SMS Rail Lines 9 in Steam?

TRS · **Posted:** Sun Aug 08, 2021 7:31 am

Under repair since 2009, it seems SMS Rail Lines 9 may have been steamed for the first time in 40 years. A post on the “Friends of SMS 9” Facebook page depicts smoke being emitted from the locomotive’s smokestack. In the early 1950s, this locomotive was in service at Fort Eustis, Virginia.

• SMS Rail Lines 9, 0-6-0 (ALCO Schenectady 70402 / 1942), ex-United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) 4023, later USATC 616
SMS Rail Lines: https://www.smsrail.com/steam-engine
Friends of SMS 9 (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/vbr9nhir9sms9/

CA1 · **Joined:** Fri Nov 11, 2016 10:17 pm **Posts:** 246

Looks like a twin to the locomtoive in Stearns KY

BSFSRYFAN · **Joined:** Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:56 pm **Posts:** 92

No, the 9 was expertly rebuilt and holds water at atmospheric pressure.

Kelly Anderson · **Joined:** Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:52 am **Posts:** 2477

EDM · **Posted:** Mon Aug 09, 2021 3:09 pm

SMS 9 holds water AND steam at 190 PSIG (and a tad above, setting the pops).