Nevada Central No. 2

Nevada Central RR No. 2 is a 2-6-0 "Mogul" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1881 for the Nevada Central Railroad.
The locomotive was used for passenger and freight service on the Nevada Central Railroad to operate a short line that's connecting with Battle Mountain and Austin, Nevada.
In 1938 it was retired from active service and it was purchased by Disney animator Ward Kimball and his wife Betty for their backyard railroad called the "Grizzly Flats Railroad".
The beautifully restored locomotive features Kimball's own artwork on the cab and headlight and it was renamed "Emma Nevada" after a famous opera star of the late 1800s and was finally fired up in 1942.
It last steamed regularly in 1951, when it was side-lined with mechanical issues, but ran again once in 1981 to celebrate its 100th birthday. It also ran again in 1985 to participate in a race with Tom Scherman's "Iron Man".
It is currently being restored to operation at the Southern California Railroad Museum.
==Trivia==
*Nevada Central #2 was the first locomotive to join the "Grizzly Flats Railroad" in 1938.
*With a friend's prompting, he then bought the locomotive #2, once named "Sidney Dillon", which had operated on the Nevada Central since 1881.
*One on three surviving locomotives from the Nevada Central. The other two being Nevada Short line #1 and North Pacific Coast #12, both residing at the CSRM.
*With some Complaints of Kimball's neighbors of the coal smoke forced Kimball to sideline the locomotive in 1951 and operated his railroad with the "Chloe".
*Casey Junior, the circus engine featured in Dumbo, is based on the Nevada Central No. 2, albeit with the 2-6-0 wheel arrangement simplified as a 2-4-0 wheel arrangement with a small 4-wheeled tender to depict an 'infant' locomotive.
*The locomotive was featured in "Great Toy Train Layouts of America Part 1", while the bell was featured in "I Love Toy Trains" for every start of videos 1 through 13.
==See also==
*Gallery
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