Speaking of steam locomotives surviving for unique reasons, you might be interested in this locomotive. N&E Gas & Coke No.4 is a 0-6-0 switching locomotive that used to work at a Gas & Coke plant in the United States. It had a special angel in the cab roof so that the locomotive could fit under a shoot. It was this very unique cab design that saved the locomotive from scrap. After retirement, the locomotive was aqired by F. Nelson Blount for his steam locomotive collection that is now a part of Steam Town. When the collection moved from Vermont to Pennsylvania, some of the collection was sold off or scraped because they didn't want the whole collection. One of the locomotives sold was N&E Gas & Coke no. 4. It was purchased by Don Provencher from Steam Town along with a tender, because the original tender was gone, and put on display at the Gorham Historical Society in Gorham New Hampshire USA. However, when the locomotive was cosmetically restored, they painted it to be a Grand Trunk locomotive no.7531. A railway or number it never had in service. The railway and number change is a nod to the GT railway that ran through the area and had a major railway shop in Gorham. There is a interesting story on how a cab saved a steam locomotive.
This reminded me of how N&W J-Class #611 was saved from scrap. She crashed on a turn (excessive speed if I remember correctly) near the end of steam on the N&W. They repaired her, and since she was in the best shape of any of the J-Class locomotives, they bought her, while the rest went to scrap.
That crash made N&W repair 611 and because the boiler ticket was renewed it wouldn't make sense to scrap it, it became a stationary boiler for the Roanoke shops until it's preservation
That's a good story - thank you. Good to know that after such a good, useful life, Skookum can continue her labours, and give pleasure for years to come.
Skookum is also the only locomotive to ever become a verb. I believe the reason was one of the engine sets being badly synced to the other, leading to the rods becoming spaghetti real quick.
Names instead of numbers. Sounds like the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, who's engine's were known by name only. I say their engines but they seem to have had a peculiar buy/lease agreement which technically meant their engines technically remained the property of Beyer-Peacock
I have a suggestion: the Sacramento northern railway - The SN was truly a one of a kind railroad in the United States, it started out as the “northern electric railway” and after it became the SN, they had a fully electric system spanning over 150 miles, the railroad had a ferry that connected 2 parts of the railroad in the bay and the cool thing was that this was still while it was all electric, the ferry had wires for the pantographs and so did the docks, the railroad was almost entirely secondhand so cabooses were scratch built / rebuilt from boxcars and engines were normally hand me downs, SN’s caboose variety was like no other and so was their fleet, they rostered electric steeple cabs, Baldwin VO’s, 44 tonners, S2’s, and while they were around during the Steam era there was never a Steam engine on the SN - Would love to see this little railroad get a liter more attention, it had one of the best preservations of any shortline, they saved I believe 8 engines from the SN
Image same union pacific big boy 4005 was involved in fatal accident in april 27 1957 until she repaired and return to service, until eventually retired and it was preserved on static display today.
It was because of the crash of DRGW 346 at Kenosha Pass by the Colorado and Southern that lead to her being preserved today at the Colorado Railroad Museum.
I volunteer at the Little River Railroad in Coldwater, Michigan, with Little River Railroad #110. She'll be under steam tomorrow, pulling a series of half-hour excursions. It's great to see a video covering Skookum's history, though #110 has a unique history as well.
I wish I had a chance to go see Skookum on the Oregon Coast Railroad. Its only a couple of hours away from where I live, but alas, time and money are seldom together at the same time. So, I settled for the next best thing with Trains Magazine's DVD of Skookum running her trials and an excursion train before she went to the Niles Canyon.
Now I'm going to need to ask about Skookum. I'm near Snoqualmie and go there often. I know it's no longer there, but given it's the first place you noted. I also got a book of steam locomotives in Washington state. It shows no.7's boiler sitting on blocks at what I can assume was Kimble creak yard. An engine I think has an interesting history is steam loco switcher 924 for NPR. It fell through a peer into the Sound (body of water in Seattle, Wa). Now preserved and sometimes ran at Snoqualmie.
Finland was hit by a nasty and sad accident this year when the new owners of the Haapamäki Steam Locomotive Park, which had preserved state and privately owned steam locomotives, decided to scrap dozen locomotives without their owners' permission.
Bolt: im not moving. Mechanic with wrench: please move. Bolt: im not moving Mechcnic with a bigger wrench: please move. Bolt: No. Second mechanic: can't be stuck if it's in pieces. BOOM!. Lol
Skookum my beloved....
thank you for taking my suggestion
Man…there just seems to be many ways locomotives have escaped scrap
611 overhaul after its crash. The best excuse for being preserved
Speaking of steam locomotives surviving for unique reasons, you might be interested in this locomotive. N&E Gas & Coke No.4 is a 0-6-0 switching locomotive that used to work at a Gas & Coke plant in the United States. It had a special angel in the cab roof so that the locomotive could fit under a shoot. It was this very unique cab design that saved the locomotive from scrap. After retirement, the locomotive was aqired by F. Nelson Blount for his steam locomotive collection that is now a part of Steam Town. When the collection moved from Vermont to Pennsylvania, some of the collection was sold off or scraped because they didn't want the whole collection. One of the locomotives sold was N&E Gas & Coke no. 4. It was purchased by Don Provencher from Steam Town along with a tender, because the original tender was gone, and put on display at the Gorham Historical Society in Gorham New Hampshire USA. However, when the locomotive was cosmetically restored, they painted it to be a Grand Trunk locomotive no.7531. A railway or number it never had in service. The railway and number change is a nod to the GT railway that ran through the area and had a major railway shop in Gorham. There is a interesting story on how a cab saved a steam locomotive.
