis tied up beside a river excursion boat that a
> bunch of us lumbermen
> were riding in. It was supposed to have had a
> Stanley engine it at that
> time, but it sure looked like a regular marine type
> engine to me and I got
> as pretty good look at it..
>
> The present owner could always pull up to shore and
> load some driftwood if
> he had a handy saw or axe with him.
>
> Jesse
>
> > Lee, I do not know about any model railroaders
> using
> > it for fuel, but bagged Charcoal briquettes is the
> > fuel of choise by the owner of the African Queen
> these
> > days. Only problem he has is that the launch must
> be
> > loaded to the gunwales with bags of fuel for only
> a
> > short cruise as it burns so rapidly.
> >
> > Al Messer, still loco-less in Tenn.
>
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