Thanks to the Age of Steam Roundhouse and Ohio Central Railroad - The swiss festival has the following 0-6-0 engine at the Sugarcreek OH depot -- was surprised to see it their and took these on the fly.
Also seen on their web page updated info on the B&LE 643 move from Pa to Sugarcreek.
http://www.ageofsteamroundhouse.com
in the roundhouse report.
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Thanks.
Was it running? And met by a '37-'38? Oldsmobile... A nice step back in time.
colorado hirailer posted:Was it running? And met by a '37-'38? Oldsmobile... A nice step back in time.
No but it is an operational engine - according to age of steam web page -- I noticed some ash under the firebox and on the ground so it may have come up on its own power - age of steam is about 8 miles from this location in Sugarcreek. -- and it was a 38 Olds.
Were those phots taken near 77, possibly next to a McDonalds?
Berkshire President posted:Were those phots taken near 77, possibly next to a McDonalds?
No, they was taken at the depot in downtown Sugarcreek Ohio -- This is during the Swiss Festival that ended on Saturday. I77 is about 15 miles away. on google map -- location is 111 E factory street, Sugarcreek OH.
MP BA232.7 posted:colorado hirailer posted:Was it running? And met by a '37-'38? Oldsmobile... A nice step back in time.
No but it is an operational engine - according to age of steam web page -- I noticed some ash under the firebox and on the ground so it may have come up on its own power - age of steam is about 8 miles from this location in Sugarcreek. -- and it was a 38 Olds.
It ran to the station under it's own power. AOS posted a video of it running to their Facebook page.
Thank you for the great photographs! I hope to make a trip to the Age of Steam Roundhouse next year!!
J611 Thank you for the info -- I missed the Facebook page. I live within 2 miles of the Age of Steam Roundhouse -- (Baltic OH) and its always interesting to drive by and see the equipment in the their storage area. Looking forward to seeing the B&LE 643 back together again here.
Just wish Age of Steam and OHCR could work out something to bring back the tourist train between Sugarcreek and Baltic again -- I had rode that back in 1999/2000 and was shocked when I moved here this year that it had been discontinued.
Thanks Mark -- took them with a cell phone and happy they turned out (somewhat at least).
The 4-year old phone is the only digital camera I have. I think they do a great job on daylight photography.
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