Florida Portland Cement Company No. 7 is an 0-6-0T (Tank) locomotive that was built in 1942 by H. K. Porter Incorporated in Pittsburgh, PA, for the Florida Portland Cement Company in Brooksville, FL, as #7.
History[]
It was use as a switcher engine for the Florida Portland Cement Company. It was later sold to Keith Mackey in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, in the early 1970s, and used at the Gold Coast Museum in Miami, FL, then leased and sold to the Texas Tank Car Works in San Angelo, TX, as their yard switcher.
The locomotive is now a public display at the New Braunfels Railroad Museum.
Trivia[]
- The locomotive was bought by the museum in 1993 from donations from local citizens and has been cosmetically restored.