@Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:We seem to have strayed just a bit, so I think we should get back on 1218.
So, when was the last time 1218 ran under its own power?
We've also debated on where would 1218 be set to run the rails should it be restored(at least I think someone said something). Question for that part, is there anywhere besides mainlines(not saying it would run there) where it would be too restrictive because of something like rails wouldn't be able to handle it?
Last operated November 1991. Two weekends of excursions after the big 25th Anniversary event in Chattanooga.
There are some places where it could not run, even on mainline trackage. For example, it wasn't allowed on the NS line between Asheville, NC and Bulls Gap/Morristown, TN even though the 765 and even the T&P 610 operated on that line. 611 couldn't run on that line either. Like any engine, you'd have to do a clearance check before saying definitively whether it could run somewhere. The clearance points on steam engines aren't necessarily where you think they would be.
