Re: Brecon Mtn Railway track extension, 1st day running to Pantau

KevinM Wrote:
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> rod Wrote:
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> > No.2 was built by Baldwin of Philadelphia, USA
> in 1930, (No. 61269) for the Eastern Province
> Cement Co. Port Elizabeth, South Africa where it spent
> its working life hauling limestone. In 1974
> it ran away driver-less derailed and was wrecked.
> It was treated as an accident write-off by the
> South African insurers and was purchased by us as
> salvage. Shipped back to the UK as deck cargo
> to Liverpool, rebuilt here between 1993 and 1997
> the 4-6-2 tender locomotive weighs 47 tons and is
> capable of hauling the heaviest trains to
> Torpantau.

>Kevin wrote:

> That's quite a nice little engine for a rebuilt
> wreck! Interesting that she was built right
> around the time when a lot of the 2ft lines in
> America were going out of business.
>
> Would love to see something like that back here in
> the states. It's a pity that none of the Maine
> 2-ft 2-6-2s survived. Would love to see the WW&F
> build a number 12 some day (as a replica of WW&F
> #6).
>
> /Kevin

Hi Kevin,
You may get your wish someday. A number 12 project would take a quite a while but some of the WW&F crew wants to build a 2-6-2 after #11 is finished. Of course it goes back to the same things: time, labor and lots of $$$ ... but wouldn't it be something to see a Prarie hammering up the mountain!

Stewart



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/10/2014 05:03AM by Stewart Rhine.