Greensburg 2.5 ton Monitor Tunnel Locomotive
Greensburg 2.5 ton "Monitor" Battery Tunnel Locomotive
This project was possible due to the gracious donation of the Traylor Brothers Inc. company, of Evansville, Indiana. Special thanks for the management team & the ground crews to make it all happen. These two foot gauge Greensburg "Monitor" 2.5-Ton units were utilized for underground tunneling construction projects throughout the United States. Tradition uses were pulling the muck cars from the cutting face at the Tunnel Boring Machine (T.B.M) to the outside refuse pile.
Our restoration team picked the locomotives up & immediately commenced their work on one of the units. This project had a special deadline to meet. We had to add to the excitement for one of our dedicated members birthday celebrations. We quickly adapted one of our portable generators to by-pass the batteries & back on the rail it went. Completed Nov 2007
Special thanks also to the brothers (owners) of the Teaberry & Southern Railroad for allowing our group to bring this locomotive for its 1st test run.
Greensburg 2.5 ton Monitor Battery Tunnel Locomotive
Special thanks to the Traylor Brothers crew for loading
2nd locomotive onto the truck
Locomotive at our shop getting original factory colors
Pete painting the safety stripes & black trim
Locomotive before final lettering
Using a waterjet to cut the motorman seat 55,000 psi
Cutting through the 2in oak with no problem
Movie link
Completed restoration making a brief stop
1st Test run with Mike & John
Mike & Ray at the top of the 10% grade
Mike crossing the trestle
This run looks like a winter wonderland scene
Climbing the grade the snow finally won
Wheels spinning the hill won
Ray coasting into the locomotive shed
Special thanks to the owners of the T & S R.R.
