I recently viewed the DVD "Carolina Shortlines" from A&R Productions, which I greatly enjoyed. There was film footage from around 1980 taken at Red Hill, South Carolina. This is only about a mile or two east of Conway, between Conway and Myrtle Beach. The Google overview of this location shows that there was once a turntable at this location, although that has now been obliterated as the area is a dump site for large construction debris. The Red Hill station still stands, complete with an order board semaphore.
This line was operated as a short line variously by Mid-Atlantic, Waccamaw Coast Line, and most recently by the now non-operating Carolina Southern. Owners of those lines over the years have almost all discussed operation of tourist trains or dinner trains from Myrtle Beach, so perhaps a steam locomotive was involved in that long-range planning.
Beyond that background of the site, the video shows the outline of a steam locomotive near the locomotive or car shed at Red Hill and the narration identifies it as a "consolidation". The video is not clear enough for any identification of number or further information.
Does anyone know the identification/heritage of the 2-8-0 that was stored there and what happened to it? Thanks
Bill
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