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| Author: | ekrwy2 [ Wed Mar 12, 2025 4:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Steam tender in W&LE Brittain Yard Akron |
I usually drive through Akron, Ohio once every other week since I am an over the road truck driver. I always look at the yard office and look at the passenger cars that are normally sitting there which includes a Baltimore and Ohio coach. However, this time I saw a very good sized steam locomotive tender with the coal bunker intact that was painted black with a Chessie “C” logo on it Sitting on the west side of the Baltimore and Ohio coach. I have never seen this tender ever in my life. I even thought back to the original 1985 614 test runs out of Huntington and this tender was not a part of that consist. Is there something happening at the Wheeling? Unfortunately, I was not able to get any pictures as it’s a little hard to take a truck with a 53 foot trailer and get back in there without causing a scene. Any info would be appreciated. |
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| Author: | jayrod [ Wed Mar 12, 2025 4:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam tender in W&LE Britain Yard Akron |
AMC Rail leases the shop at Brittain Yard. Must be a project of theirs. |
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| Author: | PaulWWoodring [ Thu Mar 13, 2025 8:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam tender in W&LE Brittain Yard Akron |
I know someone who helped get the car off the private property it was on in Medina to deliver to the Wheeling. I can't remember the owner's name, but he's connected to the NE Ohio Live Steamers. There are no identifying marks on the tender, but some believe it came from a 2-8-4 C&O Kanawha, which is a real possibility, since there were 90 of them and they were among the last steam locomotives to be retired by the C&O. Either it hasn't been sold yet, or nobody is talking about who now owns it or where it's eventually going. A somewhat related note, since the former AC&Y shops were mentioned. Turns out the late Jerry Jacobson's father, a construction company owner, was the general contractor on building their "modern" Diesel shop in the early 1950s. I believe the design was by Fairbanks-Morse, since they sold them their small fleet of locomotives to replace steam. |
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| Author: | Rob Gardner [ Thu Mar 13, 2025 8:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam tender in W&LE Brittain Yard Akron |
The tender was originally built for a C&O K-3 Mikado before it became the tender for the steam powered wrecking derrick that it has been paired with for decades now. The crane and tender were stored under cover in Kent, OH. Rob Gardner |
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| Author: | Patrick Fahey [ Thu Mar 13, 2025 9:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam tender in W&LE Brittain Yard Akron |
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File comment: Is this the same tender you are referring to?? Hi Firefox_Screenshot_2025-03-14T01-10-30.890Z.png GTW 4070.JPG resize to 350 .JPG [ 16.64 KiB | Viewed 4208 times ] Is this the same tender you are referring to????? |
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| Author: | PaulWWoodring [ Fri Mar 14, 2025 7:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam tender in W&LE Brittain Yard Akron |
The photo I saw showed a conventional, rectangular, six axle tender. There is speculation that it could become the auxiliary tender for the PRR T-1 project, but that is strictly speculative. |
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| Author: | Appalachianrails [ Fri Mar 14, 2025 3:09 pm ] | |||
| Post subject: | Re: Steam tender in W&LE Brittain Yard Akron | |||
Is this the tender? Photographer credit: Roger Durfee
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| Author: | mmi16 [ Fri Mar 14, 2025 5:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam tender in W&LE Brittain Yard Akron |
Dating myself when I was driving past Brittain Yard they still had AC&Y running and working the yard. |
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| Author: | ekrwy2 [ Fri Mar 14, 2025 8:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam tender in W&LE Brittain Yard Akron |
The pic with the Chessie on the tender is the one I saw |
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| Author: | Rob Gardner [ Fri Mar 14, 2025 10:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam tender in W&LE Brittain Yard Akron |
Patrick Fahey wrote: Attachment: Firefox_Screenshot_2025-03-14T01-10-30.890Z.png GTW 4070.JPG resize to 350 .JPG Hi Is this the same tender you are referring to????? Pat, That is ASR's water canteen for Reading 2100 and is presently stored at the W.3rd St roundhouse in Cleveland. Thanks, Rob Gardner President, ASR |
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