Rick Rowlands
Titanium
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2005
- Location
- Youngstown, Ohio
A week ago Saturday I left home for five days working on a construction project in North Carolina. I made it a point to find as many steam locomotives that I could on the way down and back. Thanks to Steam Locomotive dot Com the task was a relatively easy one. I found 11 locomotives, ranging in condition from immaculate to utterly destroyed.
The first was a small Vulcan 0-4-0T at Warthers Carvings in Dover, OH. Recently had a bit of attention and a paint job. The new cab is the size of a garden shed, and built like one too.
The second is Baldwin 0-6-0 No. 3 at the Hocking Valley Scenic Railroad. She was getting a staybolt replaced that day and a hydro test. She will be running next year on the HVSR.
This is a Vulcan 0-4-0T at Beckley, WV. Yes she is derailed on her display pad, as if someone was trying to roll it down the hill. Probably good that the cylinders are stuck! Nice small loco that could be an easy restoration candidate, but instead she sits here and has to bear all sorts of abuse from the neighborhood children.
The first was a small Vulcan 0-4-0T at Warthers Carvings in Dover, OH. Recently had a bit of attention and a paint job. The new cab is the size of a garden shed, and built like one too.
The second is Baldwin 0-6-0 No. 3 at the Hocking Valley Scenic Railroad. She was getting a staybolt replaced that day and a hydro test. She will be running next year on the HVSR.
This is a Vulcan 0-4-0T at Beckley, WV. Yes she is derailed on her display pad, as if someone was trying to roll it down the hill. Probably good that the cylinders are stuck! Nice small loco that could be an easy restoration candidate, but instead she sits here and has to bear all sorts of abuse from the neighborhood children.