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Elk River Coal and Lumber Company No. 10

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Power type
  
Steam

Build date
  
1924

UIC class
  
1′D1′

Year built
  
1924

Serial number
  
65430

Configuration
  
2-8-2

Area
  
400 m²

Added to NRHP
  
28 September 2006

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Gauge
  
4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

Builder
  
American Locomotive Company

Elk River Coal and Lumber No. 10 is a 2-8-2, Mikado type steam locomotive built by American Locomotive Company in 1924 and used by its owners to haul mine waste from Rich Run Mine in Widen, West Virginia. It was retired in 1959 and moved to its present location at Huntington, West Virginia, in 1977.

It was built for the Toledo Angola and Western as their No. 100 in 1924. It was purchased sometime thereafter by Elk River Coal and Lumber Company.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Elk River Coal and Lumber Company #10 Steam Locomotive in 2006.

References

Elk River Coal and Lumber Company No. 10 Wikipedia