This impressive steam locomotive was used at the Powderly Colliery during the golden era of the anthracite coal industry. Weighing 24 tons, the locomotive was manufactured in 1919 by Vulcan Iron Works in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania for the Hudson Coal Company.
Powderly Colliery was located in northern Lackawanna County in the second anthracite district. In 1919, the year that this locomotive was manufactured and purchased, the Powderly Colliery mined a total of 466,950 tons of anthracite coal and had 892 employees. This steam locomotive is one of fourteen similar machines that the Hudson Coal Company owned at its four collieries in the second district.
An engineer was responsible for the operation of a colliery locomotive or "lokie," which pulled the coal cars that were above ground. The last known engineer of this particular engine was Mr. Walter Chubb.
The Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum acquired this colliery locomotive in 1987 through the generous support of many individuals in the surrounding community.
Photograph of a Colliery Locomotive with Personnel, 1912
From left to right: John Pasterchik (brakeman or engineer); Mr. Jadick (fireman); Mike Taher (engineer); Mr. Warholick (unknown position); and an unidentified docking boss.
From Mr. Michael Pasterchik

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