Santa Fe 2926, shown in March 2018, is a recipient of an Emery grant for PTC. Trains: Jim Wrinn CHICAGO — The John Emery Rail Heritage Trust has announced its 2019 grants. John Emery was a long-time Chicago resident who was an avid rail enthusiast who loved to ride trains around the world, and wanted […]
Members of the Hoosier Heartland Trolley Company Board of Directors pose with Indiana Union Traction No. 429 “Noblesville” in October 2018 just hours after it had been relocated from Noblesville, Ind. to a private, secure site. Hoosier Heartland Trolley Co. INDIANAPOLIS — After making headlines for saving several historic trolley cars from the Indiana Transportation […]
The former Manitou & Pikes Peak cars rest after delivery in Golden in mid-February. Two photos, Colorado Railroad Museum: Matthew Isaacks GOLDEN, Colo. – The Colorado Railroad Museum has received three power and passenger cars from the Broadmoor Pikes Peak Cog Railway, formerly the Manitou & Pike’s Peak Railway. Nos. 7, 9, and 12 were […]
B&O Museum Executive Director Kris Hoellen B&O Museum BALTIMORE — In the midst of a snow and ice storm, while scrambling to deal with the last minute details of the upcoming 191st anniversary celebration of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad’s founding, B&O Museum Executive Director Kris Hoellen took a break to talk with Trains about […]
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway 4-8-4 No. 576 moves through the streets of Nashville in January 2019. The locomotive is set to be on public display at Nashville Union Station in March. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A long-dormant steam locomotive is set to return to its old stomping grounds in Tennessee next […]
An individual Solari board module. The numeric modules contain the numerals 1 through zero, while the letter modules contain all 26 letters of the alphabet. Jack Trowill, Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum LENOX, Mass. — The retirement of Amtrak’s last Solari train announcement board at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia has inspired the restoration of another […]
No. 757 passes the Wabtec plant at Wilmerding, Pa., on Wednesday. The locomotive is en route to Bellevue, Ohio, a former Nickel Plate Road hub. Steve Raith PITTSBURGH – Nickel Plate 2-8-4 No. 757 is still making tracks on its journey to Bellevue, Ohio, this week. The locomotive was spotted in east suburban Pittsburgh passing […]
Huntington shop and Kentucky Steam representatives pose with the newly restored Chesapeake & Ohio caboose. Chris Anderson HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As the metal rolling door arose on the paint shop building at CSX’s Huntington Heavy Repair shops last Tuesday, anticipation among members of the Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp., was high. The group was at the […]
Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 757 and caboose arrive at Lehman Place, Pa., for interchange from the Strasburg to Norfolk Southern. Wayne Laepple STRASBURG, Pa. — Nickel Plate 2-8-4 No. 757 has begun its long journey back to Bellevue, Ohio, to the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum, after more than 50 years at the […]
With side sheets welded in place, Reading Co. 2100 is ready for staybolt work. American Steam Railroad CLEVELAND, Ohio — Boiler and firebox work are just about completed on Reading No. 2100, the famed 4-8-4 leased by American Steam Railroad. The new firebox side sheets, welded in place and drilled and reamed, await new staybolts, […]
No. 3617 rests in the museum hall in October 2016. Brian Schmidt DULUTH, Minn. – The Lake Superior Railroad Museum has begun a fundraising campaign to return Northern Pacific SD45 No. 3617 to operation. The locomotive was donated to the museum by Canadian National in 2007 after service on Wisconsin Central and CN. Wisconsin Central […]
Southern E8 No. 6901 as it appears in Duluth, Ga., after a mechanical restoration. Todd DeFeo DULUTH, Ga. — A vintage Southern Railway locomotive has returned to the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Ga., after nearly four years of restoration work. Southern Railway No. 6901, an E8a diesel passenger locomotive, routinely powered Crescent passenger train […]
