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Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal 15 is a 0-6-0 ST "Switcher" type steam locomotive owned and operated by the Strasburg Rail Road outside of Strasburg, Pennsylvania.
The engine was built in March 1917 by the H.K. Porter, Inc. for Mesta Machine Works before being sold to the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal in 1935; it has a wheel arrangement of 0-6-0ST. [3] The engine originally worked as a dockside switcher engine, hauling freight trains for boats and ships. [1] [3]
After years of service, No. 15 was retired and put out of service on December 25, 1963. It was purchased by the Southern Appalachian Railway in 1965, where it was rebuilt and operated in occasional service. [1] [2] [3]
In 1968, the Yancey Railroad offered steam trips between Micaville and Kona by using the No. 15 and two steel passenger coaches. This operation unfortunately was not a huge success and the locomotive along with the equipment was put into storage in Burnsville, North Carolina for several years before being sold. In 1975, the Toledo, Lake Erie and Western Railway purchased No. 15 and placed it on static display for the next twenty-three years. [1] The engine remained on display until 1998, when the Strasburg Rail Road purchased No. 15. [1] [2]
When No. 15 arrived, Strasburg planned to restore it as one of their operating locomotives to haul excursion trains. Until No. 15 returned to service on September 27, of the same year with new Strasburg lettering, whistle and number plate. And it continued running Strasburg pulling excursion trains and freight trains for the rest of its life.
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