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East Broad Top #12 is the first Mikado locomotive built for the railroad in 1911. The new Mikado began the process of modernizing the East Broad Top locomotive fleet, replacing the aging mixed roster of various locomotive types which ran on the railroad prior. The locomotive was designed to haul 15 loaded coal hoppers on the railroad.
The East Broad Top Railroad (EBT) is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge historic and heritage railroad headquartered in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania. Operating from 1871 to 1956, it is one of the United States' oldest and best-preserved narrow-gauge railroads, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964.
The class of 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives were designed in the 1910s with one example East Broad Top #12 "Millie" being built in December 1911, where it was classified by East Broad Top as a Baldwin 12-28 E-1. [1] [2] [3] But in the 1930s, an updated version was drawn up.
12 at East Broad Top Railroad, a narrow gauge railway headquartered in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania, which has six preserved Mikado locomotives, all built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, and six others. The railroad operated from 1871 to 1956. It operated as a heritage railroad from 1960 until 2011, and was reopened in 2021 as a tourist attraction.
East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company: 1856 1956 N/A Continued as a tourist railroad: East Mahanoy Railroad: RDG: 1854 1951 Reading Company: East Mahanoy and Hazleton Railroad: EMHR 1992 1996 Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad: East Penn Railways: EPRY 1995 2007 East Penn Railroad: East Pennsylvania Railroad: RDG: 1857 1976 ...
The East Broad Top used their timber-transfer hoist in the 1930s to shift standard gauge cars onto narrow gauge trucks. [22] In the early 2020's the heritage operation restoring the railroad, announced their intent to acquire several period appropriate standard gauge cars to regauge to represent the practice in photo charters. [23]
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System : 193 UN member states , [ 1 ] two UN General Assembly non-member observer ...
The EMD GP18 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors, Electro-Motive Division between December 1959 and November 1963. [1] Power was provided by a 16-567D1 16-cylinder engine which generated 1,800 horsepower (1.34 MW). [1]