For steam, coal and logging fans...

[StorkNest]

While reading a model magazine's contents online, one article mentioned a fellow named Brooks Stover who started a website for a little known railroad, now supposedly "everybody" loves it.

The Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad
http://www.buffalocreekandgauley.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Creek_and_Gauley_Railroad

Standard gauge but laid like a narrow gauge line.
Used largely steam, no deisel except a couple of little switchers I saw on the roster.
Didn't close until 1965, one of the last pure steam railroads.

 

[simulatortrain]

Ah yes, BC&G. I for one like it!

 

[Sampug394]

I have a CD called 'Sounds of Steam', which has Numerous Excellent Recordings of 1950s Steam in all Types; Big/Small, Fast/Slow, SG/NG, and New/Old.

One of the Recordings is of, Guess what, a BC&G Steamer...

 

[UP5521]

was it a 2-8-0 consolidation locomotive making those sounds or another steam engine from that railroad line?

 

[UP5521]

I'm surprised they hung in there until 1965 with alot of 2-8-0 steam engines in coal hauling service!I mean where else can you find steam engines in everyday service on shortlines besides the BC&G?

 

[simulatortrain]

was it a 2-8-0 consolidation locomotive making those sounds or another steam engine from that railroad line?

Seeing as it's 1950s steam, and all they had in the 1950s were 2-8-0s, I'd say it was.

 

[simulatortrain]

Double post.

 

[Tokkyu40]

I like this railroad! It wasn't the last steam line in America, of course, but it went through some pretty incredible territory. Thanks for posting the links.
The last steam line, of course is the Reader Railroad of Reader, Arkansas. They served a small oil field in later days, and the thick sludge made great fuel oil when heated, so they kept some oil fired steamers until they sold out to a tourist operator. They're still in business, mostly renting rolling stock to movie sets. Until they close, there's one surviving steam operation still in business.
http://www.readerrailroad.com/History/BriefHistory.htm
This would make a great tour, wouldn't it? When the reader gets the track refurbished and runs tourist trains again, you can ride the Reader in Arkansas, move on to Tennessee to ride the surviving section of the Tweetsie line and then off to West Virginia for the BC&G.

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