Rainy East Broad Top. With her fire freshly cleaned, the East Broad Top Railroad's Baldwin Mikado #16 backs off the ash pit onto the turntable, for a quick turn to face her stall in the roundhouse at Rockhill, Furnace, PA. The ash pit can clearly be seen just below the front of the locomotive. The rack on the left side of the image holds all manner of tools used for firebox management, including raking the fire, breaking banks and dumping ash.
This image was captured during an April, 2023 photo shoot on the East Broad Top Railroad, featuring the newly restored Baldwin #16, seen here. This engine had not run since the railroad closed up shop as a common carrier in 1956 and was judged to be in the best condition of the 6 surviving EBT Mikes.
A look at the one-time coal-hauler, which ran as a tourist railroad for decades and finally ceased operations in 2011. The album includes photos from an October 2010 charter as well as images from the very last Fall Spectacular in October of 2011.
