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The East Swamp & Gatorville (ES&G) two-foot steam
train consists of a Crown locomotive and tender (currently operated on
compressed air), two open passenger cars, an enclosed Parlor Car, and a
"caboose" housing the air compressor which powers the train.
| This train is known as the "Link Train," named after its
donor, Edwin Link, who also contributed a large model of Stevenson's Rocket.
Mr. Link is best known for inventing the Link Trainer, an on-the-ground flight
simulator used in World War II to train military and civilian pilots. Link
Trainers were also used at War Bond Drives. (One was used at a Flagler Street
rally.) Steam trains were one of Edwin Link's favorite hobbies. He built a
track on the grounds of his Harbor Branch Research Facility, in Ft. Pierce,
Florida for this two-foot-gauge train. After Mr. Link died, his foundation
donated the Link Train and part of the present track to the Museum. |
|  Photo of Operation
of Link Trainer |  Display of
Link Trainer
(Not on-site) |
The Link Train educational rides to our visitors on
Saturdays and Sundays as well as during weekday school-group visits with
advance notice.
Details
Status: Regularly scheduled to run on weekends,
Operational.
Gauge: 24 inches. |
