Brian Waller

The ES&NA RR Steam Locomotive #1, Locomotive #1 was built in 1906 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Serial #29588, It was and is a wood burner. It is a 2-6-0 (Mogul) and, Engine only, Weight 75,000 pounds. it will produce 200 pounds of steam pressure (p.s.i.) and 12,00 pounds of tractive effort (power). Locomotive #1 was originally used in the Northeast Texas Lumber industry, there it burn yellow pine slab wood. Later when part of The Scott & Bearskin Lake Railroad in Scott, Ark. it burned sycamore and other local hard woods. Here in Eureka Springs it burns white and red oak, and hickory. One of the last operational wood burner in the United States, it consumes up to 1-1/2 to 2 cords of Ozark hardwood in a full day's operation. Its cabbage-head stack is unique and was designed to serve as a spark arrester. Retired in the late 1990's because of a an expensive boiler re-build mandated by the state boiler inspector.

The ES&NA RR Steam Locomotive #1, Locomotive #1 was built in 1906 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Serial #29588, It was and is a wood burner. It is a 2-6-0 (Mogul) and, Engine only, Weight 75,000 pounds. it will produce 200 pounds of steam pressure (p.s.i.) and 12,00 pounds of tractive effort (power). Locomotive #1 was originally used in the Northeast Texas Lumber industry, there it burn yellow pine slab wood. Later when part of The Scott & Bearskin Lake Railroad in Scott, Ark. it burned sycamore and other local hard woods. Here in Eureka Springs it burns white and red oak, and hickory. One of the last operational wood burner in the United States, it consumes up to 1-1/2 to 2 cords of Ozark hardwood in a full day's operation. Its cabbage-head stack is unique and was designed to serve as a spark arrester. Retired in the late 1990's because of a an expensive boiler re-build mandated by the state boiler inspector.
Brian Waller, Sep 10, 2010