Flagg Coal Co.

1930 Vulcan

0-4-0 Saddle Tank Engine

Flagg Coal Company Website

Flagg Coal Co. # 75

Specifications

Builder: Vulcan Iron Works, Wilkes Barre, PA
Date: December, 1930
Builder's Number: 3972
Standard Gauge: 4' 8-1/2"
Cylinders: 14" x 22"
Weight on Drivers: 80,000 lbs
Driver Diameter: 38"
Height: 11' 8"
Width: 8' 10"
Length: 23' 6"
Working Pressure: 150 p.s.i.
Water Tank Capacity: 1,250 gallons
Fuel: Coal
Coal Bunker Capacity: 1 ton

Engine History

Built by Vulcan Iron Works, Wilkes Barre, PA

Put into service, December, 1930, as #2 for the Flagg Coal Company, Avoca, PA Used as a switch engine ~1935 sold to Solvay Process Co. at Jamesville, New York; number changed to #75 Pushed 4-wheel hopper cars from the steam shovel to the crusher in a rock quarry In continuous use until the quarry went entirely to trucking and scrapped all of their steam engines. In 1953 #75 and 12 other Solvay Process engines were sold to Dr. Groman for the Rail City Museum, Sandy Pond, New York #75 was hauled to the site of the museum and was never moved or used in any way

In 1991 it was purchased from the estate of Dr. Groman by Byron Gramling with generous support from Eugene Reick

1991-2001 Completely restored to operating condition by Byron and John Gramling, Ashley, IN

2002-present On loan to the Steam Railroading Institute, Owosso, Michigan, by owners Byron and John Gramling for operation at the museum complex

#75 can be seen at Steam Railroading Institute

The owners Byron and John Gramling hope many more generations will have the opportunity to learn about and enjoy steam railroading through the operation of this engine.

Note: This engine has been named Flagg Coal Co. for the original owners and #75 for the number it wore through the majority of its working life.