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.