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Steam & Excursion > Steamtown Train at Chester, VT on September 5, 1965Date: 03/21/19 19:44 Steamtown Train at Chester, VT on September 5, 1965 Author: MartyBernard These are scans of Roger Patelski's three slides of this Steamtown locomotive.
Here is what the Steamtown site says about her: Rahway Valley No. 15 2-8-0, Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works, June 1916. Builder's no. 43529. Cylinders: 20 x 26, Drive Wheels: 50, Weight on Drivers: 127,700, Boiler Pressure: 200, Tractive Effort: 35,360. Built as No. 20 for Oneida & Western Railroad in Oneida, TN. Used in coal and lumber hauling. Sold in 1937 to Rahway Valley, a shortline railroad at Kenilworth, NJ and renumbered to No. 15 in 1937. On at least one occasion major repairs were handled at the Lackawanna's Scranton shop. Sold to Nelson Blount in 1959 and remained in operation until 1973. Enjoy this cutie, Marty Bernard Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 03/21/19 19:51 by MartyBernard.    Date: 03/22/19 06:40 Re: Steamtown Train at Chester, VT on September 5, 1965 Author: aehouse In those days, the engineer on the train was often the founder, F. Nelson Blount.
My late father and I rode with him one summer Saturday in 1966. After arrival back in Bellows Falls, the gazillionaire went through the coaches tidying them up, and said to us: "I pick up the trash around here." He was quite a man. Art House |