0-6-0 SWITCHER #58
Locomotive No. 58 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia in October of 1907 (construction #31899). She originally worked for the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic as their No. 58, and then became Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast No. 27. She was sold to the U.S. Army and wore the number 6961, and was sold again to the Virginia Blue Ridge and became their No. 4. She was later sold to the Mead Corporation of Lynchburg, VA and renumbered 300. Malcolm Ottinger purchased the locomotive in 1963 for his Valley Forge Scenic Railroad as No. 300. Brian R. Woodcock purchased the 300 in 1973, moved her to the Wilmington & Western, and returned the engine to it's original number. In December 1988, he made No. 58 part of his Avondale Railroad Center in Avondale, PA. Woodcock donated No. 58 to the Wilmington & Western in 1997 to give the railroad another operable steam locomotive. Volunteers spent many months rebuilding and restoring her in our Marshallton yard. She was dedicated as "The Veteran's Locomotive" to honor our military veterans. No. 58 has a boiler pressure of 190 psi, a tractive effort of 31,100 lbs. and weighs in at over 150,000 lbs.

2-6-0 MOGUL #92
Locomotive No. 92 was built by the Canadian Locomotive Company of Kingston, Ontario in 1910. Originally Grand Trunk Railroad class E-8 No. 1017, she was rebuilt with superheaters and piston valves in 1913 and reclassified as an E-12. No. 1017 became Canadian National class E-10a in 1923 and was renumbered 919. In 1951, she was renumbered again to become No. 92. She was purchased by Historic Red Clay Valley, Incorporated in 1959 and has the distinction of being our first steam locomotive. She has 63-inch drivers, boiler pressure of 170 psi, and weighs in at nearly 142,000 lbs. No. 92 currently sits in our yard awaiting a large donation so that she can be restored to active service. Two of her sisters are in operation, though, not far from the Wilmington & Western: No. 89 is at the Strasburg Rail Road and recently restored No. 91 is at the Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad.

4-4-0 AMERICAN #98
The first locomotive with a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement was built in 1837 and the design lasted for nearly a century. By the end of the 1920s, over 25,000 such locomotives had been built. The 4-4-0 was a popular choice for nearly every American railroad, so much so that the wheel arrangement soon earned the name "American Standard," or simply "American." Locomotive 98 was built by the American Locomotive Company of Schenectady, NY in January 1909 (construction #45921). It worked in passenger service on the Mississippi Central before being retired in December 1944. Paulsen Spence purchased the 98 in 1947 for the Comite Southern, and later the Louisiana Eastern. Thomas C. Marshall and T. Clarence Marshall purchased the locomotive in January of 1960 with the intent of operating her (and several other engines) on a proposed weekend steam tourist railroad in Wilmington, DE. The 98 was moved to the Strasburg Rail Road where she was placed in storage until storage facilities could be obtained in Wilmington. In April 1964, the 98 was moved off Strasburg property and shipped to the Wilmington & Western where she was returned to service in October 1972. Tom Marshall officially donated the locomotive to Historic Red Clay Valley, Incorporated in December 1977. No. 98 operated regularly until the end of 1998 when she was removed from service to undergo a major rehabilitation project. She made a triumphant return to our rails on Saturday, October 16, 2004. To see photos of 98's restoration, please click on the button below.