Mohawk Valley Railway trials new steam loco for Heritage trains

[Marmight]

On trial at Lake Shore Harbor is this 1927 ALCo built 2-8-0 oil fired steamer. The current Heritage steamer is an ex Union Pacific 0-6-0 engine, again oil fired. This usually pulls the Heritage train from Midland to Lake Shore on the first Sunday of the month. The decision to extend the route to Troy along the Mohawk valley line means that something with a lot more range was needed.

 

The model is a converted Rivarossi IHB 0-8-0, which has had the addition of front pony wheels. It’s been fitted with a ESU 21 pin sound decoder, which correctly gives that wonderful 3 cylinder sound. There is a bit of fine tuning still to do, and decals have yet to be added…but it’s getting there.

 

The railway is 2 rail DCC sound O gauge.

 

Edited February 5, 2022 by Marmight