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This is the first of hopefully many posts on the restoration and operation of Oshawa Railways# 18.

#18 is a 53Ton Baldwin-Westinghouse, Class B, electric locomotive. Originally delivered to the Auburn and Syracuse in 1918, she has had 8 owners and finally come to rest in East Windsor, CT at the Connecticut Trolley Museum (CTM) in 1962. Since then she as been a jack of all trades: shop switcher, display piece, and more recently the head of the freight train pulling cinder cars and the museum's recently cosmetically restored Reading caboose.

This restoration is going to be a more than cosmetic. Some of the issues that are going to be addressed are: New cab flooring, new windows, rebuilding her second compressor, extensive rust abatement, and a new look, one worthy of her longevity and charm.

This video shows #18 as she passes the camera on Track 2 at North Road Station on the CTM campus in 2005.