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Valley Railroad 97 is a preserved 2-8-0 steam locomotive that was built in February 1926 by the American Locomotive Company's Cooke Works.
History
No. 97 was built by the American Locomotive Company's former Cooke Locomotive Works in February 1926 as No. 200. It was one of two locomotives that were intended to be exported to Cuba for use on the National Railway Company of Cuba. No. 200 was subsequently sold to the Birmingham and Southeastern Railroad that same year and it was moved to the company's shortline in Alabama. The locomotive pulled multiple passenger and freight trains on Birmingham and Southeastern trackage until it's retirement from revenue service in 1958.
In 1963, New York publisher Stephen D. Bogen, purchased No. 200 to haul tourists trains and moved it to the Vermont Railway, it was also renumbered to No. 97 to avoid conflict with the railroad’s diesel locomotive No. 200. No. 97 pulled mainline excursion trains on portions of the New Haven Railroad until it merged with the Penn Central Railroad in 1968. No. 97 was eventually moved to Essex, Connecticut in 1970 to haul tourists trains, it was eventually refurbished and placed into service hauling excursions for the Essex Steam Train and Riverboat in 1973. Shortly afterward, No. 97 would replace 2-6-2 locomotive No. 103 as the Valley Railroad’s train consist expanded.
No. 97 ran until December 2010, when its flue time expired, and while being displayed outdoors, the locomotive underwent its 1,472-day inspection and overhaul as required by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), but was soon back in service on October 26, 2018.
Film history
In June 2007, No. 97 was coupled to some passenger cars to be filmed at Essex station. This was for the 2008 film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, starring Harrison Ford and directed by Steven Spielberg.
Gallery
See also
Huntingdon and Broad Top 38
Arcade and Attica 18
Tennessee Valley Railroad 610
Valley Railroad 40
Valley Railroad 3025
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Anchorage, Alaska
- Harry Potter dan Piala Api
- Kota New York
- Perbudakan di Amerika Serikat
- Serikat (Perang Saudara Amerika)
- San Francisco
- Kepanikan tahun 1907
- Portland, Oregon
- Daftar trem menurut lebar sepur dan elektrifikasi
- Daftar julukan kota di Amerika Serikat
- Valley Railroad 97
- Valley Railroad (Connecticut)
- Lehigh Valley Railroad
- Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad
- Valley Railroad 40
- Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
- Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad
- Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway
- Utah and Northern Railway
- Valley Railroad 3025
