So let me get this straight. Instead of giving a steam engine who's in perfect working order to a working steam museum like the booth bay railroad and village in maine, they give it to a museum where it will stay in one spot fore years to come? WTF!!!?
Hmmm. I always had a crazy dream in the back of my head. Why can't there be a steam train powered by electricity? Think about it. Newer trains are being powered by electricity, so cant the electric motor be hidden away in the tender? wires would run ro the engine and power the pistons. Sure, it wont be authentic, but it might be a small "rebirth" in steam trains
Glad Ward invited me to the house with Tom Sherman to see the Nevada start up after so many years in 1985. He made me the brakeman on its box car. The Chloe also ran that day. Glad I took pictures.
please fire her up, we all would love to see her run again
pennyf9 4 months ago
So let me get this straight. Instead of giving a steam engine who's in perfect working order to a working steam museum like the booth bay railroad and village in maine, they give it to a museum where it will stay in one spot fore years to come? WTF!!!?
MovieGoer19 1 year ago
Last I heard, new boiler, running gear and misc. other parts while working on the tender and a water tower....
SYBEX21 1 year ago
Hmmm. I always had a crazy dream in the back of my head. Why can't there be a steam train powered by electricity? Think about it. Newer trains are being powered by electricity, so cant the electric motor be hidden away in the tender? wires would run ro the engine and power the pistons. Sure, it wont be authentic, but it might be a small "rebirth" in steam trains
BrickstarRunner 1 year ago
Glad Ward invited me to the house with Tom Sherman to see the Nevada start up after so many years in 1985. He made me the brakeman on its box car. The Chloe also ran that day. Glad I took pictures.
ABOSS302 2 years ago
will they operate her
orangetrain66 2 years ago
At this time we don't have plans to steam her up....yet.
ryanpce 2 years ago
o ok but she is able to be operated
orangetrain66 2 years ago
Yes she is, but and she was steamed up prior to being given to OERM. With FRA standards and rules, it will be difficult to steam her up again.
ryanpce 2 years ago
o ok
orangetrain66 2 years ago
Shame the FRA says she can't be run. What do they say about restoring Ward's other locomotive?
pieman97405 2 years ago
Plans are already under way to bring Emma Nevada back to life and hopefully in a few years it will be compleate.
ryanpce 2 years ago
Does anybody know if there is a list of surviving Baldwin 2' engines out there? At least ones in the US?
run202run 2 years ago
I've always loved the look of that engine!
tzkelley 2 years ago
That's pretty cool! I might check it out.
railfan101 2 years ago
whee are they moving chloe to
trainkid0616 2 years ago
Chloe has been moved to the Richard Nixon Lirary in Yorba Linda, CA for 2 months for a holiday train exhibit.
ryanpce 2 years ago