Locomotive Roster
It is not known if this is a complete list of Eckhart Branch locomotives. All of the listed engines except the first are of the "Camel" type. Hicks (ref. 23) recounts that the transfer records in the Maryland State Archives (from MMC to CC&I) mention five engines. Two of these are Winans, but lighter in weight than the listed engines, and three are much lighter. Rankin (ref. 46) mentions that the company motive power included three first class engines, two second class, and forty-one horses and mules. Rolling stock included sixty-eight iron hopper, gondola, scow, and passenger cars in 1853.
| Builder | Wheel Arrangement | Data | Name | Company | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | 2-2-2 | ? | Enoch Pratt | MMC | unknown |
| Winans | 0-8-0 | 1849 | Eckhart | MMC | rebuilt in 1868, sold to C&P as #27 |
| Winans | 0-8-0 | 1849 | Mountaineer | MMC | sold to C&P as #28, scrapped in 1876 |
| Winans | 0-8-0 | 1851 | Fire King | MMC | unknown |
| Winans | 0-8-0 | 1852 | Black Monster | CC&I | sold to C&P as #29 |
| Winans | 0-8-0 | 1854 | Braddock | CC&I | sold to C&P as #31, later renumbered to #30 |
| Winans | 0-8-0 | 1853 | Cumberland | CC&I | sold to C&P as #30 |
No pictures of any of these engines are known to exist. The Transfer records mention “2 engines of 23 ton's weight, 1 second-class coal/wood burner of 15 tons, 1 English make, American built of 15 tons, and 1 second class engine of 12 tons." The use of the "Enoch Pratt" label is questionable, although it may be the "American built of 15 tons" mentioned. A 2-2-2 wheel arrangement is unusual. The Robert Stephenson Patentee locomotive of 1834 was of this pattern. American manufacturers known to have copied Stephenson's work from Britain include Baldwin Locomotive Works, Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works, the Locks & Canal Company of Lowell, Ma., and the West Point Foundry. No extant records support the sales of an engine from any of these companies to Eckhart. The West Point Foundry had supplied the machinery to the Georges Creek Coal and Iron Company or the blast furnace at Lonaconing.
The Eckhart was a "second class" engine, with 17-inch (430 mm) cylinders. The Braddock was a first class engine, with 19-inch (480 mm) cylinders. Winans customarily gave a thirty-day trial period to the purchasers. The engine Mountaineer was delivered on December 1, 1849, and accepted on Jan. 8, 1850. The engine Cumberland cost $11,000. and was delivered May 28, 1853. The engine Fire King, delivered 6/30/1851, came with a 4-wheel tender, holding 1½ tons of coal, and 900 gallons of water. The engine Frostburg went into service on Nov. 20, 1852.
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