1190 Bessemer & Lake Erie No.643 Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 No. Following the demise of the Kinzua Viaduct in a July 2003 tornado, the Knox & Kane Railroad closed and in the fall of 2008 the remaining rolling stock was sold at auction, where Alan Maples, president of the Everett Railroad, purchased locomotive 38. STEAM LOCOMOTIVES Alabama, Tennessee & Northern 2-10-0 No. The locomotive ran at Gettysburg for several years before Cornell moved it to his new Knox & Kane Railroad in northwestern Pennsylvania, where he operated an excursion train through the Allegheny National Forest and over the famed Kinzua Viaduct, a 300-foot high, 2,052-foot long bridge over the Kinzua Valley.Įngine 38 was eventually set aside in favor of a larger steam engine.

The LA&L Railroad quit the tourist trade and in 1977 sold its passenger equipment including engine 38 to Sloan Cornell for use on his Gettysburg (PA) Railroad. Plus, get a 0 introductory APR on all purchases made in the first 12 months. With the Wyndham Rewards Earner® Cards, you can earn up to 60,000 bonus pointsenough for up to 8 free nights at thousands of Hotels by Wyndham. Following an overhaul with the aid of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad’s Hornell, NY, shop, the 38 was thereafter employed on seasonal excursion trains until 1976. Limited-Time Offer: Earn Points for up to 8 Free Nights. The LA&L scrapped the 38’s original tender which leaked badly. However, once the engine was moved to the new attraction, it was found to be too large to negotiate the loop of track that had been constructed at the site.Įngine 38 was placed on display until it was sold, in 1968, to the Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad in Lakeville, NY.

Groman arranged for engine 38 to pull two special excursions on the New York Central Railroad enroute to his Rail City Museum in Sandy Pond, NY.

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