YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Model railroaders and railfans can now support the preservation of an Erie Lackawanna SDP45 when they purchase the HO scale version of it. The Athearn Trains announced on Sept. 28 that for every HO scale EL No. 3639 or Conrail No. 6670 sold, the model train manufacturer will make a donation to […]
The Michigan Central Station in 1940. TRAINS collection DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. paid $90 million for the derelict Michigan Central Depot, which it will turn into a campus for development of new technologies, according to a report in the Automotive News. The figure comes from government records. It means the company paid $150 per […]
Big Boy 4004 parties like it’s 1941 again! Join us at Cheyenne’s Holliday Park to talk to the restoration crew responsible for bringing Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4004 back to its 1941 appearance in 2018. The giant locomotive has been on display for almost 60 years and is once more looking like its original appearance. […]
Big Boy 4004 parties like it’s 1941 again! Join us at Cheyenne’s Holliday Park to talk to the restoration crew responsible for bringing Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4004 back to its 1941 appearance in 2018. The giant locomotive has been on display for almost 60 years and is once more looking like its original appearance. […]
SCRANTON, Pa. — While work continues on Boston & Maine 4-6-2 No. 3713, Steamtown National Historic Site is already considering what locomotive it will restore next and the shortlist includes a surprising candidate. Steamtown Superintendent Deborah Conway tells Trains News Wire that Canadian National 2-8-2 No. 3377 is a “likely candidate” for restoration once the […]
Of the eight Big Boy locomotives preserved, only two are indoors. No. 4017 is one of the major artifacts on display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wis. Join Editor Jim Wrinn and museum Education Director Bob Lettenberger on a tour of this giant of steam. […]
Of the eight Big Boy locomotives preserved, only two are indoors. No. 4017 is one of the major artifacts on display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wis. Join Editor Jim Wrinn and museum Education Director Bob Lettenberger on a tour of this giant of steam. […]
Ohio’s Age of Steam Roundhouse has a new executive director for the Sugarcreek landmark. Trains: Jim Wrinn SUGARCREEK, Ohio — A Pennsylvania museum director has been named executive director of the Age of Steam Roundhouse and the Jerry and Laura Jacobson Foundation. Noel B. Poirier began his new duties on July 16. Poirier had been […]
CSX donated SD45-2 No. 8954 to Southeastern Railway Museum near Atlanta. SERM: Andrew Durden DULUTH, Ga. — CSX Transportation donated a rare SD45-2 locomotive to the Southeastern Railway Museum that is the first of its kind exhibited in a museum. Electro-Motive Division built CSX No. 8954 in August 1974. It was one of only 136 […]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – A decade-long vision for a permanent and interactive home for Nickel Plate Road No. 765 is moving forward after local officials say development plans for the Headwaters Junction project were the only proposals submitted to the city in a recent request. The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society confirms with Trains News […]
Soo Line No. 2425 will be relocated from Minnesota to Michigan for restoration. Erik Thompson collection CHISAGO CITY, Minn. — Minnesota’s Ironhorse Railroad Park has sold former Soo Line 2-8-0 No. 2425 to Mineral Range Inc., operator of the Mineral Range Railroad in Ishpeming, Mich. The locomotive has been stored at the museum since its […]
Original and replica cabs for Boston & Maine 3713 meet at Steamtown on Aug. 30, 2018. Steamtown NPS SCRANTON, Pa. — After more than two decades of false starts and delays, the restoration of Boston & Maine 4-6-2 No. 3713 at Steamtown National Historic Site has picked up speed and this week reached two major […]
