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| Author: | ted66 [ Fri Aug 21, 2020 7:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | A little Steam News |
The Georgia Museum of Agriculture at Tifton, Georgia has an 0-4-0 by Vulcan Iron Works C/N 22609 in 1917 in operation on weekends. She was always an industrial locomotive. She got a new boiler in about 2001. I have never heard of her on this website. Another 0-4-0 from H.K Porter in 1923, C/N 6932 is planned for a later restoration. This one is Hope Natural Gas #3, She was owned for a short time by Pine Creek Railroad as #3. Then Woodward Museum at Cooperstown, New York. An earlier name for this outdoor museum was Agrirama. The narrow gauge locomotive is simply lettered Vulcan #5; and she is the only narrow gauge steam operation in Georgia, as far as I know. They also have a steam powered saw mill and cotton gin. Ted Miles, narrow gauge fan |
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| Author: | PMC [ Fri Aug 21, 2020 7:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A little Steam News |
ted66 wrote: The Georgia Museum of Agriculture at Tifton, Georgia has an 0-4-0 by Vulcan Iron Works C/N 22609 in 1917 in operation on weekends. She was always an industrial locomotive. She got a new boiler in about 2001. I have never heard of her on this website.
https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocom ... splay=1605 Another 0-4-0 from H.K Porter in 1923, C/N 6932 is planned for a later restoration. This one is Hope Natural Gas #3, She was owned for a short time by Pine Creek Railroad as #3. Then Woodward Museum at Cooperstown, New York. An earlier name for this outdoor museum was Agrirama. https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocom ... splay=1685 The narrow gauge locomotive is simply lettered Vulcan #5; and she is the only narrow gauge steam operation in Georgia, as far as I know. They also have a steam powered saw mill and cotton gin. Ted Miles, narrow gauge fan |
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| Author: | Crescent-Zephyr [ Fri Aug 21, 2020 9:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A little Steam News |
I’m not sure why this is “news” as I’ve visited several times over the years but I’ll chime in and say yes it’s a great place to visit. The restored train station was moved from Montezuma Georgia and it was a pre-fab building that was ordered from a sears catalog! This is a great historic village to visit. Working farm with animals, several old buildings from the state like a general store etc. very friendly staff members and volunteers. |
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| Author: | Dave [ Fri Aug 21, 2020 10:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A little Steam News |
That's the only place where I had to get out and push while the wheels were slipping...... The boiler has slots instead of holes at the saddle connection at the advise of a boilermaker from a very small New England state to allow for expansion. The chilled iron layer was turned off the wheels during reprofiling, and very soon needed reprofiling again. It's a very unusual place with unique attributes. |
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