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4/3/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Virginia Central Railway
Model:BLW 0-4-0Built As:AVC 6 (0-4-0)
Serial Number:57994Order No:
Frame Number:Built:9/1924
Notes:American Viscose Company
Other locos with this serial:  VC 6(0-4-0) VISCOSE 6(0-4-0)
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Viscose Company No. 6 at Westbrook Station
Title:  Viscose Company No. 6 at Westbrook Station
Description:  On July 29th and 30th 2017, the Catskill Mountain Railroad leased Viscose Company No. 6 to run the Catskill Mountain Flyer. No. 6 is an 0-4-0T built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1924 for the American Viscose Company, it was purchased by a private organization and restored to operational condition in the early 2000s, it is now leased to tourist railroads across the Northeast to run steam-powered excursions. While the Flyers passengers board the train, the crews of Viscose Company 6 and Catskill Mountain Railroad 42 ready their locomotives for a westbound departure from Westbrook Station in Kingston, New York.
Photo Date:  7/30/2017  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 11:42:06 PM
Location:  Kingston, NY
Author:  Joshua Harkness
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  VC 6(0-4-0)
Views:  290   Comments: 1
Viscose Co. 6 and the Catskill Mountain Flyer on the Hurley Flats
Title:  Viscose Co. 6 and the Catskill Mountain Flyer on the Hurley Flats
Description:  On July 29th and 30th 2017, the Catskill Mountain Railroad leased Viscose Company No. 6 to run the Catskill Mountain Flyer. No. 6 is an 0-4-0T built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1924 for the American Viscose Company, it was purchased by a private organization and restored to operational condition in the early 2000s, it is now leased to tourist railroads across the Northeast to run steam-powered excursions.On its way to Hurley Mountain along the former Ulster & Delaware corridor, Viscose Company No. 6 is under steam on the head-end of the Catskill Mountain Flyer as the train rolls across the Hurley Flats just west of Kingston.
Photo Date:  7/30/2017  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 11:43:27 PM
Location:  Kingston, NY
Author:  Joshua Harkness
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VC 6(0-4-0)
Views:  345   Comments: 0
In the Spirit of the New York Central
Title:  In the Spirit of the New York Central
Description:  On July 29th and 30th 2017, the Catskill Mountain Railroad leased Viscose Company No. 6 to run the Catskill Mountain Flyer. No. 6 is an 0-4-0T built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1924 for the American Viscose Company, it was purchased by a private organization and restored to operational condition in the early 2000s, it is now leased to tourist railroads across the Northeast to run steam-powered excursions. In a scene that could almost be from the time when the Catskill Mountain Branch was operated by the New York Central System, the Catskill Mountain Railroads Catskill Mountain Flyer, under the power of Viscose Company No. 6, rolls across the Hurley Flats just west of Kingston on its way back to Westbrook Station.
Photo Date:  7/30/2017  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 11:44:45 PM
Location:  Kingston, NY
Author:  Joshua Harkness
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VC 6(0-4-0)
Views:  341   Comments: 0


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