Patriot Rail Donates Steam-Era Supplies to Kentucky Steam

By Railfan & Railroad Staff

Patriot Rail recently donated 37,000 pounds of steam-era parts and supplies worth about $200,000 to the Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp., the not-for-profit currently restoring Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 2716. The parts were previously stored at the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific roundhouse in Anaconda, Mont. The effort to move the parts was aided by Next Generation Rail Solutions, PaxRail, Diamond Rail Group, and hundreds of hours of contributed labor from Kentucky Steam’s volunteers.