Daily News | A century-old Philly steam-engine rides again at an historic railroad station
Built in Philly more than a century ago, at Baldwin Locomotive Works, then the largest producer of steam-engines in the world, it was a workhorse, hauling iron and coal. Then diesel trains took over, and for decades the historic locomotive gathered dust in a railroad.
Starting in May, passengers can buy tickets to sit in one of Locomotive No. 16′s plush vintage cabooses or restored open-air coaches, as it rolls and whistles and huffs and chugs along a nine-mile ride through the South Central Pennsylvania countryside. “It’s like a living breathing machine – that’s the only way to describe it,” said Jonathan Smith, a spokesperson for East Broad Top. “It stimulates all the senses. You smell it. You feel the engine move. You get coal on your face. It is truly a sensory experience.Locomotive 16 came to its final stop in 1956, when East Broad Top shuttered its rails.
Locomotive No. 16 was one of six narrow gauge steam locomotives the company purchased from Baldwin between 1911 and 1920. None of the engines were in any condition to run, Smith said.“They had to strip it down to its bare bones and put it back together again,” he said, adding that East Broad Top plans to restore the other trains in the fleet.
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