05-13-2013, 03:13 PM
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Here are some stats throught the first month! The Aces are doing a nice job offensively, with a team batting average of .288, but it's the pitching that is holding us back! Baseball is a funny game, as last year, it was just the opposite!
Hitting Leaders
Pitching Leaders
Standings
Now, when you want to schedule an appointment to see the GM of the Aces(me), when you drive to our offices, you will see this famous locomotive, that is the result of the "Huston family" purchasing this back in the day!
This black locomotive has the number ten painted on it. It is in good shape with its little bell up front, its white walled steel wheels and its two boiler stacks. There are some worker cars in front of it. They refer to it as LUKENS 10(0-4-0T), where 0-4-0T is the model number, and the number 10 is the identifier number.
Originally, Lukens purchased two HK Porters in 1902. Endless searching through contacts at Lukens Steel Company and elsewhere, a 1911 HK Porter 0-4-0-T was located in Decatur AL and purchased. It had run for the Florida Paint and Turpentine Company located operating in Alabama. Restoration and fabrication was done at Lukens.
Today, the engine remains at its new home, restored and sitting on a railroad bed, with 4 narrow gauge flat cars, donated to by the Lukens Steel Company.
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