Sometimes you come across something which is truly a gem. This was one of my favorite finds on this vacation. This train was actually damaged by fire when J.E.B. Stuart was on his famous cavalry raid of Pennsylvania in 1862. In Chambersburg, PA, Stuart set fire to the Cumberland Valley Railway's depot, machine shops, and the roundhouse where the Pioneer was stored. However, the train was only out of service for three months.
Although repaired several times, the Pioneer retains many of its original parts and nearly all of its 1851 appearance.
It is the last surviving Wilmarth locomotive.
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