GTW 6039

bobyar2001 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:04 am

Undated and no location, but before rebuilding with the newer drivers that it now has at Steamtown:

http://abpr.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?a ... tw6039.jpg

Also undated, but taken at Valpariso, Indiana, long ago:

http://abpr.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?a ... w6039a.jpg

Kevin Gillespie · **Posted:** Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:01 am

That is a beautiful locomotive from her Elesco feedwater heater in the front to that magnificent Vanderbilt tender in the rear.. I know about her cracked left cylinder, but IMHO, this should be the next operational restoration at Steamtown.

tomgears · **Posted:** Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:09 pm

She is indeed a beauty, seeing her run would be fantastic.

wesp · **Posted:** Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:00 pm

Can someone explain further the comment about "the newer drivers that it now has at Steamtown"?

Thanks.

Wesley

Erik Ledbetter · **Posted:** Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:22 pm

wesp wrote:

Can someone explain further the comment about "the newer drivers that it now has at Steamtown"?

While she was still in service GTW moderized her with disc drivers on all 4 axles, replacing the spoked originals:

http://www.rnbphoto.com/Steamtown/Steamtown-Pages/Image6.html

Hence, she has disc drivers today at Steamtown.