Berlin Mills Railway 7 Explained

Berlin Mills Railway 7
Powertype:Steam
Builder:Vulcan Iron Works
Serialnumber:1679
Buildmodel:I-15-S
Builddate:January 1911
Uicclass:1′B1′ n2tG
Leadingdiameter:260NaN0
Driverdiameter:440NaN0
Trailingdiameter:260NaN0
Length:30feet
Width:9feet
Weightondrivers:850001NaN1
Locoweight:1150001NaN1
Fueltype:Coal
Fuelcap:21NaN1
Watercap:1500usgal
Boilerpressure:1402NaN2
Cylindercount:Two, outside
Cylindersize:17x
Valvetype:Slide valves
Tractiveeffort:187592NaN2
Operator:Berlin Mills Railway, Groveton Papers Company, Woodsville, Blackmount and Haverhill Railroad
Fleetnumbers:7
Locale:White Mountains Region
Lastrundate:1963
Retiredate:January 25, 1956
1963
Preservedunits:1969
Restoredate:1962
Currentowner:Steamtown National Historic Site
Disposition:On static display

Berlin Mills Railway 7 is a steam locomotive at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1911 by the Vulcan Iron Works for the Berlin Mills Railway, an industrial line in Berlin, New Hampshire.[1] Number 7 worked there as a switcher until November 1944, when it was sold to the Groveton Papers Company of Groveton, New Hampshire.[1] In 1956, it was finally replaced by a diesel locomotive, ending 45 years of use.[1] After a few years of idleness, though, the locomotive was leased to the Woodsville, Blackmount and Haverhill Steam Railroad, a new tourist railroad near Haverhill.[1] It operated as the only locomotive for this company until it folded after 1963. It was ultimately donated to Steamtown by the Groveton Paper Company in 1969.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Berlin Mills Railway No. 7. https://web.archive.org/web/20131106100727/http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/steamtown/shs2b.htm. November 6, 2013. Steamtown. United States National Park Service. February 14, 2002.