Sunday, July 16, 2023

never having lived in Pennsylvania, I've never heard of the Stone Gables estate, but it has an exact replica of a 1868 locomotive by Dave Kloke of Elgin, Illinois


Purchased by Stone Gables Estate in 2018 for operation on yet-to be completed three miles of railroad, of which .62 miles of the 1838 right-of-way is reconstructed. The original Lincoln funeral train passed on this route on April 22, 1865. The Liberty Bell Train passed thru the rout in the back.

Operates on Standard Gauge tracks used in the United States. Burns oil in the firebox in order to boil water which makes the steam. The original locomotive burned wood.


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