Montour Railroad (MTH short run)

Have you tried Google? There is a lot of information, including maps, about the Montour Railroad.

Colorado,

The Montour Railroad was formed to do one thing-to haul coal from the mines of the Pittsburgh Coal Co.(later to become Consolidated Coal Co. or Consol) to the Champion prep plant.  It operated  in the western and southern areas of Allegheny County along with the northern area of Washington County,  both southwest of Pittsburgh.  The Montour was in business for a hundred years until the early 1980's.  There are two excellent books about the Montour writer by Gene Schaffer.  The 2-8-2 that is being produced by MTH is a special run done for Imperial Trains.  I believe that it will be a Railking Imperial version engine.

The 0-10-2 steam engine that you mentioned was actually used by the Union railroad,  also in the Pittsburgh area.  They are still in business today and still serve the remaining United States Steel plants,  hauling raw materials in and finished products out.

Nick 

Fast forward 40 years.  The Montour RR is now the Montour Trail.   Surprisingly after 40 years, some of the rails are back, via Marcellous Shale Gas, and the Westland collection point, that uses the old Westland spur to the US Steel coal mines.
Montour Westland Spur file.
Montour Bike Trail
Lower end Aug 8, 2011

The Montour Trial is part of the Great Allegheny Passage bike trail, Pittsburgh to Washington DC.
Trail map.

Additional map, lower end.

There is a Montour RR Historical Society that has a lot of information about the Montour including the steam engines modeled by MTH.


IMO, the Belpaire fire box is not right, but it is a Railking offering.

There is another Montour RR group on Yahoo.  As the story goes, when the W&LE , Wheeling and Lake Erie RR wanted to install rail to Westland, PA, they had to deal with the Trail Group, who had exclusive rights, to the Right of Way.  There has been a lot of new found wealth spent on the Montour Trial, come spend a weekend in Pittsburgh, and ride the trail.

Yes, Unon RR for the O-10-2...I shoulda gone to my reference.  I was just curious

and thought there might be some others interested in this RR and offering.  Still

curious...has anybody ever taken a grinder and fill to one of these locos with a

Belpaire fire box, or would it still look wrong?