Re: NNG: Article about SOU 4501 Restoration

Ryan Masecar Wrote:
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> Article says that none of the states near
> Tennessee have any running steam engines... There
> are at least three in NC, though one is iffy - two
> at Tweetsie and a Vulcan at the New Hope Valley
> Railway, though I don't know if the Vulcan is
> still running regularly.


North Carolina currently has 4 operable steam locomotives...

Tweetsie has 2--both narrow gauge
East Tennessee & Western North Carolina 4-6-0 #12 at Tweetsie
White Pass & Yukon 2-8-2 #190 at Tweetsie

and on the standard gauge front...
0-4-0 tank at Bonsal on the New Hope Valley Railway. It runs once a month from about April to November.

and an 0-4-0 (was saddletank, now removed with tender) at Denton for the Southeast Threshers Reunion that operates the week of July 4.
Kevin