For the record, RRRRRRR is not the official name for this preservation rail line. To date, we have no official name for it. I guess as it gets extended we'll come up with something.
However, I am HONORED that Chris came up with the name.
Maybe one of the rail "contraptions" will have RRRRRRR as reporting marks or something.
As for the active locomotives, both are battery units that came from tunneling companies. The small one, which is a Model Type "J" - 1-1/2-ton unit, was built by Atlas Car and Equipment of Cleveland, Ohio in 1965. It was used only by the original owner to haul cars for brick lining in sewer tunnels. The other is a Greensburg Monitor 2.5-Ton unit, that was involved with several tunneling contracts, including hauling muck trains for a New York City Subway tunneling project. We believe this unit traveled across the country and was used on many jobs before it was retired by Traylor Brothers of Evansville, Indiana.
Our O/O/S cannibalized former trolley unit, was homebuilt by a fellow in Tamaqua, PA. As built, it was modeled after the Chicago Tunnel locomotives. Hopefully, in the future, we'll get some running gear together to make it operational.
Industrial Rail Ray..................