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Kinzua Viaduct
Edit: I missed you asking about a locomotive. anyway...
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I heard that the bridge seen in the photo is a part of the line for a (now defunct) tourist railway
So the tornado was the main reason for them shutting down because crossing the bridge was the main attraction? The Chinese locomotive went to the Valley Railroad in Essex, CT where it was redone into a New Haven steam locomotive with a new cab. #38 went to the Everett Railroad. Coaches were sold or scrapped. There was a fire in the Kane enginehouse I read that damaged both steam locomotives but nothing that isn't repairable. The Valley crew did a complete rebuild of the Chinese locomotive. The tourist operation opened in 1987 and there were two lengths, 96 mile round trip from Marienville, and 32 mile round trip from Kane. There were also a few rare mileage excursions south of Marienville toward Lucinda, Clarion, etc. The Oil Creek and Titusville which started in 1986 on a former PRR line is still running tourist trains though and they have a caboose motel at the Titusville station and they also haul freight to service industries in Titusville.Yup. After the bridge was destroyed, the Knox and Kane closed. The line was a small short line that served the glass industry that was located in the valley but became a tourist line after that industry faded away. When the bridge was destroyed, that put them out of business.
Yeah, I had read that in Trains Magazine ages ago about the tornado taking out the bridge and ending their tourist attraction. I have a feeling it was more than that, but that main attraction brought in a lot of revenue for them. The region in that part of Pennsylvania really got hammered over the years as industries pulled out and coal mines dried up. The old Franklin and Clarion is another line that's gone now too. I'm glad to hear that there's still a bit of business on a portion of the line.So the tornado was the main reason for them shutting down because crossing the bridge was the main attraction? The Chinese locomotive went to the Valley Railroad in Essex, CT where it was redone into a New Haven steam locomotive with a new cab. #38 went to the Everett Railroad. Coaches were sold or scrapped. There was a fire in the Kane enginehouse I read that damaged both steam locomotives but nothing that isn't repairable. The Valley crew did a complete rebuild of the Chinese locomotive. The tourist operation opened in 1987 and there were two lengths, 96 mile round trip from Marienville, and 32 mile round trip from Kane. There were also a few rare mileage excursions south of Marienville toward Lucinda, Clarion, etc. The Oil Creek and Titusville which started in 1986 on a former PRR line is still running tourist trains though and they have a caboose motel at the Titusville station and they also haul freight to service industries in Titusville.