Love the shot they used for this, note the little kids as 'firemen':
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| Author: | bigjim4life [ Fri Feb 20, 2015 1:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Big West Virginia Steam Announcement! |
From Trains Magazine - I'll provide the link and a few excerpts... http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/20 ... eturn-home "SPENCER, N.C. – The North Carolina Transportation Museum Foundation has reached an agreement to sell Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 No. 4, a 1926 Baldwin-built steam locomotive with deep West Virginia roots, to the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad for restoration and operation in the Mountain State. The locomotive will move this spring to the shop in Cass, W.Va., at the Cass Scenic Railroad, now operated by the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley, for the completion of boiler work and other repairs. The Durbin & Greenbrier Valley hopes to complete the restoration in time for the locomotive’s 90th birthday in 2016." |
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| Author: | Dave [ Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big West Virginia Steam Announcement! |
Nice to see her going home. Best wishes to all involved. dave |
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| Author: | Dennis Storzek [ Fri Feb 20, 2015 6:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big West Virginia Steam Announcement! |
Is the 4 the "soak" (non-superheated engine) that was nicknamed "old slobber face" in an article about the line not too many years ago? Nice looking engine. |
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| Author: | Dave [ Fri Feb 20, 2015 7:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big West Virginia Steam Announcement! |
Yes. dave |
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| Author: | p51 [ Fri Feb 20, 2015 8:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big West Virginia Steam Announcement! |
Love the shot they used for this, note the little kids as 'firemen':
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| Author: | Dave Lewandoski [ Fri Feb 20, 2015 8:44 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Big West Virginia Steam Announcement! | ||
great news. I saw her sister at Train Fest in '04.
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| Author: | Les Beckman [ Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big West Virginia Steam Announcement! |
p51 wrote: Love the shot they used for this, note the little kids as 'firemen': Lee - Great shot of number 4. I believe that she was the only locomotive that the BC&G bought new. Everything else had run elsewhere before coming to the BC&G. Love that round Baldwin number plate under the headlight. Not too many railroads did it that way. Les |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big West Virginia Steam Announcement! |
Dave Lewandoski wrote: great news. I saw her sister at Train Fest in '04. That appears to be a photo of fellow BC&G 2-8-0 #13 on the Ohio Central, not #4. |
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| Author: | SteamEnthusiast4000 [ Sat Feb 21, 2015 1:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big West Virginia Steam Announcement! |
Alexander D. Mitchell IV wrote: Dave Lewandoski wrote: great news. I saw her sister at Train Fest in '04. That appears to be a photo of fellow BC&G 2-8-0 #13 on the Ohio Central, not #4. I think what Dave Lewandoski is saying is that he saw BC&G #4's sister (BC&G #13) at Train Fest in 2004. |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Sat Feb 21, 2015 7:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big West Virginia Steam Announcement! |
Well, sister #14 happens to be at Gaithersburg, Md., though in rougher shape (presumably, given my memories of her over the decades): http://www.buffalocreekandgauley.com/LO ... oco14.html And if you REALLY want to get interesting, step-sibling A, the Mack railbus, is at Strasburg: http://www.buffalocreekandgauley.com/LO ... lbusA.html |
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| Author: | J3a-614 [ Sat Feb 21, 2015 3:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big West Virginia Steam Announcement! |
As reported by Casshews (Facebook page): https://www.facebook.com/CassRailroadLo ... =1&theater |
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| Author: | Dave Lewandoski [ Sat Feb 21, 2015 4:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big West Virginia Steam Announcement! |
Alexander D. Mitchell IV wrote: Dave Lewandoski wrote: great news. I saw her sister at Train Fest in '04. That appears to be a photo of fellow BC&G 2-8-0 #13 on the Ohio Central, not #4. and that is why I said I saw her SISTER...... |
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| Author: | J3a-614 [ Sat Feb 21, 2015 10:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big West Virginia Steam Announcement! |
Some previous threads about sister No. 14: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6691&p=31269 viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11192&p=51550 viewtopic.php?f=1&t=33190&p=174911 |
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| Author: | J3a-614 [ Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big West Virginia Steam Announcement! |
This turned up on my Facebook page, courtesy of Casshews. TV story on the 4 (but the photo is of 14 in Gaithersburg), with the proposed plans for its service: http://www.wboy.com/story/28263917/durb ... locomotive |
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| Author: | J3a-614 [ Wed Apr 08, 2015 10:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Big West Virginia Steam Announcement! |
The tank is already at Cass; photos are from Cass Scenic's Facebook page (and are also included as separate links for those with difficulty on Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/160570725167/p ... =1&theater https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot ... e=55E1A09D https://www.facebook.com/160570725167/p ... =1&theater https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot ... e=55B67273 https://www.facebook.com/160570725167/p ... =1&theater https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/ ... b0b9edfc7b |
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