September 2019

Roundhouse Reports Latest News on the Bessemer & Lake Erie No.643 Disassembly and pre-movement planning for “The King” (former Bessemer & Lake Erie 2-10-4 #643)   The first highway tractor trailer filled with parts removed from former Bessemer & Lake 2-10-4 #643 (nicknamed “The King”) was unloaded last week at Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum …

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Roundhouse Reports Bessemer & Lake Erie No.643 – September Update http://www.ageofsteamroundhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/643-First-Movement-small.mp4 The initial study of how best to move Bessemer & Lake Erie 2-10-4 #643 from McKees Rocks, Pa., to The Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum in Sugarcreek, Ohio, has been completed by AoSRM employees and our 643 project manager. Nicknamed “The King,” the 643 …

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