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| Author: | Jim Montague [ Tue Oct 01, 2002 2:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | other surviving PRR steamers |
I'm looking for info regarding the following surviving PRR steamers: #60 0-6-0 B6sa in Hockessin, DE 0-6-0 in Nassau, DE 0-4-0 in Monacacy Station, PA I understand #60 is/was a part of a museum called the Avondale Railroad Center, Delaware Project in Hockessin along the Wilmington and Western's right of way. It was displayed with 2 Reading coaches, a PRR baggage car, and a UP caboose. I've never been there, does this museum still exist? Any pictures by chance of #60 today? The other 2 locomotives I have no idea what the story is on them, I don't even know their numbers let alone the class they belong too. The museum in Delaware claims #60 to be the last surviving PRR 0-6-0 of the B6sa class (radially stayed firebox). I believe (though I may be wrong) the RRMofPA claims #1670 to be the last surviving B6sb (Belpaire firebox), so I'm interested to know what class the other surviving 0-6-0 belongs to. Perhaps #60 and the mystery 0-6-0 are one and the same? As for the other 0-4-0, I would think it would resemble #94 in Strasburg (class A5s), but I don't know for sure. Thanks for any available info and/or corrections. Jim Montague |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Tue Oct 01, 2002 4:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | They aren't PRR! |
> I'm looking for info regarding the following > surviving PRR steamers: > #60 0-6-0 B6sa in Hockessin, DE > 0-6-0 in Nassau, DE NOT a PRR steamer. It's #3, a Vulcan product of 1942, built for the US Navy and later used at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, the Wawa & Concordville, and the Wilmington & Western before moving to the Queen Anne's RR, a now-defunct tourist operation out of Lewes. The loco sits on a siding near the Nassau Vineyards and Winery (hence the "Nassau, DE"); I saw it two weeks ago with small trees growing around/through it. > 0-4-0 in Monacacy Station, PA The closest that matches this is MonOcacy, a station on the former PRR (now gone) between Pottstown and Reading. There were a bunch of 42" gauge 0-4-0Ts near nearby Phoenixville, but even if one migrated to Monocacy to a private estate, no way can it be PRR. lner4472@bcpl.net |
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| Author: | James Hefner [ Tue Oct 01, 2002 5:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Monocacy Station, PA Urban Legend? |
> I'm looking for info regarding the following > surviving PRR steamers: > #60 0-6-0 B6sa in Hockessin, DE > 0-6-0 in Nassau, DE > 0-4-0 in Monacacy Station, PA > ... As for the other > 0-4-0, I would think it would resemble #94 > in Strasburg (class A5s), but I don't know > for sure. Thanks for any available info > and/or corrections. Awhile back I recieved an e-mail relating to me that there were three PRR locomotives at the Dires Quarry, Rte 724 & Red Shed Rd., Monocacy Station. One was said to be an Bas class 0-4-0; the others were a pair of PRR 0-4-0Ts. They were said to partly sunk. The person who related this to me was reliable in other updates that he sent my way, so I listed these (with the note that they were rumors) in "Surviving World Steam Locomotives". But I could not find anyone or any source to back him up. I could see the quarry on Microsoft's Terraserver, but no signs of any of the lokies. Since that time, I have heard that the PRR Bas 0-4-0 was on display in Monocacy Station. But I have yet to see a photograph or any further details. No word either on the other two PRR 0-4-0Ts. Is this an urban legend, or is it all true? Surely it would be fairly easy to find out; Monocacy Station, PA is a bit too far for me to drive and check it out. -James Hefner Hebrews 10:20a Surviving World Steam Locomotives james1@pernet.net |
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| Author: | Jim Montague [ Tue Oct 01, 2002 5:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: They aren't PRR! |
Thanks, that makes sense. My sourse of information for the Nassau 0-6-0 is steamlocomotive.com, which lists 2 engines there, one the #3 0-6-0T ex U.S. Navy, the other an 0-6-0 ex PRR. Obviously they must be the same engine. the PRR 0-6-0 in Nassau must be the Vulcan #3 tank engine. Sad to hear #3 is growing trees up around her. I understand she was running as late as the mid 90's. Jim Montague |
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