The Engine House Blog
Friday, January 30, 2015

Plowing the Right-of-Way

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We pulled out our historic Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington snow plow for the second time ever this week, to clean up the 2' of snow that ...
Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Around the Shop

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The new Locomotive Servicing Facility is being put to really good use this winter as the boiler work on Locomotive 40 gets underway, work in...
Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Engine House Addition

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The folks in the engine house must have been very good this past year, because Santa Claus dropped off their present a little early!   ...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Da Costa Restoration

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"Da Costa" was built 8/1927 by Pullman for use on the Pennsylvania Railroad as a 1 drawing room, 28 seat parlor car.  It was ...
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Monday, October 27, 2014

Rolling Stock and Locomotive Documentation

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We've recently updated our website with update listing of our Rolling Stock , and a short history of each of our operating Steam Locomot...
Monday, June 9, 2014

Boiler Interiors: An Inside Look at Nos. 3025 and 40

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It isn't often that you see the inside of a steam locomotive boiler. Usually, we see their innards only once a year as part of t...
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Friday, May 9, 2014

DaCosta Restoration and Locomotive Servicing Facility Update

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 A couple of quick photos from Essex Station as we move into our season opening weekend for both the Steam Train & Riverboat excursion,...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Hard at Work

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The folks in the Engine House are taking advantage of the warmer weather, sunny skies, and minimal weekday operations as they continue a num...
Friday, March 7, 2014

Spring Updates (Long Overdue!)

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Yes, we know we've been lax in posting here, but that does not mean we've been cooling our heels! We've just been too busy to s...
Monday, February 10, 2014

Locomotive No. 97 (2-8-0 "Consolidation")

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Locomotive 97 was built by Alco's Cooke Works (#65188) in November 1923 as a stock coal-fired engine along with twelve other 2-8-0'...
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