Re: Operational Wood-Burning Locos

KevinM Wrote:
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> The {Baltimore & Ohio Museum's} #25 was
> one of a very few wood-burners from mid-
> 1800s that can still operate. The others that
> I am aware of are V&T #22 "Inyo", which op-
> erates once per year at the Nevada State
> Railroad Museum, E&P #4 "Eureka" which
> is currently undergoing a 1,472 and should
> operate again, and the recently restored Car-
> son & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company #1
> "Glenbrook", which operates at the Nevada
> State Railroad Museum.   That's it, I think.
> If folks know of others, I am all ears.  


Hi, Kevin -

Fillmore & Western's wood-burning 0-4-0T #1, "Sespe" - built by Porter in 1891 - was operational well into the 21st century, but I'm not sure of her present status.  IIRC she was sold to her home town of Jacksonville, Oregon a few years ago.

Here she is with half of the crew of the GGRM's 4-6-2 #2472, Jim Clark and 'Bones' of the F&W, and myself – in mid-September, 1992:


. . . and on the Fourth of July in 1993:



Also, according to an article starting on page 27 of the Nov/Dec 2016 issue of the NG&SL Gazette, Elk River Mill & Lumber Co's 1844 0-4-0T #1 "FALK is still in steam at the Fort Humbolt State Park in Eureka, California . . . "

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 03/17/2017 03:59PM by Russo Loco.