East Broad Top adds diesel

Locomotive from Durango & Silverton adds operating flexibility

Dan Cupper

THE EAST BROAD TOP RAILROAD has added a former H.K. Porter diesel from the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad to its roster in a transaction involving two of the nation’s premier heritage operations. The locomotive arrived Feb. 13, 2025, after a week-long trip by heavy-haul truck at EBT headquarters in Rockhill Furnace, Pa. It was expected to begin work train and standby passenger duty after a few weeks of setup. Currently, when EBT’s single operating steam locomotive, 2-8-2 No. 16 (Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1916) is sidelined for any reason, 55-ton, 340-hp GE center-cab switcher No. M-7 pinch hits, but it cannot haul the same number of cars. As a result, EBT has been forced to reduce the consist and rebook or cancel hundreds of reservations while increasing schedule frequency…

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Trains (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2025

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