Simons Wrecking No. 2

Simons Wrecking Company No. 2 is an 0-6-0ST saddle tank steam locomotive built by H.K. Porter in 1941. It originally worked for the US Navy during World War II in Virginia as No. 14 and was later put into service with Simons Wrecking Co. as No. 2.
At some point it became apart of F. Nelson Blount's Steamtown, U.S.A. collection but ended up being sold before Steamtown relocated to Scranton, Pennsylvania. It was then moved to an auto salvage yard in Newbury, Massachusetts and languished there for many years until 2006. It was removed from the junkyard by Peabody, Massachusetts Public Works Director Dick Carnevale, and restoration began in hopes for it to be displayed in a city park in Peabody. The restoration of the engine was done by Carnevale personally, along with some volunteers. After he resigned in October 2008, the city gave him 60 days to remove the engine from city property. Local residents contacted the Friends of Valley Railroad in Essex, Connecticut, who would go on to purchase the engine from Carnevale and had it transported it to Connecticut.
The locomotive was cosmetically restored and now sits on static display at Essex Steam Train and Riverboat heritage railway right by the main train station.
Category:H.K. Porter 0-6-0ST
Category:0-6-0ST locomotives
Category:0-6-0ST steam locomotives
Category:0-6-0 locomotives
Category:0-6-0 steam locomotives
Category:Saddle tank locomotives
Category:Steam locomotives
Category:American locomotives
Category:American steam locomotives
Category:Built in 1941
Category:Preserved locomotives
Category:Preserved steam locomotives
Category:Standard gauge locomotives
Category:Standard gauge locomotives of the United States
Category:Porter locomotives
Category:Oil-fired locomotives
Category:Locomotives
Category:Six-coupled locomotives