When i lived in Cleveland. And in my younger days. I always love going to a park called Brookside park. To see a steam engine #2707. It was on display for the longest time. We was able to climb all over it. It was fun. And it was a sad day i when i found out it was sent to a scrap dealer. A couple of years ago i found out. (Thanks to the internet) it was obtained from that scrap dealer by a private owner. It was stored at a former Baltimore & Ohio roundhouse in Cleveland. The roundhouse had been leased by the Midwest Railway Historical Foundation. Sometime in the early 1990s, 2707 was relocated to the IRM.
What i would love to do is to get a locomotive just like the 2707. And put it on my Layout For a display. I want to get one that dont run. I dont know to much about steam. So can any one help me. name this kind of steamer. so when im out and about i know what i will be looking for. Thanks very much for any help.
Here are some pics of it
This is when it was at the park
At the Illinois Railway Museum
former Baltimore & Ohio roundhouse in Cleveland. The Midwest Railway Historical Foundation. Still uses it
Walthers site shows a 2-8-4 decorated for C&O by both Bachmann and MTH in HO scale. They are both listed as sold out, but may still be available from some dealers.
The 2-8-4 2700’s were indeed Berkshires (Lima) and we referred to by the C&O as “Kanawhas”. So named after the original old C&O Kanawha horse pulled boat canal that dates back to pre-railroad days, parts of which still exist in Richmond & environs to this day. The canal ran north-west out of Richmond, VA. The C&O (CSX) tracks still parallel the old Kanawha canal along the James River.
Kanawha #2732 can be seen on Display in Richmond at the Old Broad Street station which is now the Science Museum of Virginia. pictures to be found at…
The old Kanawha canal has as much lore and romance connected with it in the south as the Erie canal does up north. The C&O used it in advertising and it is part of their story. The canal was still in limited commercial use up until the early 1900’s, long after the railroad displaced its economic value.
Much of the original canal and locks remained into the 1950’s! Now only sections of it remain with water in it just west of Richmond.
To find one that doesn’t run, I’d suggest maybe looking for a “clunker” at a model railroad flea market, or perhaps contact Bachmann and see if they have one that was returned under warranty because of some electrical problem.
Either that or buy one new, and remove the motor, green “light board” and decoder (I think the Bachmann ones are “DCC equipped”) and sell them to a friend or post them on Ebay to get some of your money back. If you shop around, the new ones aren’t very expensive.
Hum, when I was young and local parks had Steam Engines and WWII tanks in them they made great Make Out Spots. Made out in the old Steam Engine that was in Broadripple Park in Indianapolis (think it was restored) and in a Sherman Tank in Washington IND.
But that was when I was young. Sherman Tank these days, I would have to call Fire Rescue to get me out! [(-D]
You may also be able to find an old Rivarrosi 2-8-4 cheep and use it. I bought some from Trainworld a while back for 29.95. The C&O named its locomotives after mountains and rivers when they deemed the original name to be unsuitable, 4-8-4s were Greenbriers.
The start of my layout was the Overland Unlimited from Bachmann. I used the 4-8-4 Northern that came with the set to make a static display. I didn’t quite want it in pristine condition, so I sprayed a coat of Dullcote on it, then, using a garden mister, sprayed it with alcohol.
I’m back, this kit was made by HOBBYLINE hobbykits, it’s a Berkshire NKP class S-1 , just type in “plastic Hobbyline hobbykits” the kit is from the 1950’s. and is very accurately scaled.
there are still a few for sale on the internet thingy.
