Virginian Class SA Locomotive, Number 4

A rare memento of the steam age, this 8-wheel switcher is the sole remaining steam engine of the Virginian Railway. The tractive effort of 45,200 lbs. and small 51" drivers 
were typical of the thousands of heavy switchers built during the first several decades 
of the Twentieth Century.

The 0-8-0 Class SA was built by Baldwin in August 1910, and was one of five in its 
class. After its retirement in 1957, it was donated to the City of Princeton, West 
Virginia and was placed on exhibit at a local park about one mile from the Mercer 
County Courthouse, in Princeton. Exposure to the elements and vandalism caused 
severe deterioration -- it was traded with Norfolk & Western for a caboose in 1960. 
The city later objected to the transaction and the locomotive was awarded in litigation 
to N&W. After complete refurbishing in the N&W East End Shops, it was placed in the Museum in 1963.

The No. 4 has a tender coal capacity of 10 tons and a boiler pressure of 200 psi.