Sumter & Choctaw RR 2-6-2 No. 103
Waterville, Connecticut, United States 		Location: Railroad Museum of New England
Status: Cosmetic Restoration
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Posted: Oct 3, 2023 @ 13:10:19 by Matthew Gardner
Railroad Museum Of New England has just announced plans to restore this locomotive back to working order for the first time since she last ran in 1975.
Posted: Nov 21, 2011 @ 16:11:28 by Doug
Tractive effort is 16,500 lbs.
Posted: Nov 9, 2009 @ 17:11:37 by Steven Baker
Recently moved to Waterbury Ct
Posted: Jul 22, 2008 @ 14:07:52 by Daniel Temple
Locomotive is displayed with a freight train on a siding at the railroad station at Essex, CT.  It is not being maintained and its condition is deteriorating.
Posted: Aug 9, 2004 @ 20:08:05 by Kevin Madore
Locomotive is displayed with a freight train on a siding at the railroad station at Essex, CT.  It is not being maintained and its condition is deteriorating.
Posted: Jan 15, 2004 @ 14:01:57 by Don Vogel
In the late 1970,s I was vacationing in northern New Jersey. A friend of mine who knew I had an interest in railroads, gave me a boiler-plate his father had found in a land fill. The plate says Baldwin Locomotive Works, #103. Could this be part of this unit?
Posted: Mar 16, 2003 @ 22:03:28 by hpincus

"Sumter" & Choctaw-- no "p".

BLW c/n 58754 Nov. 1925

 

2-6-2 45 tons BLW stock light logging 2-6-2.

 

Sold 1961 to Empire State Rwy. Museum, Middletown, NY. Operated 1961-1966 on Middletown & New Jersey at Middletown, NY.  Moved 1970 to Essex, CT Valley Railroad. Operated on VRR 1971-1975. Ownership transferred to Railroad Museum of New England, 1985.  On display at VRR, Essex.