Geigertown Central Railroad Museum supported by Auction

MineMotor · **Joined:** Mon Dec 24, 2012 8:27 pm **Posts:** 1

[quote="o anderson"]Apparently Dave Shirey, the president the Geigertown Central Railroad Museum Inc, oversaw an auction held of some of the equipment in the PA town. I believe the only rail car on the auction block was a Reading caboose, but I do not know exactly what was on the list or what sold. I am interested in the small gauge Davenport and battery locomotives which operated at an explosives factory - perhaps they were retained.

There are four locomotives at Geigertown that came from Atlas Powder Co. of Tamaqua, PA, which is the the explosive factory that was mentioned.

Three are Atlas Car & Equipment 2-3 Ton battery locomotives and one is a Brookville, all 30" ga.

Dave Shirey is keeping 2 battery locos and the Brookville for the museum collection. One Atlas battery loco, which was part of the auction, but not sold, is currently spoken for.

Tavor · **Joined:** Fri Dec 21, 2012 4:32 pm **Posts:** 200

Huh. Any idea on the status of the PRR Clearance Car?

Mike Shirk · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:10 pm

It's still there.