West Side Lumber Company No. 9 pauses at Snipe Run with a passenger train. Note the "new" number plate mounted on the smokebox. When the engine came to Old Threshers in 1966, the original plate ... (more)
Though over 40,000 people ride the Midwest Central each year during the five day Old Threshers Reunion, people were sparse on the morning of Friday, August 29th. Here's No. 6 coming upgrade into ... (more)
Engine No. 6 is equipped with the rare Southern Valve Gear, applied when the engine was overhauled years ago by the Southern Railway. Is it the only operable steamer with this valve gear?