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Owner: Buffalo Creek & Gauley
Model:BLW 2-8-0Built As:BCG 4 (2-8-0)
Serial Number:59472Order No:
Frame Number:Built:9/1926
Notes:9/1926, nee-FCR 200 but diverted by Bldwn to BCG, currently at NC Trans Mus
Other locos with this serial:  SOU 604(2-8-0) BCG 4(2-8-0)
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BCG 2-8-0 #4 - Buffalo Creek & Gauley
Title:  BCG 2-8-0 #4 - Buffalo Creek & Gauley
Description:  Nice action shot of a crew member getting Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #4 ready for a day's service. Originally built in 9/1926 by Baldwin to be Ferrocarril Mexicano (Mexican Rwy) 2-8-0 #200, it was diverted by Baldwin to BCG as their #4. In 1967, it was sold to Francis Ede of Bethlehem, PA, who stenciled the herald of the defunct Quakertown & Eastern and pulled excursion trips on main lines such as the Lehigh Valley, Penn Central, and the Reading. After five years, Ede sold the engine in February 1972 to Carter Cash Enterprises of Appalachia, Va, who in turn sold it to the Southwest Virginia Scenic Railroad in Hiltons in April 1975. The 4 reached the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer in 1978, where she operated occasionally in tourist service. A four-year effort to restore the 4 to operational condition was estimated to cost $500,000. Specs - 190 psi boiler pressure, 22x28" cylinders, 50" drivers, engine weight of 194,000 lb and tractive effort of 43,773 lb. No exact day in October, 1961 was listed for the photo so an approximate one was used and no photographer was listed.
Photo Date:  10/1/1961  Upload Date: 2/14/2025 10:25:36 AM
Location:  Dundon, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BCG 4(2-8-0)
Views:  28   Comments: 0
Buffalo Creek & Gauley #4 leading a westbound mainline excursion
Title:  Buffalo Creek & Gauley #4 leading a westbound mainline excursion
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/8/1970  Upload Date: 1/21/2012 9:09:19 PM
Location:  Paoli, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  RJCR 1940(FP7A) BCG 4(2-8-0)
Views:  1097   Comments: 1
Buffalo Creek & Gauley #4 under the catenary
Title:  Buffalo Creek & Gauley #4 under the catenary
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/8/1970  Upload Date: 1/21/2012 9:09:48 PM
Location:  Paoli, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  BCG 4(2-8-0)
Views:  978   Comments: 0
Buffalo Creek & Gauley #4 under the wires
Title:  Buffalo Creek & Gauley #4 under the wires
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/8/1970  Upload Date: 1/21/2012 9:10:20 PM
Location:  Paoli, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  BCG 4(2-8-0)
Views:  704   Comments: 0
Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #4 highballing westbound
Title:  Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #4 highballing westbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/8/1970  Upload Date: 1/21/2012 9:10:44 PM
Location:  Paoli, PA
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  BCG 4(2-8-0)
Views:  662   Comments: 0
BCG 4
Title:  BCG 4
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/20/1987  Upload Date: 9/8/2011 12:01:48 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Hunt
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  BCG 4(2-8-0) SOU 604(2-8-0)
Views:  1028   Comments: 0
BCG 4
Title:  BCG 4
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/20/1987  Upload Date: 9/8/2011 12:00:31 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Hunt
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  BCG 4(2-8-0) SOU 604(2-8-0)
Views:  1178   Comments: 0
SOU 604
Title:  SOU 604
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/20/1987  Upload Date: 9/8/2011 12:03:01 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Hunt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOU 604(2-8-0) BCG 4(2-8-0)
Views:  1051   Comments: 0
SOU 604
Title:  SOU 604
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/25/1992  Upload Date: 11/14/2011 11:31:58 AM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Hunt
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SOU 604(2-8-0) BCG 4(2-8-0) SWVR 4(2-8-0)
Views:  1757   Comments: 0
BCG 4
Title:  BCG 4
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/1994  Upload Date: 9/8/2011 4:22:08 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Hunt
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  BCG 4(2-8-0) SOU 604(2-8-0)
Views:  1324   Comments: 0
Baldwin 2-8-0
Title:  Baldwin 2-8-0
Description:  Historic Spencer Shops 2-8-0 604, former Buffalo Creek & Gauley 4. Built by Baldwin in 1926.
Photo Date:  9/1/1994  Upload Date: 7/1/2018 10:45:23 AM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Andrew Lisowski
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BCG 4(2-8-0) SOU 604(2-8-0)
Views:  1922   Comments: 0
Baldwin 2-8-0
Title:  Baldwin 2-8-0
Description:  Historic Spencer Shops 2-8-0 604, former Buffalo Creek & Gauley 4. Built by Baldwin in 1926.
Photo Date:  9/1/1994  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 11:08:06 AM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Andrew Lisowski
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  BCG 4(2-8-0) SOU 604(2-8-0)
Views:  777   Comments: 0
SOU #604
Title:  SOU #604
Description:  A tejder of many names - and someone hiding behind it.
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 6:19:07 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  BCG 4(2-8-0) AMTK 307(F40PH) SOU 604(2-8-0)
Views:  1721   Comments: 0


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