Steam Engine Update

The Waterloo Central Railway, through its parent organization SOLRS, has access to three steam engines, none of which are currently operational.

Ex-Essex Terminal Railway #9 0-6-0 is currently in our St. Jacobs shop undergoing boiler testing. It last steamed in 2008 at the end of its ten-year boiler ticket. The current testing will recertify the boiler for another ten-year period. Once the boiler tests are complete, work will begin on other required maintenance on the engine. The project is estimated to be complete in fall 2011.

Engine 124 is also in our St. Jacobs shop actively undergoing restoration.

The Bluewater Chapter is undertaking restoration of Tom Thumb, Engine #54465, a 0-4-0 tank engine, in Paisley, Ontario.