Atlantic Coast Line 4-6-0 No. 250
Wilmington, NC, United States 		Location: Wilmington RR Museum
Status: Display
Posted: Oct 14, 2011 @ 20:10:49 by Rowan County Railfan
On a recent visit this summer, I visited the #250 for the first time. She looks very nice, kudos to the folks at the WRRM for the cosmetic work. There is a sound system that does sound like you are on a moving train, and there is a rope in the cab that visitors can pull on to ring the bell. I asked about the possibility of the #250 having an operable whistle to one of the staff, and they said that the whistle DOES work, but is not allowed to visitors because of the excessive noise it would bring to "quiet" downtown Wilmington. Some days at noon, however, one of the staff presses a button inside the museum that sets off the whistle. It is very loud, but is worth seeing the old ACL beauty making noise at the WRRM.
Posted: May 8, 2007 @ 09:05:27 by Nick

The ACL 250 is back at home.she got back sometime in 2004 i think.I was down in wilmington last July 4th 2006. The museum has done a wonderful job preserving this majestic locomotive.The museum has rigged up a sound system so that when you enter the cab it sounds like she is actually running!Now this is strictley a rumor but i have heard that they are going to try and hook up her whistle so that guests can blow it!

 

Nick

Posted: Dec 28, 2006 @ 16:12:05 by Charles Kernan
ACL 250 Basic locomotive 1910 by Balwin Loco Works. Unsuperheated with slide valves. Locomotive rebuilt by ACL as a superheated locomotive with piston valves in 1920. Tender: 1919 special order by Baldwin Loco Works. Boiler: Emerson Shops Rock Mt, 1920. Cab rebuilt by Hamlet Shops in 1985. Locomotive and tender refurbished in 2003 for display. Currently on display at the Wilmington Railroad Museum downtown Wilmington NC. Home of the Atlantic Coastline Railroad Company 1900-1960.
Posted: Oct 13, 2003 @ 12:10:15 by Robert Schmid
Nov, 2002: cab and tender moved to Great Smoky Mountains Railroad for cosmetic restoration