CLINCHFIELD #1 TENNESSEE'S LEGENDARY STEAM ENGINE

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Mark Stevens & AJ Peoples 160 pages softcover

As general manager for Erwin, Tennessee_based Clinchfield Railroad, Thomas D. Moore found an eighty-six-year-old vintage 4-6-0 ten-wheeler steam engine-the Clinchfield No. 1. Miraculously, the engine had escaped the cutter's torch when, in the mid-1950s, the railroad retired its steam fleet, shuttered passenger service and embraced the diesel era. Moore wanted the No. 1 fully restored and its long life on the rails-which had included being the first train to reach the victims of the 1889 Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood-celebrated as a goodwill ambassador for the railroad. The revived Clinchfield No. 1 led beloved excursion trains that visited seven state capitals, bringing joy to passengers from the Appalachian Mountains to Tampa, Florida.