Steven Saine Railfan Productions | Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum: 8-31-2024 @stevensainerailfanproductions | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum: 8-31-2024.
The second part of our Hoosier state trip. It is the Saturday before Labor Day 2024, and we are in the town of North Judson Indiana for a visit to the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum. After hearing about the Bock Lumber Company #1 (an 0-4-4 Forney type steam locomotive) would be powering the museums ice cream trains on August 31st, we figured we'd stop by and check them out.
The star of the show (as mentioned above) is Bock Lumber Company #1:
She was built in 1908 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as an 0-4-4 Forney type locomotive for the Bock Lumber Company. After only one year in service, she was sold to the Hanbury Lumber Company and later to the Maddox Foundry & Machines Works, both of which were located in Archer Florida. She was sold once again in 1965 to B.J. Pollard of Detroit Michigan and kept in a private collection. She would move around a lot in the 1980's and 90's (including all the way to California, and to nearly be scrapped in Pennsylvania). Eventually she was purchased by Fred Haberkamp of Chicago Illinois. #1 then underwent a complete restoration with the help of Dave Kloke (the builder of the Leviathan and York replica steam locomotives) and Chris Dewitt (the chief mechanical officer of the Nevada State Railroad Museum). Dewitt was responsible for the construction of #1's new boiler. She arrived at the museum in September 2021. For the next 11 months, #1 performed break in runs and the crews were trained to operate her. And she pulled her first train in September 2022. Today, #1 operates at the Hoosier Valley Railroad for special events.
*Hoosier Valley also had one of their diesel locomotives operating that day as well. Erie Lackawanna #310: an ALCO S1 built in 1947.
*August 31st was also the debut of the new Monon observation car.
Enjoy our look at the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum!
Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum: 8-31-2024.
The second part of our Hoosier state trip. It is the Saturday before Labor Day 2024, and we are in the town of North Judson Indiana for a visit to the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum. After hearing about the Bock Lumber Company #1 (an 0-4-4 Forney type steam locomotive) would be powering the museums ice cream trains on August 31st, we figured we'd stop by and check them out.
The star of the show (as mentioned above) is Bock Lumber Company #1:
She was built in 1908 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as an 0-4-4 Forney type locomotive for the Bock Lumber Company. After only one year in service, she was sold to the Hanbury Lumber Company and later to the Maddox Foundry & Machines Works, both of which were located in Archer Florida. She was sold once again in 1965 to B.J. Pollard of Detroit Michigan and kept in a private collection. She would move around a lot in the 1980's and 90's (including all the way to California, and to nearly be scrapped in Pennsylvania). Eventually she was purchased by Fred Haberkamp of Chicago Illinois. #1 then underwent a complete restoration with the help of Dave Kloke (the builder of the Leviathan and York replica steam locomotives) and Chris Dewitt (the chief mechanical officer of the Nevada State Railroad Museum). Dewitt was responsible for the construction of #1's new boiler. She arrived at the museum in September 2021. For the next 11 months, #1 performed break in runs and the crews were trained to operate her. And she pulled her first train in September 2022. Today, #1 operates at the Hoosier Valley Railroad for special events.
*Hoosier Valley also had one of their diesel locomotives operating that day as well. Erie Lackawanna #310: an ALCO S1 built in 1947.
*August 31st was also the debut of the new Monon observation car.
Enjoy our look at the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum!
