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Stored. 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.
It was also used on East Broad Top numbers 16-18, which survive today. 16 was restored to operational condition in 2023. Operation Unlike the Walschaerts and Baker ...
In 1957, the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad was revived as a tourist attraction under the common name, Tweetsie Railroad. It currently runs a three-mile (5 km) route near Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Similarly, the East Broad Top Railroad was revived in 1960 and runs on three miles of original 1873 trackage.
FALL FUN: 10 best family vacation ideas for fall 2024. 3. Amtrak's Downeaster. Boston to Brunswick, Maine. This three-hour Amtrak ride through portions of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine ...
East Broad Top 12 is a 2-8-2 Mikado type 3-foot gauge steam locomotive, built by Baldwin in December 1911 for the East Broad Top Railroad (EBT). In Augus 13, 1960, it was restored to operating condition, and it was named “Millie” after Nick Kovalchick’s daughter. No. 12 continued to operate for a number of years, before it was removed ...
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.