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[[File:William L Daney 725 PopSci Aug1927.PNG|thumb|center|600px|The miniature locomotive that pulls this back yard railway train runs under steam from its own boiler. Constructed by William L. Daney, of Pueblo, Colorado, the locomotive is a counterpart of those on the Cuba Northern Railway. Daney also made the train of cars to go with it. From Popular Science, August 1927.]] | == Early 1.5 Scale == | ||
[[File:William L Daney 725 PopSci Aug1927.PNG|thumb|center|600px|The miniature locomotive that pulls this back yard railway train runs under steam from its own boiler. Constructed by [[William L. Daney]], of Pueblo, Colorado, the locomotive is a counterpart of those on the Cuba Northern Railway. Daney also made the train of cars to go with it. From Popular Science, August 1927.]] | |||
== Tipsico Lakeshore Railroad == | |||
[https://tipsicolakeshorerailroad.com/The_Man_Behind_The_Steam.html Steve Booth wrote]: | |||
: [[William L. Daney]] started building locomotives in 1925. He built two of the Pacific’s owned by the [[Tipsico Lakeshore Railroad]]. His first, TLS No. 688, was started in 1922 and finished in 1925. His largest 1-1/2” scale pacific, TLS No. 147, was built in 1936. | |||
[[File:Wm. Daney 8 8 1987 Locomotive builder.jpg|thumb|center|300px|[[William L. Daney]] from Pueblo, Colorado, visits The [[Tipsico Lakeshore Railroad]] for the 40th anniversary in 1987, seeing the heavy Pacific in operation for the first time since building it in 1936. | |||
== Family == | == Family == |
Revision as of 07:49, 17 April 2021
Early 1.5 Scale
Tipsico Lakeshore Railroad
- William L. Daney started building locomotives in 1925. He built two of the Pacific’s owned by the Tipsico Lakeshore Railroad. His first, TLS No. 688, was started in 1922 and finished in 1925. His largest 1-1/2” scale pacific, TLS No. 147, was built in 1936.
[[File:Wm. Daney 8 8 1987 Locomotive builder.jpg|thumb|center|300px|William L. Daney from Pueblo, Colorado, visits The Tipsico Lakeshore Railroad for the 40th anniversary in 1987, seeing the heavy Pacific in operation for the first time since building it in 1936.
Family
1940 Census
- William Daney, male, head of household, 1ge 41
- Birthplace: Colorado, About 1899
- Home in 1940
- 612 Euclid
- Pueblo, Colorado
- Wife: Isabel Daney, age 35
- Son: William Chester Daney, age 5
- Son: David Earl Daney, age 2