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Viewing Album:  Mainline Steam Excursion out of Paoli, PA - August, 1970
 
By:Bob Krug
Dates:8/8/1970 - 8/8/1970
Album Info:I have four slides dated August, 1970 that show a mainline steam excursion departing westbound from Paoli, PA on the old PRR mainline. Locomotive is labeled the Quakertown & Eastern #4. Some Google research reveals that it's former Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #4, which was owned by Francis Ede of Quakertown, PA., and he ran it under the banner of fallen flag Quakertown & Eastern, a former short line through upper Bucks County, PA from Q-town to some quarries near Riegelsville, PA on the Delaware River. (The Q&E was referred to by locals as the "Quick and Easy". ) This actually solves a mystery for me. I never knew the origin of that steam locomotive I remembered seeing and photographing back in the summer between my junior and senior years in high school. From other photos I see on this website, BCG #4 is now preserved down in Spencer, NC. The trainset I saw in Paoli that day was made up of old Reading Company coaches.
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Buffalo Creek & Gauley #4 leading a westbound mainline excursion
Title:  Buffalo Creek & Gauley #4 leading a westbound mainline excursion
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Photo Date:  8/8/1970  Upload Date: 1/21/2012 9:09:19 PM
Location:  Paoli, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  BCG 4(2-8-0)
Views:  988   Comments: 1
Buffalo Creek & Gauley #4 under the catenary
Title:  Buffalo Creek & Gauley #4 under the catenary
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/8/1970  Upload Date: 1/21/2012 9:09:48 PM
Location:  Paoli, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  BCG 4(2-8-0)
Views:  849   Comments: 0
Buffalo Creek & Gauley #4 under the wires
Title:  Buffalo Creek & Gauley #4 under the wires
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/8/1970  Upload Date: 1/21/2012 9:10:20 PM
Location:  Paoli, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  BCG 4(2-8-0)
Views:  584   Comments: 0
Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #4 highballing westbound
Title:  Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #4 highballing westbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/8/1970  Upload Date: 1/21/2012 9:10:44 PM
Location:  Paoli, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  BCG 4(2-8-0)
Views:  554   Comments: 0

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