Edison Steam Engine, Greenfield Village

No problem. Also for originality, they should have kept the wooden cab, and kept the box headlight, but still steam powered with the dinamo on the center of the boiler between the domes, and the round headlight as an emergency back up light. A 4 axle tender would be more accurate. But Edison is one of my favorite locomotives, she's a classic.

See, that is what I read, however I guess I misinterpreted it. Regardless, the Edison is one of my all time favorite steam locomotives. I kind of wish that Greenfield Village would set aside a day where the Edison or Torch Lake ( or both) could haul some original, non-tourist equipment on a photo freight.

Just to let everyone know that the Edison has a new steam powered headlight. You can almost see it as it pulls out of the station in this vid

See, thats what I had read, but I must have misinterpreted it as saying that the locomotive as a whole was assembled at that time. Regardless, this is one of my all time favorite locomotives. Although it is original, the only thing that I truly think is quirky about the Edison is the 2 axle tender. For originality's sake, I like it, but for the sake of portraying the "classic" american, I kind of wish that they also had a 2 truck tender to use. Thanks for all the info btw!

On the Greenfield Village site it says 1932. But that is when she was put together, in many ways she is much old than 1932, it's possible that she is almost or just as old as Torchlake.

She is a unique 4-4-0. She looked more normal when she had the box headlight, and wooden cab. The stacks wouldn't make a difference if she had the capped she has now, or the huge balloon she had in the 60s, or the smaller balloon she had in the 90s, they wouldn't make that big an impact. IF they would give it another wood cab, and return it its box headlight she'd look more like a normal 4-4-0. Also she is small, and was actually custom built.

Oh. I thought I read somewhere that she was built in the 20's, but I wasn't really sure. Since I'd never heard of Rogue Locomotive Works, the origin was always a mystery to me since the proportions of the Edison are kind of odd compared to other Americans.

BTW: For a number of years I used to ride the Amtrak train from Niles, Michigan to Greenfield Villege, Michigan. I always flew out to visit my relatives in the midwest in the summers and once a year would ride the Amtrak go Greenfield Villege.

This is hard core!!! Last time I was at Greenfield Villege, Michigan was in the year 2002 and I shot vid of this very steam engine! 5 stars!

Edison was built by the Rouge Locomotive Shop in Detroit Michigan, and it was supervised by Henry Ford. For Greenfield Village he wanted a Mason Machine works engine from a civil war era. Unfortunately, he couldn't find one, so he used old parts to build this civil war era Mason replica, and named it after his friend Thomas Edison. This was also his favorite locomotive.

The Edison wore a 6-chime on her back in the 90s. I miss that whistle, it was a beautiful whistle, and could really grab your attention.

The locomotive was built from old parts and spare parts of old locomotives in 1932. I don't know the manufacturer, but she was owned by Henry Ford for the Ford Motor Company for many years.

The locomotive is original, but I don't know who manufactured it (Baldwin?). However, I believe that it has always been owned by Ford. Ford had the locomotive overhauled sometime in the early 1920's, and then later in 1974 for operation.

is that an crown engine? or is that an original. If it is, what railway is it from.

Last time I saw Edison, she had a wood cab, box headlight, and a balloon stack.