TVRM to acquire F Unit?

pullmanologist · **Joined:** Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:20 am **Posts:** 25

I have heard from several reliable sources outside of the organization that Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum is acquiring an F Unit that is stored on the Caney Fork & Western to run with their former Southern Railway E Unit. Does anyone know the heritage of this locomotive and who owns it?

Termite7 · **Joined:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:29 pm **Posts:** 397

So is this an ex-Mailwaukee unit? Those are usually very rusty. Is this an Ed Bowers collectable?
T7

PMC · **Joined:** Sat Oct 17, 2015 5:55 pm **Posts:** 2870

It is indeed being speculated on a CF&W facebook page, by those who have seen the original post here, that this former Milwaukee FP-7 (60A) used on an excursion train on another nearby Ironhorse Resources shortline, Walking Horse RR, until around 10 years ago and derelict since, might be involved. I must note however that no one has been able to confirm the theory of our OP here. Here it was in February of this year (top) and 2016 (bottom):

EDM · **Posted:** Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:17 am

If TVRM is looking for another cab unit to complement their E unit, RMNE has an FL-9 for sale; it has been in the RyPN Classifieds since April.

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

I thought they had a pair of F units in East Chatt?

Crescent-Zephyr · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:15 pm **Posts:** 1799

I think they got an F unit with the #5288 from Steamtown. I think it went straight to storage, not sure of its heritage. I remember reading it in their newsletter when they got the #5288 all those years ago.

Alan Walker · **Posted:** Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:04 pm

TVRM had a Milwaukee Road E unit years ago. IIRC, it went to scrap. The F units located at East Chattanooga (last I knew) are private property of a member and are ex NC&St. L.

JohnnyWinkler · **Joined:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:32 pm **Posts:** 85

Around 1997 TVRM acquired Haysi RR #1. An ex-Clinchfield B unit turned into a remote control unit. I was listening to my scanner the night NS moved it through Morristown,Tn when enroute to Chattanooga via Frisco,Bulls Gap and Knoxville. I remember the NS train crew referred to it as "the scrap engine" as it set off a hot box detector east of Morristown.(By the sounds of them it was not the first trouble they had with it.) I think it then sat at Sevier yard in Knoxville for at least several days. TVRM was lucky that NS continued to move it I guess.

p51 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 23, 2019 4:51 pm

JohnnyWinkler wrote:

Around 1997 TVRM acquired Haysi RR #1. An ex-Clinchfield B unit turned into a remote control unit. .

Wow, I had no idea they had that!
Just looked it up and found this 2002 photo. Has it improved since this was taken?
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-9HR ... RQZ7-M.jpg

etalcos · **Posted:** Tue Jul 23, 2019 5:01 pm

p51 wrote:

JohnnyWinkler wrote:

Around 1997 TVRM acquired Haysi RR #1. An ex-Clinchfield B unit turned into a remote control unit. .

Wow, I had no idea they had that!
Just looked it up and found this 2002 photo. Has it improved since this was taken?
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-9HR ... RQZ7-M.jpg

The two Clinchfield B units at TVRM are privately owned, including the Haysi unit.

BigBoy 4023 · **Joined:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 1:40 am **Posts:** 489

Still three Milw F units in Indiana for sale.

Robert