Brookville 90th anniversary locomotive

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Brookville 90th anniversary locomotive

The story behind our 90th annivesary Brookville locomotive. Ohio Vintage Coal Co. was approached spring of 2008 to design and build a short demonstartion track for the 2008 National Convention of the Historic Construction Equipment Association hosted by the National Pike Steam, Gas & Horse Association near Brownsville, Pennsylvania. Our group was honored to build the first ever working demonstation track in the U.S. for such an event. The purpose was to educate people the importance of rail haulage with the early construction industry of America. Our group also realized that 2008 also marked the 90th Anniversary of Brookville locomotive so what better locomotive to host at the National Convention (A 90TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL).

Below is a locomotive that one of our members acquired from Mississippi Lime Co. in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri in late 2007. We began the restoration process 2-1/2 weeks before the show due to extremely busy work schedules. We had a bad feeling starting this major project with so little time but we also new it was feasible.

The last (7) days we pulled 21 hour days. we were ready to kiss the ground once we arrived at the convention. Also keep in mind we were also restoring the side dump car at the same time.

Locomotive specifications

  • Mfg: Brookville Locomotive Works
  • Weight: 3 tons
  • Model: BMD
  • Year Built: 8/ 1962
  • Engine: Re-engined from an International Harvester Engine UC-135B to an Isuzu Diesel C240 (1996)
  • Transmission also replaced in 1996 with a Borg Warner type shuttle transmission
  • Gauge: 42"ga

Locomotive History

  • Mississippi Lime Co., Ste. Genevieve, Mo  8/1/1962

             Operated on an elevated structure servicing pulling a dump car of lime for the kiln operation

  • A member of the Ohio Vintage Coal Company, Columbus, Oh 10/6/2007
  • Converted to the 90th Anniversary Special Aug., 2008

Brookville Locomotive, Brookville Mine Locomotive

The locomotive arrives at our shop, a long trip from Missouri

Notice the protective cab, no windows !

Lime is just as bad as concrete

Mike S. removing the divider wall

The cab transformation begins

Enlarging the rear window with our plasma cutter

Installing new framework & windows

Removing the protective cab wall

Now there will be windows

Cab coming together

Repairing the battle wounds while it was in service

The steps removed, the cab is almost ready for the rivets

The rivets are placed into our electric furnace

RED HOT ! ! ready to be installed

Lining up the rivet

Driving it in before the rivet guns take over

Flush to the steel ready to form the rivet

Once you operate one of these, YOU WILL NEVER FORGET

Rob driving his first rivet

Steel work complete, ready for the primer

Finally starting to take shape

Controls relocated & interior painted gray

The nightmare of painting orange

6 coats and now it is orange

The black applied at 2am the same day it leaves for the convention

Almost completed

Working at the national Historical Construction Equipment convention in Brownsville, Pa in 2008 as an educational display demonstrating how industrial railways were utilized in road type construction projects. Great success with approx 30,000 people in attendance.