Southern 385

bobyar2001 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:31 am

At Ashville, NC in 1948. Presently dismantled in New Jersey.

http://southern.railfan.net/images/arch ... ou385.html

hi-plains · **Posted:** Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:44 am

[quote="bobyar2001"]Presently dismantled in New Jersey..[/quote]

Under whose auspices?

bobyar2001 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 31, 2004 12:10 pm

Not sure of the present ownership, but for a time it was owned by Bergen Tech, a trade school that taught industrial boiler maintenance and repair. They planned to repair it as a school project, but the project was not finished. Perhaps someone can comment on its current status? Engine was assigned to Spencer Shops in NC about 1950, later ran on the Virginia Blue Ridge shortline.

K.R. Bell · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:37 pm **Posts:** 298

This discussion has ensued in this forum previously, however I believe the engine is jointly owned by trucker Joe Supor and former Bergen Tech steam teacher Frank Vopasek (also an NH&I engineer). The engine is stored in the old Worthington Corporation building in Harrison, NJ. I'm uncertain of any future plans.

survivingworldsteam · **Posted:** Sat Jan 01, 2005 12:57 pm

K.R. Bell wrote:

This discussion has ensued in this forum previously, however I believe the engine is jointly owned by trucker Joe Supor and former Bergen Tech steam teacher Frank Vopasek (also an NH&I engineer). The engine is stored in the old Worthington Corporation building in Harrison, NJ. I'm uncertain of any future plans.

I have asked this question in the past; but does anyone know what happened to the stationary engines, traction engine, and pumps that were also collected by Frank Vopasek as part of the Bergen Tech training program?

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