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65-ton locomotive was purchased. This unit was built for the US Navy in 1943 and was sold to the
Narragansett Pier in 1963 as their number 40. This unit was acquired by the Yancey in 1981 shortly after the Narragansett Pier ceased operations and was used for a brief time before all operations on the
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as 65-0098, carrying the builder's number 12984. This locomotive was propelled by side rods (rods mounted on the side of the locomotive's trucks in order to turn the wheels so that the locomotive can gain traction) and produced 300 horsepower (220 kW) as well. The Yancey numbered the locomotive
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The line was built in 1907 as the Black
Mountain Railway, an 8-mile (13 km) standard-gauge line running from Kona, where it connected with the South and Western Railroad (a predecessor of the Clinchfield), to Bowditch, where a band mill was built to process lumber. The Black Mountain Ry. was
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as builder number 32344 at a cost of $ 44,000. The locomotive was numbered 1 and was given the nicknamed "Blackie" by the crews of the railroad due to her factory black paint job. Number 1 was driven by a sprocket and chain drive and produced 300 horsepower. When not in use, Yancey number 1 was
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As the news of the potential abandonment was made known, citizens begin a fundraising drive to sell common stock in order to raise $ 70,000 for the purchase of the railroad as well as a new diesel locomotive to operate over the line. The group was successful, and in 1954, paid $ 22,000 to the
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2 and nicknamed it "Puddles" as, according to former Yancey president Bill Cannon, "it had a tendency to waddle along the tracks without falling into a puddle". Number 2 was usually stored in an identical small enginehouse to the one at
Burnsville at the end of the line to Bowditch.
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Included with the purchase of the railroad was a former wooden boxcar that was remodeled to serve as a caboose/mail/baggage car for the Black
Mountain Railway. After it was acquired by the Yancey, the car was turned into a work flat for maintenance of way service.
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Burnsville began to be played out, causing the decision by the Black Mountain Ry. to abandon all trackage west of Burnsville to Eskota. The former railroad's grade between those points was then used to construct part of
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oil-fired steam engine #15 and two steel coaches lettered "Southern
Appalachian Railway". This operation was not successful and the equipment was stored in Burnsville for several years before being sold. The 0-6-0T operates today as a
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washed several small bridges and culverts along the line. Both locomotives were stored at different points on the railroad, which made it easier to restore service in seven weeks. The Yancey continued to operate on a shoestring.
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