Steam Locomotive Leaves Tioga County
for the Last time
On November 4, this 1918 Vulcan 0-4-0T Saddle Tanker #12 was loaded
onto a trailer at the Flemingville Station and taken to the Rochester and
Genesee Valley Rail Road Museum in Industry, NY. Engine No. 12 started
its service in 1918 at the Dexter and Northern Rail Road in Dexter, New
York. The D&N RR was a small industrial railroad that was operated
by the Dexter Pulp and Paper Company from 1918 till the mid 1960's. The
No. 12 was then purchased by the Smith family in Tioga Center who used
it as an attraction at their Skyline Amusement Park in Tioga Center during
the 1970's. After the park closed, No.12 was purchased by James Mead of
Owego and was used on the Tioga Central Rail Road. It made runs between
Owego and Newark Valley until 1991 when Tioga County pulled the tracks
away from the Tioga Central Rail Road. No. 12 sat idle on the siding at
Flemingville Station until it was purchased by the Rochester and Genesee
Valley Rail Road Museum recently. The museum will be running No. 12 on
a short line track some time next year. This old Vulcan 0-4-0T has many
years of service left to give to railfans.