Re: the piece below on the ex-Everett RR, exx-Morehead & North Fork 2-6-2 11. Anyone have photos of this work going on? Sounds like they're doing some heavy sandblasting, but wonder if they're protecting any moving parts from grit?

Wasn't there a de-tanked 0-4-0T at Dudley, PA that was associated with an H&BTM historical group? What is its status? Any photos?

I've heard one of the H&BTM shop buildings still survives (at Saxton, PA?). Anyone have photos of it?

http://www.tribune-democrat.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7697157&BRD=2332&PAG=461&dept_id=484742&rfi=6
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Looks like it acquired a tender along the way.

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Here's the 0-4-0 at Dudley, PA, if I got the right URL this time..

http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=1393
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> Wasn't there a de-tanked 0-4-0T at Dudley,
> PA that was associated with an H&BTM
> historical group? What is its status? Any
> photos?

Below is a photo from Bill Adam's EBT Pictorial and http://www.dementia.org/~adams/ebt/photo.html . The locomotive is NOT an H&BTM unit but rather worked on the PennView Railroad at Blairsville, PA (a quarry road I beleive). It was brought in for the diplay adn is srtipped almost bare. Along with it are an original H&BTM station and water tank. One is original to the site and the other brought in from elsewhere on the branch.

> I've heard one of the H&BTM shop
> buildings still survives (at Saxton, PA?).
> Anyone have photos of it?

See this page for info and some photos of the shops from 1999

http://mes.loyola.edu/faculty/phs/RR/H&BTM.html

Not sure if these buildings are still standing.

The East Broad Top Railroad Homepage

ebtrr@spikesys.com

> worked on the PennView Railroad
> at Blairsville, PA (a quarry road I
> beleive).

The Penn-View Mountain Railroad was a steam tourist line operated by Sloan Cornell (later of Gettysburg and Knox & Kane fame). The PVM RR operated from the mid 1960's until the early 1970's on an isolated 2-mile ROW near Blairsville.

This 0-4-0 was Cornell's first steam locomotive. He used to run it privately on his farm during the early 1960's, prior to the start up of the PVM RR for the public. It came from Duquesne Slag Products, as did his second steam engine, an 0-6-0. The 0-6-0 powered the PVM tourist trains and was later joined by ex-Mississippian Ry 2-8-0 76. After the PVM RR closed down (around '74), the 0-4-0 went to the H&BTM Historical Group and the 0-6-0 went to a private owner at Clarks Summit, PA. Today the 0-6-0 is the "sectioned" locomotive display at Steamtown. 2-8-0 76 went to Cornell's Gettysburg RR. and today is owned and stored by the Ohio Central RR.

Regards,
Jim Robinson

Everett 11 is Baldwin construction number 33333. The original builders plates were stolen from the engine just before it went to Williams Grove. To my knowlege they have never surfaced. If you find them I am sure the people in Everett would like to have them back.

John Bohon

jhbohon@yahoo.com

> See this page for info and some photos of
> the shops from 1999

> t
> http://mes.loyola.edu/faculy/phs/RR/H&BTM.html

> Not sure if these buildings are still
> standing.

I have not been to Saxton for a couple of years, but last time I was there demolition was in progress on the shop buildings. I believe one smaller building was incorporated into a service station/convenience store and may still exist, but I suspect the brick structures are gone.

The Everett depot restoration is an excellent example of what a small group with a clear focus can accomplish. Bob Ridenour is a man who will not take "No" for an answer and has, over a period of years, succeeded in obtaining donations of manhours, money, materials, and artifacts. The combination of leadership and dedicated volunteers has contributed greatly to the local community.

Alan Maples


AMaples@aol.com