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Southern Railway 1643

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Power type
  
Steam

Build date
  
September 1905

Serial number
  
37672

Configuration
  
0-6-0

Builder
  
American Locomotive Company (Pittsburgh Works)

Gauge
  
4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

Southern Railway 1643 is a steam locomotive built in 1905 by the Pittsburgh Works of the American Locomotive Company for the Southern Railway. It is a 0-6-0 Switch engine of Southern's A-7 class.

In 1952, the engine was sold to the Morehead & North Fork Railroad in Morehead, Kentucky. Renumbered 12, the locomotive operated on the M&NF until the road dieselized in 1963. After the engine was retired, it remained stored in one of the road's engine sheds. In 2011, the engine was purchased by Jerry Jacobson, and moved to his Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, Ohio. Here, the engine is planned to be restored to operating condition.

References

Southern Railway 1643 Wikipedia