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WW&F track car No. 51 as seen in the summer of 1997 at Sheepscot. \u00a0<\/em>Photo courtesy of James Patten.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Research by member Jay Barta has uncovered the following history of our No. 51:<\/p>\n

\u201cOur track car No. 51 is a 1947 product of the Brookville Locomotive Works of Brookville, PA. \u00a0The company can trace its roots to 1918 when Ford dealer L.A. Leathers founded the Brookville Truck and Tractor Company, manufacturing the \u201cLeathers Mine Motor.\u201d \u00a0A unique concept, the ‘Mine Motor’ was a hybrid kit. \u00a0When integrated with a Ford one-ton truck or Fordson tractor chassis, it yielded a light rail vehicle that could be locally serviced with stock parts. \u00a0These were marketed to coal and clay mines, limestone quarries and brick and tile plants that dotted the Northeast and the upper Midwest. \u00a0The goal was to replace mule surface haulage, and to do the same work as 4 mules. \u00a0Original models were capable of hauling 50 tons a day, and within several years subsequent models accomplished 150 tons a day.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the years passed Brookville\u2019s product evolved to a single sourced product using many different power plants appearing like what we might identify today as a light rail locomotive. \u00a0The post war 1940s brought many changes, and the cranberry industry was no different. \u00a0An increase in demand for product as well as expiration of war time ceiling prices drove the \u201cbog boom\u201d in southeast Massachusetts resulting in the creation of hundreds of new cranberry grow sites. \u00a0Brookville rose to the challenge offering the 1.5-ton BSA light rail locomotive. \u00a0Marketed as the \u2018Cranberry Special,\u2019 these units were offered in 24\u201d gauge, with an option for a 30\u201d version. A total of 16 were produced from 1946 to 1949, with half of the production being sold to growers in southeast Massachusetts and Cape Cod. \u00a0These were designed to operate over temporary ‘bog track’ typically hauling tip cars of sand involved in bog construction. Brookville touted the locomotive\u2019s attributes in ad copy, \u2018It can be used over soft ground and requires only easily laid, light weight track which can be traversed at high speeds due to the freedom of wheel movement allowed by Brookville dual journal spring type, suspension.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Brookville Locomotive Works advertisement for its \u201cCranberry Special\u201d locomotives, as it appeared in the March 1948 issue of <\/em>Cranberries magazine.\u00a0 A photo promoting Brookville\u2019s Cranberry Special model can be found on page 14 in Brookville\u2019s 100th anniversary booklet posted on the company\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe power is provided by a Continental Y112 4 cylinder L-head gas engine. The largest of the diminutive Y4 series of power plants, this beast produced a whopping 37 HP @ 2800 RPM and with its relatively low compression ratio, was well suited for low quality fuels as well as propane.<\/p>\n

\u201cA fun factoid. The Y112 was the original engine provided in the initial pre-WW2 Jeep prototype created in 1940 by the American Bantam Company. \u00a0This was later supplanted by the L134 \u2018Go Devil\u2019 as Willys became the predominate war time manufacturer over Ford and Bantam with the ubiquitous Willys MB.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrookville employed a complete power package with the engine married to a Warner T-9, 4 speed crash box and a split input shaft reverser. These were widely used in forklifts particularly by the Clark company in their Y20 yarder lifts of the 40\u2019s and 50\u2019s and their Clipper series of the sixties. This provided the Locomotive with all gears both in forward and reverse. This approach would make sense for Brookville. Fly in the power plant, bolt it down, add a fuel and electrical source a drive shaft and your good to go.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Our No. 51\u2019s builder\u2019s plate.\u00a0 Stewart Rhine photo.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cDistributed by Russell Trufant of North Carver Mass, Brookville Mfrs. No. 3233 was ordered in October of 1946 and delivered to J. B. Atkins, a cranberry farmer in Harwich, Mass. \u00a0Interesting that as this order was processing, down the road in South Carver, Mr. Ellis D. Atwood and Mr. Linwood Moody were back hard at it building the \u2018ultimate bog railroad\u2019 we know today as Edaville Railroad. \u00a0Any intermediate owners, if any, are unknown. \u00a0The last owner was Robert S. Paine of Wellfleet, Mass. \u00a0He opened and operated Paine\u2019s Campground in South Wellfleet for decades. \u00a0He also operated the Paine Enterprises Marine Railway which was comprised of the locomotive and nearly 1,000\u2019 of bog track running from the shoreline up to his yard and shops.\u201d<\/p>\n

More information on Jay\u2019s research can be found on our forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Robert Paine first loaned and ultimately donated the locomotive to our Museum, along with some panel track and other bog railway material, as detailed in the September\/October 1994 and July\/August 1995 issues of the WW&F Newsletter<\/em>.\u00a0 The Brookville arrived at our Railway on August 12th<\/sup>, 1994, the day before our 1994 Annual Picnic.\u00a0 It was used that Saturday to give guests aboard restored WW&F flatcar No. 118 a short ride over the 30 feet on new track outside shop bay 1.<\/p>\n

The Brookville was our Museum\u2019s first piece of motive power.\u00a0 As track was built, it became a faithful workhorse, hauling stone, rail, materials, and people to our worksites.\u00a0 The engine continues in that role, even after the purchase of WW&F locomotive No. 52 in late 1996, a 12-ton Plymouth diesel.\u00a0 The Brookville can operate on track that would not be safe with heavier equipment (such as in construction zones), as well as shuttling work crews and material back and forth.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>No. 51 is seen with a work flat loaded with rail and track tools near the Sheepscot North Yard switch during our 2014 Spring Work Weekend.\u00a0 Brendan Barry photo.<\/em><\/p>\n

The locomotive was reclassified to a track car in 2010 with the adoption of a new rulebook.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Our Brookville at rest in our new Sheepscot car barn during our Fall 2015 Work Weekend.\u00a0 Brendan Barry photo.<\/em><\/p>\n

This YouTube video<\/a> from our Spring 2012 Work Weekend shows No. 51 in typical operation on our Railway.\u00a0 The Brookville can be seen running at the start of the video, as well as at 8:00 and 13:46.<\/p>\n

In May 2022, museum volunteer Jay Barta completed a full refurbishment of this locomotive; it is in service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Research by member Jay Barta has uncovered the following history of our No. 51: \u201cOur track car No. 51 is a 1947 product of the Brookville Locomotive Works of Brookville, PA. \u00a0The company can trace its roots to 1918 when Ford dealer L.A. 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