Eastern Railroad Discussion > Rebirth of B&O 8408

Saturday saw the rebirth of former B&O SW1 #8408, built back in August 1940 by GM/EMC, on the Wilmington & western Railroad.
First image is  at the Greenbank, DE station
Second crossing the Red Clay Creek at Greenbank
Third crossing DE Route 48
 

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Next crossing the Red Clay Creek east of Yorklyn, DE
Fifth passing a defunct paper mill at Yorklyn
Last image arriving in Hockessin the end of the line for a run around move to head back to Greenbank.

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That is a nice looking train......!!

Nice pics.  Good composition and lighting.  Are there any other diesels in "regular excursion" that are older?    Hard to believe 76 years old! 

I was never lucky enough to see a B&O SW-1 in that paint but saw many other B&O switchers painted that way. Brings back lots of nice memory's. Beautiful.

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Thats a beautiful looking locomotive.. Many thanks to those who made it look like that. You did a fantastic job.

Randy

Congrats to all involved and a great photo series! That's a really nice looking train. 

Nice set of pics Dale!

Not only does it look good but it is completely mechanically rebuilt as well, along with much steel replacement and electrical rebuilding over the last 4 years, by McHugh Locomotive. McHugh donated a good amount of parts to help this project along, but there was also a significant financial outlay by the W&W/HRCV for this restoration, which is fully paid off.

Pretty impressive rebuild of this loco from an operation that was essentially wiped of the map by hurricanes not once but twice between 1999 and 2003.

W&W's other SW-1, EX Lehigh Valley #114, also dates from 1940.

Look for 0-6-0 #58 to return to operation later this year.

Good things always happening in rail preservation in the First State

Note the operable former B&O semaphore standing trackside, I believe which is originally from the B&O's West Branch into Wilmington.

There are videos of 98 passing this very semaphore back in the 1980's when en route to downtown Wilmington for "Transportation Day".



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/30/16 06:31 by nhiwwrr.

The engine looks great, glad it's up and running.  The photos of the trip are vey well done.