Matt Stegura with The Wanamie Mine Railroad # 9 locomotive (LOKIE) shown being delivered to the Miners’ Memorial Park in Ashley, Pennsylvania on Thursday June 25,2020 and placed on the rails in the park at 4:50 PM.
The Wanamie Mine Railroad # 9 locomotive (LOKIE) shown being delivered to the Miners’ Memorial Park in Ashley, Pennsylvania on Thursday June 25,2020 and placed on the rails in the park at 4:50 PM. Built by the Vulcan Iron Works in 1915, the 0-4-0T “Lokie” worked at several area collieries, finally ending up at Wanamie,Pennsylvania. Matt Stegura, led the effort to bring the locomotive back to the site of the former Huber colliery of the Blue Coal Corporation in Ashley Pennsylvania. The Locomotive was in use at the Wanamie workings until 1969. After that, Loki #9 ended up at the Veirson Boiler Works in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Locomotive 9 has not run since its retirement from Wanamie. The Huber Breaker Preservation Society, the Borough of Ashley, and state officials worked together to purchase the locomotive. It was trucked to the display site and set on tracks at the end of June by the Falzone Towing Service of Wilkes Barre & Drums Pennsylvania. The Miners’ park is on the site of the former Blue Coal’s Huber Breaker. Built in 1939, the breaker was considered state-of-the-art in its day. It closed in 1976 and was finally torn down in 2014. The Huber group wants to make the lokie fully operational. The colliery sign from the main entrance to the Huber complex was saved and is in the park. A state historical marker was dedicated outside the park on Labor Day 2017.
Size: 6000px × 4000px
Location: Ashley Pennsylvania
Photo credit: © Arthur Miller / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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