RAVENNA, Ky. — Even before Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. members get an operational locomotive on site, they’re looking to make some steam. Specifically, the group expects to use a newly donated stationery boiler to pre-heat water in former Chesapeake & Ohio Kanawha 2-8-4 No. 2716 after they restore it in the group’s former CSX Transportation […]
Train Topic: Preservation
Niles Canyon’s restored Southern Pacific Krauss-Maffei diesel to debut in July NEWSWIRE
9010 receives its “new” used truck repatriated from France. Pictured, from left, are Rich Alexander, SP 9010 Lead Machinist Bill Stimmerman and Dennis Mann, all PLA volunteers. Robert Zenk Volunteer Rob Fern and SP 9010 Restoration Crew Chief Howard P. Wise look over some of their work. Robert Zenk The once and future 9010 looked […]
Western Maryland Scenic 1309 to test soon, debut in July NEWSWIRE
Western Maryland Scenic 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 in the shop last September at Ridgeley, W.Va. Trains: Jim Wrinn CUMBERLAND, Md. — Western Maryland Scenic Railroad Executive Director John Garner in a video update posted Wednesday said the railroad’s restoration of Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 is proceeding at a pace now that the line will […]
Work preparing Nashville 4-8-4 to move speeds along NEWSWIRE
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway No. 576 is seen here minutes after it was moved out of its shed Wednesday morning, Jan. 9. Ralcon Wagner NASHVILLE — After months of anticipation, railroad historians and steam preservationists watched as Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway 4-8-4 No. 576 was carefully moved onto a temporary track […]
NC&StL 576’s trip out of the park begins Jan. 7 NEWSWIRE
No. 576’s move is set for Jan. 13, but prep work begins Monday. Trains: Jim Wrinn NASHVILLE – No. 576’s slumber is just about over. On Monday, crews from a moving company will get started at Centennial Park, preparing to haul Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis 4-8-4 No. 576 from its home since 1953 to […]
‘Leviathan’ to play role of Lincoln Funeral Train locomotive
Leviathan will get a new role in Pennsylvania this spring. Trains: Jim Wrinn ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. — Good bye Central Pacific No. 63, Leviathan! Hello Pennsylvania Railroad No. 331. The operating 4-4-0 replica of one of the locomotives in the first transcontinental railroad 150 years ago is being redecorated to represent the PRR engine that pulled […]
CSX donates turntable to Tennessee town as part of No. 576 restoration NEWSWIRE
WATERTOWN, Tenn. – CSX Transportation has donated a turntable to a small community in Tennessee that could eventually be used by Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway 4-8-4 No. 576, under restoration in nearby Nashville. Earlier this week, Historic Watertown Inc. announced that it had secured the donation of a surplus turntable from CSX. The […]
Government shutdown will affect rail agencies, national parks NEWSWIRE
The Golden Spike National Historic Site in Utah, like other national parks, will be closed if the government shuts down. The Department of Transportation will also be affected. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn WASHINGTON — A partial government shutdown, which could happen tonight, will include the U.S. Department of Transportation and could be felt in several rail-related […]
Niles Canyon Railway will host ‘Skookum’ during celebration of the first transcontinental railroad NEWSWIRE
Skookum will run in Oregon once more before relocating to California. Martin E. Hansen SUNOL, Calif. — After Trains Magazine’s photo charter in Oregon in March, Skookum No. 7, the “never say die” 2-4-4-2 that was left for dead in 1955 in a Washington forest and resurrected earlier this year at Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, […]
Trucker with Monon 50 on board says pilot car took a wrong turn NEWSWIRE
Monon No. 50 after striking a bridge in Indiana. Don Nickel LOGANSPORT, Ind. — The trucker who was driving when Monon SW1 No. 50 struck a bridge says a misrouting and a pilot car that failed to call him when its over height pole contacted the bridge led to the incident last week that sheared […]
CSX readies Michigan roundhouse for donation NEWSWIRE
Port Huron, Mich. Google Maps PORT HURON, Mich. — A Port Huron & Detroit Railroad roundhouse slated for demolition has a new lease on life. CSX has halted demolition and is in talks to donate the property to the Port Huron & Detroit Railroad Historical Society. On Dec. 10, CSX Transportation crews arrived on the […]
Trains Top stories for 2018: No. 8, Indiana Transportation Museum woes NEWSWIRE
The cab for Monon SW1 No. 50, the Indiana railroad’s first diesel in 1942, was sheared off in an accident Dec. 13. Don Nickel NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — A quaint Midwestern town hosting a division of the former Nickel Plate, complete with street running, a lush city park containing a railroad museum with a collection of […]
