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Restoring W&W #4

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W&W #4 cosmetically restored and on display for the
2000 Harvest Festival.  As the photos below show, it took
lots of work to get the #4 looking so good (Don Hensley).

During the summer of 2000, the Waynesburg and Washington Railroad Special Interest Group invested well over 150 hours to cosmetically restore the W&W locomotive #4. The locomotive was cleaned and painted; cab windows were replaced, along with remounting the bell and headlight.

What you see today is the result of a small group of railroad buffs dedicated to preserving this important piece of Pennsylvania railroad history. Our ultimate dream is to restore locomotive #4 to operating condition. However this will require funds, countless work hours, volunteer dedication, and sweat equity to realize this dream.

The following members donated their time to the restoration:

Jim Weinschenker, Volunteer Coordinator
Gary Carmichael
Jack Dunn
Eric Hansmann
Morgan Hansmann
Don Hensley
Joe Jack
David Loughman

The W&W Special Interest Group would like to extend a thank you to the following organizations:

  • Brenda Giles, Museum Director
  • Waynesburg Glass and Mirror for the new cab windows
  • Wade's Towing for moving the engine during work sessions


The cab was scrapped an sanded prior to painting
(Jim Weinschenker)


Tender after sanding off the rust (Jim Weinschenker).


The smokebox after removing heavy soot.  That's the original
graphite you see, not silver paint (Jim Weinschenker).


Number 4 is dressed in black.  Lettering and detail painting
is next (Jim Weinschenker).


Engine number 4 on display at the 2000 Harvest
Festival. (Eric Hansmann)