Thanks for posting! Mr. David Kloke built the entire train from scratch - a remarkable achievement indeed!
In 2013, after excursions in New York state, Mr. Kloke trucked his LEVIATHAN to New Freedom, PA, where she ran on the historic Northern Central Railway with her younger sister, No. 17, the YORK, under the auspices of Steam into History. Mr. Kloke had built No. 17 to the blueprints of his LEVIATHAN. She had rolled out of Kloke Locomotive Works, Elgin, IL, in May, 2013.
When I asked Mr. Kloke to pose for a photo at Hanover Junction, where President Abraham Lincoln had changed trains to deliver his Gettysburg Address, he insisted we include these two charming young ladies from Steam into History
The LEVIATHAN at New Freedom
The LEVIATHAN stands on the former main at Hanover Junction, facing York, Harrisburg, and Sunbury.
The LEVIATHAN faces Hanover on the diverging branch to Gettysburg.
No. 17, the YORK, at Hanover Junction, facing New Freedom
Mr. Kloke uses these trucks to haul the LEVIATHAN and her tender
Vicki Gemmill took this photo in December, 2013.
