The Clinchfield No. 1: Tennessee's Legendary Steam Engine
As general manager for Erwin, Tennessee-based Clinchfield Railroad, Thomas D. Moore found an eighty-six-year-old vintage 4-6-0 ten-wheeler steam engine—the Clinchfield No. 1. Miraculously, the engine had escaped the cutter's torch when, in the mid-1950s, the railroad retired its steam fleet, shuttered passenger service and embraced the diesel era. Moore wanted the No. 1 fully restored and its long life on the rails—which had included being the first train to reach the victims of the 1889 Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood—celebrated as a goodwill ambassador for the railroad. The revived Clinchfield No. 1 led beloved excursion trains that visited seven state capitals, bringing joy to passengers from the Appalachian Mountains to Tampa, Florida. Join authors Mark A. Stevens and A.J. Alf" Peoples on the journey of the real-life little engine that could."
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The Clinchfield No. 1: Tennessee's Legendary Steam Engine
As general manager for Erwin, Tennessee-based Clinchfield Railroad, Thomas D. Moore found an eighty-six-year-old vintage 4-6-0 ten-wheeler steam engine—the Clinchfield No. 1. Miraculously, the engine had escaped the cutter's torch when, in the mid-1950s, the railroad retired its steam fleet, shuttered passenger service and embraced the diesel era. Moore wanted the No. 1 fully restored and its long life on the rails—which had included being the first train to reach the victims of the 1889 Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood—celebrated as a goodwill ambassador for the railroad. The revived Clinchfield No. 1 led beloved excursion trains that visited seven state capitals, bringing joy to passengers from the Appalachian Mountains to Tampa, Florida. Join authors Mark A. Stevens and A.J. Alf" Peoples on the journey of the real-life little engine that could."
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The Clinchfield No. 1: Tennessee's Legendary Steam Engine

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The Clinchfield No. 1: Tennessee's Legendary Steam Engine
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Overview

As general manager for Erwin, Tennessee-based Clinchfield Railroad, Thomas D. Moore found an eighty-six-year-old vintage 4-6-0 ten-wheeler steam engine—the Clinchfield No. 1. Miraculously, the engine had escaped the cutter's torch when, in the mid-1950s, the railroad retired its steam fleet, shuttered passenger service and embraced the diesel era. Moore wanted the No. 1 fully restored and its long life on the rails—which had included being the first train to reach the victims of the 1889 Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood—celebrated as a goodwill ambassador for the railroad. The revived Clinchfield No. 1 led beloved excursion trains that visited seven state capitals, bringing joy to passengers from the Appalachian Mountains to Tampa, Florida. Join authors Mark A. Stevens and A.J. Alf" Peoples on the journey of the real-life little engine that could."

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626195967
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 08/19/2014
Series: Transportation
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 5.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Mark A. Stevens has been an editor and publisher for more than twenty-five years. He is president of MAScommunications, a South Carolina publishing and marketing company. In 2010, he received the Unicoi County Historical Society Walter Garland Award for History Preservation. A.J. Alf"? Peoples is a third-generation railroader. In 2014, the East Tennessee Historical Society named Alf and his co-author Mark as recipients of its Award of Distinction for their work in preserving the history of the Clinchfield No. 1."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 9

Introduction 11

1 In the Beginning 13

2 Relief Train for the Johnstown Flood of 1889 19

3 By the Numbers: More Early History 25

4 Forlorn and Forgotten: The Town of Erwin Years 31

5 The Silver-Haired Man with the Million-Dollar Smile 37

6 Rebuilding, Remodeling and the True Making of the Clinchfield No. 1 47

7 The Hatcher Brothers 58

8 All Aboard! for the No. 1's Excursions 67

9 The Clinchfield Special 84

10 The Invaluable P.O. likens 88

11 Public Relations 91

12 "Disaster" on the Clinchfield 98

13 Howard Baker and Political Power Aboard the No. 1 105

14 Not So "Special": Santa Glaus Sued 116

15 Extra-Special Clinchiield: To the Ocean and Down to Florida 124

16 Short Tales From the Rails 139

17 A Letter from No. 1 148

Epilogue 153

About the Authors 157

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