Mostly about my backyard chickens. (Boring, I know), but there are a lot of us out here. Mine are only kept as pampered pets. I could eat a neighbor's chicken, but not MINE. There may be a comment on current events only if I get riled up enough. And there will always be a cartoon or a joke to cheer us. I promise to try my very best to respond to comments. Now I have to figure out how this blogger thingy works....
Friday, May 13, 2016
Friday Night Steam
Sit back and relax with plenty of steam, bells and whistles!
Southern Railway No. 630
is a 2-8-0 type steam locomotive built in 1904 by the American
Locomotive Company for the Southern Railway. It is a Class Ks-1
Consolidation.
Southern Railway #630 was used on Southern in regular freight
service, originally assigned to the Asheville Division. The locomotive
was retired in 1952, and bought by the East Tennessee & Western
North Carolina Railway and was renumbered as ET&WNC 207. The
locomotive operated on the ET&WNC until 1967, when the Southern
Railway traded in the then ET&WNC 207 for it's new steam program.
ET&WNC 207 then returned to Southern 630 again, and served the
Southern's steam program until 1983. Then the locomotive was donated to
the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in 1999, after it was leased to
them. Then, Southern 630 went under a ten year restoration, with frame
work, replacing or fixing parts, etc. The engine returned to service in
2011 and it is participating in the 21st Century Steam program along
with Southern Railway No. 4501 which will also participate in the program after it's restoration is finished.
Some of those engineers can make the train whistle just Sing! I live half a block from the tracks through my town, so I hear the whistles up close and personal. There is one engineer here who does the same thing. I love the sound.
Oh, how I miss the whistles! I could hear the trains from our old house. After a while you could tell which engineer was on each train. No two whistle songs were alike!
My two favorite railroads - Southern and ET&WTN. Only 11 miles of the ET&WTN were standard gauge and part of that was dual gauge. It ran from Elizabethton, TN to Johnson City, TN. The narrow gauge ran to Boone NC. Total length was about 66 miles. It was known as the Tweetsie for the sound the whistle made in the mountains (or its other nickname as the "Eat Taters & Wear No Clothes" Railroad). Both are gone now. Southern through merger. The North Carolina Transportation Museum is located at the old Southern shops in Spencer.
Trains!!! Cool.
ReplyDeleteSome of those engineers can make the train whistle just Sing! I live half a block from the tracks through my town, so I hear the whistles up close and personal. There is one engineer here who does the same thing. I love the sound.
Oh, how I miss the whistles! I could hear the trains from our old house. After a while you could tell which engineer was on each train. No two whistle songs were alike!
DeleteMy two favorite railroads - Southern and ET&WTN. Only 11 miles of the ET&WTN were standard gauge and part of that was dual gauge. It ran from Elizabethton, TN to Johnson City, TN. The narrow gauge ran to Boone NC. Total length was about 66 miles. It was known as the Tweetsie for the sound the whistle made in the mountains (or its other nickname as the "Eat Taters & Wear No Clothes" Railroad).
ReplyDeleteBoth are gone now. Southern through merger. The North Carolina Transportation Museum is located at the old Southern shops in Spencer.
"Eat Taters & Wear No Clothes" Railroad. Bet that made it a VERY interesting train ride..... :o)
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