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Southern Railway 722
File:Southern Railway 630.jpg
Southern 722 backing onto the train at the Macon, Georgia terminal in the mid 1970s
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderBaldwin Locomotive Works
Serial number24729
Build dateSeptember 1904
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte2-8-0
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.57 in (1.448 m)
Loco weight214,000 lb (97,000 kg)
Fuel typeCoal
Boiler pressure200 psi (1.38 MPa)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size24 in × 30 in (610 mm × 762 mm)
Valve gearSouthern
Performance figures
Tractive effort46,700 lbf (208 kN)
Career
OperatorsSouthern Railway
ClassKs-1
Numbers722
Retired1967 (revenue)
1985 (excursion)
Current ownerGreat Smoky Mountains Railroad
DispositionAwaiting for restoration[1]

Southern Railway 722 is a steam locomotive built in 1904 by Baldwin Locomotive Works for Southern Railway. It is a 2-8-0 Consolidation of the railroad's Ks-1 class.

History

722 was used on Southern's Murphy Branch to pull logging trains between Murphy, North Carolina and Asheville, North Carolina until its retirement in the 1950s.[2] In December of that decade, 722 and sister locomotive, 630, were purchased by the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad and renumbered 208 and 207 respectively. In December 1967, both locomotives were traded back to the Southern for use in their steam excursion program and reverted to their former identities in return for a pair of former Central of Georgia Alco RS3s.[3]

The locomotives headed main line excursion trains over the entire Southern system until 1978, they were both leased to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (TVRM) in Chattanooga, Tennessee.[4] In 1992, 722 was moved from Southern's successor Norfolk Southern to Asheville, North Carolina to be on display where she had been used in revenue freight service a long time ago.[4]

2000-Present

630, which had been on loan to TVRM, was finally donated to the museum in 1998 by Norfolk Southern.[5] While 722 was purchased by the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad (GSMR) in December 2000.[5] GSMR has plans to restore the locomotive, but it remains disassembled outside their Dillsboro, North Carolina workshop area.[citation needed] In addition, the cost for 722's restoration is $700,000.[6]

References

  1. ^ Once the 1702 & 722 trains are restored, what operational changes do you plan on making?
  2. ^ Engine Number "722" Returning Home to WNC and Back to Service.
  3. ^ Wrinn 2000, pp. 19–20.
  4. ^ a b Wrinn 2000, p. 57.
  5. ^ a b Wrinn 2000, p. 109.
  6. ^ "Fellow Steam Patrons and Railroad Fans". Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. August 9, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2017. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  • Ferrell, Mallory Hope (1991). Tweetsie Country. Johnson City, TN: The Overmountain Press. ISBN 0-932807-58-5. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)[page needed]
  • Wrinn, Jim (2000), Steam's Camelot: Southern and Norfolk Southern Excursions in Color (1st ed.), TLC Publishing, ISBN 1-883089-56-5
  • Tillotson, Curt, Jr. (2005). Southern Railway Steam Trains, Volume 2 - Freight. Forest, VA: TLC Publishing Inc. ISBN 0-9766201-5-4. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[page needed]
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