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Great Smoky Mountains opens new steam shop
Glad to see a former U.S. Army 2-8-0 being repaired and put under steam. Over 2000 of these locomotives were build to the same S160 design and few are still in existance!
Glad to see a former U.S. Army 2-8-0 being repaired and put under steam. Over 2000 of these locomotives were build to the same S160 design and few are still in existance!
Glad to see a former U.S. Army 2-8-0 being repaired and put under steam. Over 2000 of these locomotives were build to the same S160 design and few are still in existance!
Glad to see a former U.S. Army 2-8-0 being repaired and put under steam. Over 2000 of these locomotives were build to the same S160 design and few are still in existance!
Glad to see a former U.S. Army 2-8-0 being repaired and put under steam. Over 2000 of these locomotives were build to the same S160 design and few are still in existance!
Glad to see a former U.S. Army 2-8-0 being repaired and put under steam. Over 2000 of these locomotives were build to the same S160 design and few are still in existance!
@Garrett. I wholeheartedly agree. It is sad to see a former ET&WNC and Southern engine rusting away.
This is great, but Why don’t they sell Southern 722 to somebody who can do something with it? I mean she’s sitting out in the rain rusting away the last time I saw the engine, heck she was in parts? Just saying!
Send 722 to NCTM in Spencer. They’ll give it a good home.
Kudos to the group taking on this project. No Crane, No Pit but lots of enthusiasm. My guess is that lots of other shops don’t have a pit or crane. The Steam Institute in Owosso Michigan comes to mind. While they want to build a new shop they have done quite well for the Pere Marquette 1225. Rather then criticize I would encourage donations of either Time or Money.
No pit? No crane? No lights? Hmmmmm. Efficient.
Fantastic! One thing the world needs is more steam shops!
Oh, and Mr. Brown, when you post a comment just hit the “submit your comment” once. It’ll fool you, I know, but it does go through with one hit, trust me.
Another s-160 class consolidation locomotive is currently undergoing a rebuild in Alaska and the “shop” is an old warehouse. A lot can be done with some clever repurposing of fork lifts, front-end loaders, etc. For work beyone their ability such as turning the drivers, that can be contracted out to steam shops with specialized lathes and other steam-era tools. For more information on the former Alaskan Railroad engine
http://www.alaskarails.org/pix/former-loco/557/index.html
Good grief, can’t something be done to keep multiple copies of the same message from being posted?
Glad to see a former U.S. Army 2-8-0 being repaired and put under steam. Over 2000 of these locomotives were build to the same S160 design and few are still in existence!
Glad to see a former U.S. Army 2-8-0 being repaired and put under steam. Over 2000 of these locomotives were build to the same S160 design and few are still in existence!
Glad to see a former U.S. Army 2-8-0 being repaired and put under steam. Over 2000 of these locomotives were build to the same S160 design and few are still in existence!