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Otis413 New Member
Join date : 2019-06-21 Points : 1994 Posts : 15 Location : Cass, W.Va.
| Subject: A smokin' Climax! Fri Sep 06, 2019 8:13 pm | |
| Our 1919 Climax (c/n 1551, 70 ton class C) CSRR #9 is finally up and running! First time she's steamed in well over 50 years. First fire up. Before. Hydro test earlier this year (FRA inspection) certified for 200 psi working pressure. Running. Climax locomotive shop number 1551 was built by the Climax Locomotive Works in Corry, Pennsylvania, in 1919 and delivered new to the Moore-Keppel Company lumber operation in Ellamore (Randolph County) West Virginia. It operated there until the lumber mill closed in 1946. It was then used as standby power on the coal hauling Middle Fork Railroad before being retired in 1960. It was the one of the last Climax locomotives in U.S. commercial operation. Purchased by the State of W.Va. in 1970 for the Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, restoration work had just started when a massive fire destroyed the Cass shop complex in July, 1972. Restoration was taken up again in 2002 by a group of dedicated volunteers working a couple of weekends a month at the CSRR. In 2015 the Railroad part of the state park was taken over by the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad and the restoration was continued by the crew of the Cass Locomotive Shop (CSRR) under the direction of the DGVR. 09-05-2019 marked the first day it moved under its own power, today it ran for a special Heritage event here at the CSRR State park. Pulled a few log cars around for photo shoots and will (God willing) run again Sunday, and more in the future! | |
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| Subject: Re: A smokin' Climax! Fri Sep 06, 2019 8:26 pm | |
| Nice job! I think there is a non operating one at the Pennsylvania railroad museum. Weren't they a sort of "budget" brand so to speak at the time and a bit cheaper than machines from other companies? I remember reading a bit about it at the museum but that's about all I remember. Good to see stuff like this being restored and operating. It's a tough situation with that sort of thing in a lot of places because of the money involved and all the safety stuff that's required.
Also welcome to the forum. Do you do a lot of machine work ect? | |
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| Subject: Re: A smokin' Climax! Fri Sep 06, 2019 8:30 pm | |
| What a beaut! She has definitely come a long way! "This'll either wake you up or put you to sleep forever!"- Red Green "Whatever you do you should do right, even if it's something wrong." - Hank Hill - MTD Off-Road Build - Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build - Craftsman GT 6000 Off-Road Build - Sears LT11 Rat Rod Build *2019 Build-Off Winner!* Garden Tractor Collection: Allis B-110 x2, 710, 716, & 410 - Wheel Horse 655, 953 & 500 Special - Case 444 - Bolens Versamatic, G10 & 1668 Diesel Swapped - Cub 106, 124 & 1000/149 Frankentractor - Ford 120, LGT 125 & 145 - White 1650 Yard Boss - Moto Mower 710-100 | |
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| Subject: Re: A smokin' Climax! Fri Sep 06, 2019 9:22 pm | |
| I have to admit I never figured I see a steam engine on a off road lawn tractor forum...
Thats really neat. There is a local guy around here I think is supposed to be getting an engine that ran the rails through a property he owns. | |
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