Tweetsie: Railroad Heritage Weekend 2024 Day 1

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Roaming with the Richards

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@adamcrane4851 2 ай бұрын

Hello

@neonbuddies7193 2 ай бұрын

Casually just looking for me lol

@Roamingwiththerichards 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@lisapayton6070 2 ай бұрын

What happened to engine 12 will it be running again

@Roamingwiththerichards 2 ай бұрын

Engine 12 will hopefully be back next year. I will have a video of the train shop tour up that will help explain what’s going on with 12. Here is what Tweetsie sent out. Locomotive No. 12 to Undergo Major Restoration (Blowing Rock, NC, August 17, 2024) - One of Tweetsie Railroad’s historic steam locomotives, the 107-year-old No. 12, will be out of service for several months for major restoration. “When you maintain and operate a steam locomotive that is over a century old, there is always the chance there will be some down time,” says Chris Robbins, President of Tweetsie Railroad. “We wish the timing would have been different, especially with our annual Railroad Heritage Weekend coming up August 24th and 25th . ” Guests can expect a few changes in the in the originally released schedule for Railroad Heritage Weekend. Locomotive No. 190 will run on Saturday and Sunday featuring the Wild West show and on Saturday evening for the Photo Special. Locomotive No. 12 and the vintage 1870’s Coach Car No. 5 will be available for guests to have the rare opportunity to step up into the cab and tour the coach car. Robbins reports that Tweetsie Railroad’s locomotive mechanics discovered some thin areas on the boiler firebox during a routine maintenance check. An independent testing firm was summoned to inspect the boiler for verification, and then the NC Dept. of Labor’s Boiler Safety Bureau was notified. The boiler is the original one installed by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1917, and last underwent major repairs in 1979. “We are unsure how long the restoration will take since it is a custom re-build, but we expect to see Locomotive Number 12 ready to run for the 2025 season, ” says Robbins. “We are going to make all efforts to repair Number 12 and return it to service,” adds Robbins. Guests can follow regular updates on tweetsie.com and the park’s social media accounts.

@Normapalacios-ks6bv 2 ай бұрын

A "Tweetsie " 12 had a letter "Shenandoah Central" since 1953 in Virginia