Steam & Excursion > So Much History Just Sitting & Waiting At The Lakeside!

For many of us in the steam community there are certain locomotives that we have waited our whole lives to see back in operation. We all have certain favorites that capture so much history that we literally count the days until they return to steam.

Here is one such special engine for many of us. This small narrow gauge 2-6-0 has been idle for many more years than she was ever in service, but what amazing service that was!

She was fist built by Baldwin back in April, 1875 for the Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company for service after the small mill town for which she was named, "Glenbrook", Nevada. This little engine with her brass polished trim and Russian boiler cladding operated trains of logs and lumber from Glenbrook on the shores of Lake Tahoe to Spooner Summit where the wood was put into flumes to be taken down the eastern flanks of the Sierra to Carson City for use in the mines of the Comstock lode.

When the wood supplies of the C&TL&F played out she was sold in January 1899 to the Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Co. at Tahoe City, California. She received her first air brakes from Baldwin in March 1899 as she entered passenger service on the 3' gauge line from Tahoe City to the connection with the Southern Pacific at Truckee, California.

She continued in active service on the LTR&N line until that line was purchased by the SP and converted to standard gauge. The Bliss family who had owned the LTR&N line retained her in their ownership after the SP bought the line. She sat as we see her here in September 1936, at the old enginehouse at Tahoe City for over 10 years until the Bliss family sold her to the Nevada County Narrow Gauge RR at Grass Valley, CA where she was to serve as a parts source for her twin the "Tahoe" from the C&TL&F line from where she first operated.

Fortunately for all of us, the Bliss family bought her back in 1943 from the scraping company that was tearing up the NCNG and donated her to the Nevada State Museum in Carson City where she remained until 1981 when her long restoration was begun at the Nevada State RR museum.

She is slated to return to steam operation for the first time this coming Memorial Day. I for one, would not miss that for all the world!

Martin



Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 03/03/15 03:24 by LoggerHogger.

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Great photo . . but a better story!

thanks Martin

Craig
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When she operates will she be the oldest engine operating?

tomstp Wrote:
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> When she operates will she be the oldest engine
> operating?


Dan Markoff's "Eureka" was also built in 1875, so if one is older it is just by months.

Z

The Glenbrook was built in April 1975 and the Eureka was built in July of 1875, make the Glenbrook slightly older.

Martin

Virginia & Truckee #22 the "Inyo" was built in Feb, 1875.

That picture should be over on the NGDF so we could bash the stack design.

Out

Hello

William mason at the B&O museum was built in august 1856 at is currently is operational

John bull was built in 1931, when it was operated in 1981 was the oldest operational locomotive

Puffing Billy in the UK is the oldest surviving locomotive in the world 1813

I dont know it there is operational locomotive outside the us older than william mason

Chris

Just a few days ago I was wearing the "Glenbrook" tee shirt my son-in-law bought me at the Nevada State RR Museum. They are serious with the restoration.

Ok with the which is older, its quite old and lucky we still have her. Soon she will grace the rails to the enjoyment of others. Thanks Loggerhogger.