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SteampunkPup261 — Heading to City 17
Published: 2019-06-21 01:57:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 986; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 0
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On lease from the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, Southern Railway 630 is on an excursion run to City 17 on her first mainline run since the end of Norfolk Southern's 21st Century Steam. The railroad company wanted to promote rail safety to people and the best way to get their attention is by using a steam locomotive. While they have some steam locomotives in their collection, they wanted to have a visiting engines come to their railroad and so they asked for the 630 to which the TVRM agreed.So lately I thought about doing a new and improved version of my route featuring City 17 since my route building skills have improved some more than when I first started making routes in 2018 in TANE. BUT, this route won't be having a fictional railroad company added to it most likely like the Evergreen Glades Railroad. Instead, it'll be a showcase route for new models and reskins I got or made, with places being based off of the Half Life 2 games, possibly Team Fortress 2 and Garry's Mod. Obviously this is still being planned, but we'll see what happens.
Game used: Trainz: A New Era.
City 17 belongs to (C) Valve. No copyright infringement intended.
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Built by the American Locomotive Works in February 1904, Southern Railway class Ks 2-8-0 no. 630 sat on eight 56 inch driving wheels powered by two 24 x 30 cylinders,
carrying the boiler pressure of 200 psi and produce 46,700 Ibs. of tractive effort.
The 630 was used on the Southern Railway's Murphy Branch between Murphy and Asheville, North Carolina until retirement came in 1952,
eventually sold to the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina railroad.
At the same time and history however, the 630 was not alone.
Also built for the Southern Railway in September 1904, 2-8-0 Consolidation no. 722 was built by Baldwin designed with similar features as its 630 sister;
assigned on the Murphy Branch, retired from service in 1952 and sold to the ET&WNC.
Despite being built by different locomotive works, both the 722 and 630 are relatively identical engines by the appearance and one exception of a few cosmetic changes.
Yet by the time they were brought to the ET&WNC, they were both renumbered as 207 and 208.
In 1967, the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina utilized both former Southern Railway locos; 630 and 722 when they are both brought back to
their railroad home for the use of the newly-formed Southern Steam Program.
Although the 630 began hauling excursion trains in February - a year later, the 722 came up two years later.
While the 630 remained in its black paint scheme, its sister 2-8-0 #722 was repainted in a famed Southern Crescent Green livery, matching the paints of their fellow excursion locomotive #4501.
Both the 630 and 722 were fairly and heavily utilized until 1980 marked their new home at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum.
After residing the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum for twelve years, the 722 was moved to Asheville, North Carolina where it was put on display.
Eight years later, the locomotive was sold to the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad where it remained awaiting for restoration to retrieve the 722 into action again.
Meanwhile, the 630 was donated to the TVRM in 1999 after seven years of silence.
There it remained hauling excursions on the line until 2011 marked its run on the mainline that launched the new Norfolk Southern 21st Century Steam Program over the NS system.
Unfortunately, that program was short-lived when mother-nature intervened with high floods and weather conditions down South.
Today the 630 resides at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum along with ex-NS steam program star; 2-8-2 mikado no. 4501.
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