MILLIE AT THE SAND TOWER - As part of the East Broad Top Railroad's 2022 Winter Spectacular, a night photo session was offered and a cold EBT #12 aka "Millie" was the star of the shoot. Here the locomotive and crew members pose by the sand tower inside the Rockhill Furnace shop and yard complex. Lighting was provided by Christopher Pollock, Steve Barry and Michael Burkhart. The smoke and steam effects were applied to the locomotive via smoke sticks. East Broad Top Railroad #12 was the first and smallest mikado locomotive (2-8-2) to enter the EBT's roster. Millie, as she was named in 1960 by owner Nick Kovalchick after his daughter, was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia in 1911 and was capable of hauling 15 loaded hoppers from the coal mines.
Railroad
EAST BROAD TOP
Class
STEAM 2-8-2
Road Number
EBT 12
Line/Subdivision
ROCKHILL FURNACE YARD
Location
ROCKHILL FURNACE, Pennsylvania, USA
Date Taken
February 18, 2022
Date Uploaded
December 02, 2022
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MILLIE AT THE SAND TOWER - As part of the East Broad Top Railroad's 2022 Winter Spectacular, a night photo session was offered and a cold EBT #12 aka "Millie" was the star of the shoot. Here the locomotive and crew members pose by the sand tower inside the Rockhill Furnace shop and yard complex. Lighting was provided by Christopher Pollock, Steve Barry and Michael Burkhart. The smoke and steam effects were applied to the locomotive via smoke sticks. East Broad Top Railroad #12 was the first and smallest mikado locomotive (2-8-2) to enter the EBT's roster. Millie, as she was named in 1960 by owner Nick Kovalchick after his daughter, was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia in 1911 and was capable of hauling 15 loaded hoppers from the coal mines.
Growing up along the B&O Old Main Line in Mt. Airy, MD. My Dad and I would watch the cold storage get switched out on Saturday mornings but it wasn't until after I moved to Martinsburg, WV and took my Son to the station to watch trains that I began filming and photographing CSX and Winchester & Western in 2008. Soon after that I caught the nocturnal bug and began pushing my equipment to its limits doing night photography via either long exposure, off camera flash or both. In 2018 I purchased a drone and have taken photography to new heights!
EBT 12 is a class STEAM 2-8-2 and is pictured in ROCKHILL FURNACE, Pennsylvania, USA. This was taken along the EAST BROAD TOP. Photo Copyright: Jon Wright uploaded to Railroad Gallery on 12/02/2022. This photograph of EBT 12 was taken on Friday, February 18, 2022. All Rights Reserved.
