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= Clinchfield #99 =

Clinchfield Railroad No. 99 is a 4-6-0 Class G-1 steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in December 1905 (serial number 27048) originally for the South and Western Railroad Company as their #1. She was later sold to the Clinchfield Railroad as #99 in 1908 and was classified as a G-1. The 99 has 19" x 26" inch cylinders, 63" inch driving wheels, a 200 psi boiler, a tractive effort of 21,400 lbs. and weighed in at 69 tons without the tender. It was used by the Clinchfield to haul both passenger and freight trains until the early 1950's when she was sold to the Black Mountain Railroad Company and became their #3. She continued service until February 1956 when she was retired from service and later donated to the Casey Jones Museum in Jackson, TN, where she was dolled up as the Illinois Central #382, where it is seen today on static display.

The G-1
Baldwin Locomotive Works number was 27048 in December 1905. The original specifications for the boiler included 2,139 square feet of heating surface. Locobase suspects that Clinchfield's later figure of 2,164 square feet included 25 square feet of arch tubes. If so, then the firebox heating surface would have increased to 169 sq ft. This single Ten-wheeler went into service with the Clinch's predecessor -- the generically named South & Western Railroad as #1. (The S & W had started business as the Ohio River & Charleston.) The Clinchfield took over the S & W and its three locomotives in 1908 including the #1, the only G-1 ever made for Clinchfield. The #1's drivers indicate a line with steep grades and low passenger demand. It was produced to a 19th-century layout that included slide valves and Stephenson gear. Unlike the slightly later, but updated, G-2s (Locobase 9153), this engine operated into the 1950s.

Black Mountian R.R.
The closely-knit Black Mountian Railroad and Yancey Railroads bought the 99 from Clinchfield in 1950. It was renumbered to BMRR #3. It served mainly on the Yancey Railroad as a backup engine for their diesels. It was sent up to Erwn, TN for repaires and never came back.in Febuary of 1956 the 99 was retired from service never to run again.

Casey Jones Museum
The Clinchfield 99 was acquired by the Casey Jones Museum in 1956 and was painted as IC 382 by the GM&O at Islen shops in Jackson. It was evaluated in the late 1980's for restoration to operation but was found to be a very costly endevour. Today, it remains on static display at the museum and visitors are allowed to go inside of the cab and ring the bell.