Crab Orchard & Egyptian 2-8-0 #17

A few scenes of Crab Orchard & Egyptian #17 in the early 80's. #17 was the last steam locomotive in common carrier freight service in the U.S. She never pulled a single excursion or passenger train. She ran between Marion and Ordill, Illinois, from 1979 to 1986.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Steam
• Train
• Crab
• Orchard
• Egyptian

[Matt3985]

Is the Boone & Scenic Railway planning on restoring this engine back to operating condition. I would rather ride behind this engine rathire than the forein Chiniese Engine. :) :(

[MaryRaeMcPherson]

@Matt3985 The chances of this engine ever running on the B&SV are somewhere on the downside of the slim to none scale. Short of someone winning the lottery and throwing their winnings at it, this locomotive will remain stuffed and mounted.

This engine needed considerable work when it left the CO&E; boiler and firebox work as well as body work on the tender. Work done to it by a contractor in Dupo, Illinois, further damaged the boiler and over two decades outdoors has not helped either.

Mary

[ma7799]

Nice shots? what year was this filmed?

[MaryRaeMcPherson]

@ma7799 This was filmed between 1980 and 1985.

[TheWidowsSonTemplar]

That's a nice engine. I guess she doesn't run anymore. The nice sounding whistle sounds a lot like a Southern PS4. Whould have liked to have seen that run. You're lucky & thanks for sharing it

[MaryRaeMcPherson]

@TheWidowsSonTemplar The whistle came off the Illinois Central Railroad; from 2-10-2 #2807 to be specific. Interestingly, sound recordings of #2807 were (are?) sold by Revelation Video when they were known as Revelation Audio-Visuals.

[tsfirefighter]

Mary, I work for the B&SV and we are doing some updates on signage, would it be ok to link to your video so people standing next to #17 can pull up your video and see what she looked like when she was in her prime?

Thanks!

[Tailterrier27]

Sweet Tusky Tooth, she's pulling piggybacks!

[naterailfan]

I cant beleive you got a video of the co&e when they still had steam engine #17. Great video Mary.

[rubenisapanic]

is she canadian?

[stlgevo51]

I can't believe someone has video of this machine! This is awesome. I love the last two scenes.