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Cab Ride on the Heisler Steam Locomotive Engine @ Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad

2,320 views · Published 4 August 2013 · 14:22 · Indexed 30 October 2026

Channel: Lou Costabile · 2013 · Entertainment

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Here is the ride in the cab of a Steam Engine!

Info obtained from http://www.thefreeportshow.com/equipment.htm 
Builder: Heisler Locomotive Works, Erie, PA
Builders: Number1260
Built: 1912
Acquired by Silver Creek & Stephenson RR: 1982
Power: Coal fired, steam
Drive: Geared
Drivers: 33 inches

Further Information:
The locomotive was first owned by the Louise Lumber Co. in Hawkes, MS as Locomotive number 2.

In 1916, the same owners used it at Poplarville Saw Mill Co.,Poplarville, MS.

After that, it was owned by Lamb-Fish Lumber Co., Charleston, SC. In 1923 Turner-Farber-Love Co. in Charleston, MS acquired it and gave it the number 7. In 1928 it went to Santee River Hardwood Co., St. Stephens, SC.

It ran on the Maggie Valley Railroad from 1962 to 1974 where it once again wore the number 2. Then, it was sold to the Whitewater Valley Railroad, Connersville, IN.

The Stephenson County Antique Engine Club purchased the locomotive in 1982 and stored it at the Stephenson County Fairgrounds until 1986. By 1986, the club had built the Silver Creek and Stephenson Railroad and the engine was back in service.

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