Steam Coming to Springfield

daylight4449 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2017 1:24 pm

Thanks to the gents from Boothbay and Edaville, it appears working steam will be making an appearance at next weekend's Railroad Hobby Show in Springfield;
http://www.amherstrail.org/ARS/news-BoothbaySteam.php

Les Beckman · **Joined:** Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:25 pm **Posts:** 6482

Neat engine! Is the headlight on number 11 an authentic Porter headlight, or if not, is its history known?

Thanks.

Les

Howard P. · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2017 3:27 pm

Looks like a Chinese headlight, with that raised section on top.

Howard P.

LVRR2095 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2017 4:19 pm

The locomotive was NOT built for the Raritan Copper Co.
It was built for the Raritan Works of the Anaconda Copper Co. later it's subsidiary International Smelting and Refining.

Keith Taylor

Jennie K · **Joined:** Fri Feb 13, 2015 2:48 pm **Posts:** 198

I like her, I like her a lot...... ;)

Dave · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2017 9:41 am

She'd have made a beautiful saddletanker........ looks a bit disproportional with a tender.

crij · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 12:15 am **Posts:** 585

When was the last time railroad equipment operated on the Big E Fairgrounds????

Rich C.

daylight4449 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 20, 2017 4:00 pm

crij wrote:

When was the last time railroad equipment operated on the Big E Fairgrounds????

Rich C.

Well the New Haven displayed an FL9 and some coaches there back in the 60s... But I don't think it got farther than that.

tim o'm · **Posted:** Fri Jan 27, 2017 9:46 am

I'm cursing like Yosemite Sam right now. Of all the years for me not to go to the show.
:(