Firing up and running "Buckeye" O&K 0-4-0 Steam Locomotive!

Buckeye is a 2ft /600mm gauge locomotive that was built in 1935 by Orenstein & Koppel in Berlin, Germany and was used to shunt cars for a series of mining interests in Southern Africa, the last being a Chromium Mine on the Selukwe Peak Light Railway in what was then Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). In the 1960s it was donated to a non-profit group and entered park service on the Gwelo & District Light Railway, which was a park railroad run for the entertainment of children and adults alike.

Purchased by Peter Nott in 2004, it was moved to the central coast of California, United States where it was completely restored from the ground up to a high level of quality. Buckeye now operates on the Norgrove Railway in Arroyo Grande, CA. Join us as Hayden Seybold and Peter Nott fire up and run Buckeye on the 2/3rds of the railway which is now complete.