Friday, November 1, 2013

Located In McDonough, Georgia


Among the historic buildings and exhibits at the community's Heritage Park is No. 7, a 2-4-0 Porter steam locomotive built in 1934. For a time it served West Penn Power as a yard engine. In the late 1990s it operated on the former Laurel Highlands tourist railroad in Scottdale, PA.

It was brought to the park to show visitors a real steam locomotive and to commemorate the many victims of the Camp Creek train wreck, which took place at McDonough in 1900.

Inside the cab.

The name of the locomotive builder is displayed on the valve chest.

List Of Passengers:
W.A. Barclay, Conductor

W.W. Bennett, Baggage Master

Harkness Brady, Railroad Employee

John Brantley, Fireman

Ed Byrd, Fireman

Mr. Caprelian, Passenger

John Early, Railroad Employee

W.O. Ellis, Bridge Laborer

J.L. Florida, Passenger

George Flournoy, Passenger

Clay Frank, Railroad Employee

W.H. Green,Fireman

D.Y. Griffith, Division Supervisor

Clinton Hightower, Passenger

J.H. Hunnicutt, Conductor

W.W. IPark, Passenger

Bob Jester, Railroad Employee

W.R. Lawrence, Section Foreman

E.F. Maddox, Passenger

W.L. Morrisette, Pump Repairer

Jesse Pate, Passenger

W.J. Pate, Passenger

J.H. Rhodes, Flagman

Bob Smith, Railroad Employee

Robert Spencer, Porter

J.T. Sullivan, Engineer

J.E. Woods, Conductor

10 or 11 unidentified