For over 100 years, the Enterprise Plantation has used trains to move cane and other materials around the properties. Although the trains and engines have been upgraded over the years, the older ones have not been forgotten.
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Perhaps
the most famous of the old engines is a 36"-guage, 1897 H.K. Porter
2-4-2 steam engine that was known as Lydia while on the plantation.
Today, Lydia, also known as the Charles Jefferson Patton, is still in
operation and used on a daily basis at Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington,
TX.
More information:
http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?display=1464
http://www.steamlocomotive.info/notelistingx.cfm?startval=2431
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http://www.steamlocomotive.info/F22004.cfm
Ida P., a 1909 Porter 0-4-0T that was leased to the railroad from
1963-1966 by MA. Patout & Son. When its lease was up, Ida P. was
returned and is now in storage at Patoutville, Louisiana
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Old trains
