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On November 4, 1997, the museum was given a
very significant piece for its collection, ex-Brooklyn Navy
Yard #12, a 1918 product of the Vulcan Locomotive Works in
Wilkes-Barre, PA. On
this same day, a crew from the museum, with help
from Mendon Enterprises trucking, headed to Flemingville,
NY to load and move #12 to the museum's location
in Rush, NY.
The locomotive was successfully moved and
is now at the museum undergoing a complete evaluation
for restoration. The museum plans to restore
#12 to operation. Given the locomotive last operated
in 1991 and upon inspection has been shown to be an above
average restoration candidate, the museum felt confident
in starting the restoration that will take several years Contributions
are being sought, and if you would like to help, please send
your tax deductible contribution marked "R&GV Railroad
Museum Steam Fund" to us at our
mailing address or purchase steam
t-shirts and sweatshirts.
Locomotive #12 was originally built by the Vulcan Locomotive
Works in Wilkes-Barre, PA for the Brooklyn Navy Yard who
gave it a new boiler in 1931. Near the end of the steam
era in 1947, it was acquired by the Dexter & Northern,
a long since abandoned shortline in the Adirondacks. While
there it was given a new set of flues in 1955 by contract
with the nearby New York Central. In the 1970's, it
passed to Owego, NY where it was operated at a local amusement
park operation. In the early 1970's, it was acquired
for the Tioga Transportation Museum and moved to Flemingville,
NY, just a few miles north of Owego. At Flemingville,
#12 was operated in occasional Sunday service on a private
siding from about 1971 to 1991. Following the loss
of a boiler tube, the locomotive was stored on the siding
before being donated and moved to the museum.
- Vulcan Locomotive Works - Wilkes-Barre,
PA
- Built 1918
- 0-4-0T Saddletanker
- 45 tons fully serviceable
- Coal burner
- S/N #2854
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