It had a special angle in the cab roof so that the locomotive could fit under a chute.
This reminded me of how N&W J-Class #611 was saved from scrap. She crashed on a turn (excessive speed if I remember correctly) near the end of steam on the N&W. They repaired her, and since she was in the best shape of any of the J-Class locomotives, they bought her, while the rest went to scrap.
That crash made N&W repair 611 and because the boiler ticket was renewed it wouldn't make sense to scrap it, it became a stationary boiler for the Roanoke shops until it's preservation
Finally, skookum gets a real moment on the spotlight
That's a good story - thank you. Good to know that after such a good, useful life, Skookum can continue her labours, and give pleasure for years to come.
The definition of the butterfly effect
Skookum is also the only locomotive to ever become a verb. I believe the reason was one of the engine sets being badly synced to the other, leading to the rods becoming spaghetti real quick.
...you get the point.
The engine’s name make me think of a certain series of YTPs.
i actually had the privilege to see skookum being moved by road to the niles canyon railroad she pass my town
Names instead of numbers. Sounds like the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, who's engine's were known by name only. I say their engines but they seem to have had a peculiar buy/lease agreement which technically meant their engines technically remained the property of Beyer-Peacock
And in England, you have the Flying Scotsman.
I have a suggestion: the Sacramento northern railway
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The SN was truly a one of a kind railroad in the United States, it started out as the “northern electric railway” and after it became the SN, they had a fully electric system spanning over 150 miles, the railroad had a ferry that connected 2 parts of the railroad in the bay and the cool thing was that this was still while it was all electric, the ferry had wires for the pantographs and so did the docks, the railroad was almost entirely secondhand so cabooses were scratch built / rebuilt from boxcars and engines were normally hand me downs, SN’s caboose variety was like no other and so was their fleet, they rostered electric steeple cabs, Baldwin VO’s, 44 tonners, S2’s, and while they were around during the Steam era there was never a Steam engine on the SN
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Would love to see this little railroad get a liter more attention, it had one of the best preservations of any shortline, they saved I believe 8 engines from the SN
Such a beautiful and interesting engine, good video!
Fascinating story!
Image same union pacific big boy 4005 was involved in fatal accident in april 27 1957 until she repaired and return to service, until eventually retired and it was preserved on static display today.
It was because of the crash of DRGW 346 at Kenosha Pass by the Colorado and Southern that lead to her being preserved today at the Colorado Railroad Museum.
0:44 I volunteer at the little river railroad and lumber company museum in Townsend Tennessee
I volunteer at the Little River Railroad in Coldwater, Michigan, with Little River Railroad #110. She'll be under steam tomorrow, pulling a series of half-hour excursions. It's great to see a video covering Skookum's history, though #110 has a unique history as well.
Skookum is a cute little articulated, paved the way.
I wish I had a chance to go see Skookum on the Oregon Coast Railroad. Its only a couple of hours away from where I live, but alas, time and money are seldom together at the same time. So, I settled for the next best thing with Trains Magazine's DVD of Skookum running her trials and an excursion train before she went to the Niles Canyon.
Now I'm going to need to ask about Skookum. I'm near Snoqualmie and go there often. I know it's no longer there, but given it's the first place you noted. I also got a book of steam locomotives in Washington state. It shows no.7's boiler sitting on blocks at what I can assume was Kimble creak yard.
An engine I think has an interesting history is steam loco switcher 924 for NPR. It fell through a peer into the Sound (body of water in Seattle, Wa). Now preserved and sometimes ran at Snoqualmie.
0:23 I assume that's the closest engine that Livi from The Railways of Crotoonia is based on.
What about N&W 611?
This is probably one of the most unique steam locomotive stories ever. Getting scrapped because of an accident was so not Skookum’s situation.
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Based TH-camr!
Guess it really WAS a lucky 7!
We love Skookum. I want to try for a model or two of Skookum.
Could you talk about Denver and rio grande Western 346 in a video? It had a crash (smells like Kenosha) and that's the reason is survives today
Rio Grande 346 was also saved because someone crashed it. It was on lease at the time and the Rio Grande demanded they fix their engine
Like the 611
Where's AVE when you need him, that choocher is skookum as frig
You should do a video on insular lumber company "siete"
I wonder how many locomotives are currently stranded in the woods.
What music did you use? Sounds familiar.
Skookum escaped scrap. Where’ve I heard that story before
Finland was hit by a nasty and sad accident this year when the new owners of the Haapamäki Steam Locomotive Park, which had preserved state and privately owned steam locomotives, decided to scrap dozen locomotives without their owners' permission.
That's horrible. That is the park with multiple 4-6-2s and 2-8-2s in it, isn't it? Which engines were scrapped?
on the old photos at beggining, why are there black borders on both bottom and the sides?
neat
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Very similar to 611
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Saved from scrap by rolling down a hill, smells like Kenosha if you ask me, just like D&RGW 346 during her time on the Colorado & Southern.
Bolt: im not moving.
Mechanic with wrench: please move.
Bolt: im not moving
Mechcnic with a bigger wrench: please move.
Bolt: No.
Second mechanic: can't be stuck if it's in pieces.
BOOM!. Lol