Busch Gardens Railway 4-4-0 No. 17 'Alpen Express'
Williamsburg, VA, United States 		Location: Busch Gardens
Status: Operational
Posted: Jul 26, 2025 @ 08:07:43 by Denis Larrick
Lakeside was planning to move to a bigger site. This engine was called Dick and Willie and built for Sugartree Amusement Park near Danville. The grading was done for the railroad at the new park, but track never put down, so it was installed at the old park in Salem. The two bridges of the railroad are still in the golf driving range.
Posted: Sep 6, 2018 @ 13:09:56 by Steven Chretien
Name is now just "Alpen Express" in stead of "Alpengeist Express".
Posted: Jun 9, 2012 @ 19:06:35 by Mike
This may be helpful Type: “4-4-0" Steam Pressure: 180 lbs p.s.i. Engine Weight: Dry Weight............39,500 lbs Water @ ½ glass... 4,962 lbs Total......................43,462 lbs.........22.23 tons Tender Weight: Dry Weight............20,000 lbs Full Water...............10,483 lbs Full Fuel...................2,544 lbs Total......................33,027 lbs........16.51 tons Combined Weight: Engine and Tender.........................38.72 tons Tender Capacity: Water........1,436 gallons...1" of water = 30 gal or 250 lbs Fuel...........600 gallons of propane in 6, 100 gal tanks Hourly Fuel Consumption: Average.....693 cubic feet or 81 pounds or 20 gal per /hr.
Posted: Jan 27, 2010 @ 18:01:26 by nathan
i think this locomotive came from the old LakeSide Amuesment Park in salem ,virginia
Posted: May 22, 2009 @ 17:05:41 by chris
fuel 600 gallons of propane. was restored by TWEETSIE RAILROAD in NC in 1996.
Posted: Sep 18, 2003 @ 14:09:50 by
Crown BGW Alpengeist Express.jpg
Posted: Mar 26, 2003 @ 15:03:33 by denis larrick
Originally built for Lakeside Park, Salem, Va 1972, sold to a park in Greensboro, NC mid 1980s, rebuilt by Tweetsie RR for Busch Gardens.