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Brimstone Railroad
The Brimstone Railroad was chartered in May of 1942 as a common carrier line in eastern Tennessee in order to form a successor for a series of smaller lumbering roads. It operated as a coal-hauling line until April 1, 1966, in one form or another, having been purchased by Georgia-Pacific and later the Southern Railway.
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Brimstone #35
Alco 3-truck (1910) / New River, Tn / Mar 1956 / collection
Brimstone #35
- builder:American Locomotive Company
- arrangement:Class 3 Shay
- built:Aug 1910, Alco #2366
- fuel:coal/water
- notes:
- blt Raleigh & Southwestern #35
to Smokey Mountain, 1921
to W.M. Ritter Lumber Co, 1938
to Brimstone, 1942
to Tennessee Valley Rwy Museum
to Yolo Short Line
to Silver Bend Tree Farm, 1995