Buffalo Creek and Gauley No. 13

Buffalo Creek & Gauley No. 13 is a 2-8-0 steam locomotive built in 1920 at the Brooks Works of the American Locomotive Company as 2-8-0 No. 6 built for Kelly’s Creek & Northwestern Railroad, a remote lumber hauling line deep in the mountains of West Virginia.
After an unremarkable KC&NW career, No. 6 was sold for scrap to Midwest Steel Corporation. Luckily, the nearby Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad needed additional power and still operated steam, so in 1954 it was purchased and renumbered No. 13.
No. 13 embarked on a second career as most steam locomotives were being cut up for scrap and its fellow BC&G steamers pulled a million tons of coal for their owners on the 18.6 miles of track between Dundon and Widen, and each year legions of railfans ventured to West Virginia to see steam’s last gasp.
Last steamed in the late 1990’s, No. 13 requires significant running gear work and a complete boiler inspection before operating again.
== Trivia ==
*In 1993 it was purchased by Jerry Jacobson as back up for engine No. 1551 on Ohio Central Railroad steam trains.
*Thirteen was also known as 'Ol Slobberface' by her crews for her unsolved problem of sweating around her smokebox profusely.
==Gallery==
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