Donors of a certain monetary level to an effort to restore five Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotives will receive this print. FRMP STRASBURG, Pa. – The Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania recently commissioned a painting from renowned railroad artist Peter Lerro Jr. This attractive watercolor depicts five historic Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotives in the […]
ST. LOUIS – Gary Bensman walks through Continental Fabricators in St. Louis, holding a washout plug for the boiler of Pennsylvania Railroad T1 No. 5550. Bensman grips the plug much like a judge would hold a gavel, as he holds court over the fabrication of the boiler for a locomotive class whose last member of […]
Former Great Northern and Burlington Northern SD7 No. 6008 works at a grain elevator in Litchfield, Minn. The locomotive has been donated to the Minnesota Transportation Museum. Steve Glischinski ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Transportation Museum has acquired former Great Northern Railway SD7 No. 558. Cargill, Inc. donated the locomotive, one of 23 SD7s […]
A crane and crews work to lift former Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus cars from a nearby shortline railroad siding to panel track laid at the Kirby Family Farm in Williston, Fla., on Saturday, Feb. 24. The circus cars are destined for re-use as dormitories for at-risk and special needs youth. Submitted photo A […]
The old cab of Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 in July 2015. Workers built a new cab to replace the old one. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn CUMBERLAND, Md. — Brass components weighing 300 pounds each were pulled off former Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 and sold to a local scrap dealer, according to Gary […]
Demolition equipment is in place to cut up No. 503 in Port Arthur, Texas, unless preservationists prevail. Jason Sobczynski PORT ARTHUR, Texas — Railway preservationists are launching a last-minute grass roots campaign to try and save a unique Ten-Wheeler that is only days away from scrapping in this coastal city that was devastated by Hurricane […]
Interstate office car No. 101 has been saved yet again in Big Stone Gap, Va. Ron Flanary BIG STONE GAP, Va. — For wooden Interstate Railroad office car No. 101, life is starting anew at age 148. The car, located in Big Stone Gap, Va., and now under restoration for the second time in the […]
Kanawha River Railroad crews switch out the entire consist of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Blue Unit circus train near Charleston, W.Va., in May 2017. A large number of the cars are slated to arrive at a new permanent home in north Florida on Feb. 24. Chase Gunnoe WILLISTON, Fla. — A Florida […]
Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765, shown during a 2009 visit to the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum at North Judson, Ind., will be steaming again in 2018 after its 1,472-day inspection is completed. Trains: Jim Wrinn FORT WAYNE, IND. — The excursion off-season gives railway presrvationists an opportunity to address repairs that can not be […]
Former Milwaukee Road cars form the rear of the Empire Builder on Jan. 23 on their way to Washington State for a special excursion. Justin Franz SEATTLE — It’s been 56 years since the Milwaukee Road’s Olympian Hiawatha rolled its last miles through the Cascade Mountains of Washington State, but on Jan. 27 a “mini-Hiawatha” […]
Skookum, a 2-4-4-2 logging locomotive reunited with its tender for the first time in decades the week of Jan. 20 in Garibaldi, Ore. Rich Gitschlag GARIBALDI, Ore. — Another milestone has been reached in the long-awaited restoration of the famous Pacific Northwest Baldwin-built logging 2-4-4-2 Skookum. The unique 1909 locomotive was reunited with its tender […]
Denny Ansbach, one of the founders of the California State Railroad Museum, reflects on the inception of the museum. Learn about the role Ronald Reagan played in the creation of one of North America’s top railroad museums. See how the museum has stood the test of time. […]
