EBT Locomotive Roster
7 - 'Aughwick'

#7 was built to the same plans as the D&RG class 70 (C-19) and was generally unlike any other EBT locomotive. She was the only member of the larger consolidation class on the EBT, being 16,000 lbs. heavier than the first batch of consolidations.

#7 was named for Aughwick Creek which the EBT generally follows from Mount Union to Pogue and crosses twice.

Like #4, #7 had more that it's share of bad luck. In July 1887, she and #8 had a head-on collision at Cooks. #7 was burned in a September 8, 1908 in a shops fire that consumed the Boiler and Paint Shops. She was repaired after the fire and continued in service many more years. At some point prior to her departure from the EBT she was refitted, removing the crosshead water pump and moving the connecting rod from the second to the third set of drivers. Although #7 was the most powerful locomotive on the line in terms of tractive effort until the arrival of #12, that was largely due to her small drivers when compared to other EBT locos of similar weight. This made her relatively slow and her high TE relative to weight made her prone to slipping.

#7 was rendered surplus by the new Mikados #12 and #14 and the Prairie #11, and was sold to the Ohio River and Western (controlled by the Pennsylvania Railroad) for the amount of $6,019. It served there as #9669 until the road folded in 1931, pulling the last run on the line. As with all OR&W locomotives, she was transported to a PRR facility and scrapped

Four nearly identical D&RG C-19 locomotives survive, two at Knott's Berry Farm in California (#340 and #409), one on static display at the Durango and Silverton Railroad (#420) and one at the Colorado Railroad Museum (#346).

General References

• G1 - East Broad Top - Lee Rainey and Frank Kyper - p. 217
• G2 - A Ramble into the Past on the East Broad Top - Frank Kyper - p.60-61