Teakettles times 2: Flagg Coal 75 (1930) teams up with NHVR's own Vulcan 0-4-0T #17 (1941) for two weekends of doubleheaded trips on the 4 mile line this month. If you look carefully, you can see... (more)
Flagg Coal 75 had to be one of the most well traveled steam engines today. Here it is seen double heading with a twin Vulcan 0-4-0T on the New Hope Valley RR. The 4 mile line is very tight in th... (more)
75 might be a tiny little thing, but her beautiful three chime whistle sounded great echoing through the piney woods of steam-starved SC.
The tiny 1930 saddle tank engine is dwarfed by the coaches as she shoves out the line.
Note the horns atop the first passenger car. These cars once served in the Northeast as electric MU cars. The pantographs were removed after arrival in SC.
Quite a carravan of chasers were out to watch this little tea kettle in action and many of these short trips out of the museum were sold out.
For the first time in many years steam returns to SC in the form of Flagg Coal 75 running on the volunteer operated SC RR Museum's Rockton, Rion, & Western line.
The hogger is watching over his train as we make a back up move on Flagg Coal 75.
Flagg Coal #75 runs Eastward on the GSMRR tracks for their Railfest 2007.
With the Whitewater Valley's regular train on the left and the Steam special on the right a NYC steamer on static display sets on the middle track at Connersville
Flagg Coal Company 75 passing by the entrance to the Whitewater River Camprgound
Old number 75 takes another load of rail fans on a ride during Rail Fest 2006.
Passing Dearborn tower just south of Connersville, IN.
Flag Coal #75 puts on a show south of Connersville, IN.