New Hope's 9

bobyar2001 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:39 pm

Ex-Virginia Blue Ridge, nee' Army 0-6-0, in the 1970s. Long dismantled for repairs at New Hope, Pa.:http://www.steamrailroadphotos.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=222&cat=509&page=10

Gerald W. Kopiasz · **Posted:** Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:14 am

Isn't this one partially disassembled and for sale?Gerald Kopiasz

G. W. Laepple · **Joined:** Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:10 pm **Posts:** 1182

#9 does indeed survive, if you can call it that. It's for sale, too, as far as I know. It was sister engine #7 that was unceremoniously scrapped in the 1970s. I recall that someone told me that #7's boiler was much better than #9's.

Gerald W. Kopiasz · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2005 5:10 pm

Aside from being in pieces, how's the condition of #9? Anybody know? Why was the rehab aborted?Happy Thanksgiving,Gerald W. Kopiasz