Invention and Engineering

Great Smoky Mountains Railroad 1702

Great Smoky Mountains Railroad 1702 is an S160 class 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive, built in September 1942 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, originally for the U.S. Army Transportation Corps during World War II. After the war ended, the No. 1702 locomotive worked on two railroads in Arkansas and one in Nebraska. Originally built to run on coal, No. 1702 was converted to burn oil around 1946. In late 1991, the No. 1702 locomotive was purchased by the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad (GSMR) in Bryson City, North Carolina, where it hauled tourist train excursions on the half of the former Southern Railway (SOU) Murphy Branch, which spans 53 miles (85 kilometers) of track between Dillsboro and Nantahala, North Carolina. After 2004, it went out of service due to firebox issues but was later restored back to operating condition and returned to service in 2016. No. 1702 is currently one of twenty-six S160 steam locomotives preserved in the United States and abroad.

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• ▸Bure Valley Railway
• ▸Aditya-L1
• ▸2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

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