Steam & Excursion > Quincy Railroad #2 Pressed into MOW service

Back in 2003 on the Niles Canyon Railway, the Quincy Railroad Co. #2 was pressed into MOW service to deliver a flatcar load of rail to the mighty "Ballasteros" who were hard at work near the Hearst interchange.

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Here is a photo taken last month on the 21nd, as the #2 switches cars at the spot for transit back to the yard.

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And who said working steam is dead ??? :D

Is she a sister locomotive to Granite Rock No. 10 at CSRM? They resemble each other.

Close but no seegar...

Granite Rock No. 10 Porter 1942 0-6-0ST
Ex- U.S. Army No. 5001. Gift 9/95 of Granite Rock Company; restored 1997 by GR and CSRM. Operable; oil burner.


http://www.csrmf.org/doc.asp?id=152


Quincy Railroad Company No. 2
Builder ALCO, Schenectady, NY
Construction No. 65032
Date December, 1924
Type 2-6-2T
Cylinders 16 x 24 Inches
Drivers 44 Inches
Boiler Pressure 180 PSI
Gross Weight 119,700 pounds 59.8 Tons

Tractive Effort 21,400 LBS.

http://www.ncry.org/roster/s_02/q2builder.shtml

The QRR 2 is believed in essence to be the prototype 2-6-2T marketed by ALCO, and there are several unique stories concerning the locomotive's early years of existence. So I don't screw them up by repeating, I'll pass on relaying them on here.

The Granite Rock 10 is a typical US Army 0-6-0T, and the museum owns a second which is used to cannibalize parts from. The Queen Anne's in Lewes, DE, used to operate one, and the Southeast Ry. Museum in Georgia still runs theirs, the only operable standard-gauge steam locomotive in the State I believe.

The secound photo is Very well done. Nice to see scenery in RR photos. Thanks for posting.
Dave