CARONA, Kan. – Kansas City Southern 0-6-0 No. 1023, the last remaining KCS steam locomotive, was moved from Schlanger Park in Pittsburg, Kan., to Carona on Sept. 8. The locomotive was transported on a 20-foot-wide trailer and tractor manned by crews from Tilton and Sons House Moving, the Pittsburg Morning Sun reports. The tender from […]
Train Topic: Preservation
Violet hour
The light fades on the Sidney, Ohio, depot on April 13, 2012, as westbound train Q377 rolls by. Like many other organizations charged with historic preservation, the Sidney Big Four Passenger Station Preservation Association is just keeping everything standing … for now. Photo by Brian M. Schmidt […]
Illinois Railway Museum to use Nebraska Zephyr for excursions NEWSWIRE
The Nebraska Zephyr is seen at IRM in Union, Ill., in September 2011. Tony Kordes UNION, Ill. – The Illinois Railway Museum, in association with Amtrak and BNSF Railway, is hosting a pair of excursions from Chicago Union Station to Quincy, Ill., on September 22-23 using the museum’s Nebraska Zephyr equipment. Tickets will go on sale […]
Army to dedicate locomotive, pavilion at Fort Eustis museum NEWSWIRE
FORT EUSTIS, Va. – On July 25, the U.S. Army Transportation Corps Museum will dedicate restored Alco RSD1 No. 8011, and the museum’s new Rail Pavilion. The Alco is one of 57 units sent to Iran during World War II for the Military Railway Service Corps operated Iranian State Railway. This event will be dedicated […]
Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society moves diner to Scranton, uses credit card program to raise funds NEWSWIRE
DUNMORE, Pa. – The Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society’s ex-Delaware, Lackawanna & Western diner 469 is on its way over Norfolk Southern and Delaware-Lackawanna from Collierville, Tenn. to Scranton, Penn. The Budd Co. built the car in 1949 for the DL&W’s premier train, the Phoebe Snow. Renumbered 769 after the merger forming the Erie […]
Overnight stay
Illinois Railway Museum’s Burlington E5 No. 9911-A, and the Nebraska Zephyr occasionally makes an appearance outside of the museum. On Sept. 29, 1993, the set overnights on the Wisconsin Central in Burlington, Wis. Photo by Tom Danneman […]
New twist on intermodal
Motorists on I-94 must have done a double-take when this flatbed truck carrying Flagg Coal Co. No. 75 came rolling past on August 16, 2011. The 0-4-0 tank engine built in 1930 was headed to its home in Indiana after a weekend of operations on the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wis. Photo by […]
A train in TRAINS’ driveway
Flagg Coal Co. No. 75 pays a visit to the offices of Kalmbach Publishing on August 16, 2011. The 0-4-0 tank engine was built by the Vulcan Iron Works in 1930. Now privately owned, it travels around the country to tourist railroads, and made a flag stop (ha ha) at Kalmbach, courtesy of owner John […]
Steam engine sight glass
Steam engine gage glasses have prisms to improve water visibility. J. David Conrad Q What type of glass (or other material) was used for the sight glass on a steam locomotive boiler? Was it a special material, or just very thick?— William Johnson, Eagle, Mich.A Most (but not all) gage glasses on steam locomotive are […]
Museum of Transportation unveils restored Missouri Pacific observation car NEWSWIRE
Missouri Pacific observation car No. 750. Museum of Transportation ST. LOUIS — The Museum of Transportation has unveiled its cosmetically restored Missouri Pacific observation car No. 750. Built in 1940 by American Car & Foundry, it was mainly used on MP’s Missouri River Eagle. The car boasted air conditioning, a public address system, private dining […]
Arizona museum gets electric locomotive delivery by truck NEWSWIRE
Black Mesa & Lake Powell E60 electric locomotive No. 6001 negotiates a turn in the road at Tuba City, Ariz. Arizona State Railroad Museum WILLIAMS, Ariz. — The Arizona State Railroad Museum has taken delivery of Black Mesa & Lake Powell E60C electric locomotive No. 6001. The locomotive arrived from the isolated, electrified coal-hauler via […]
Bill Purdie, Southern’s steam master, dies NEWSWIRE
Southern Railway’s master mechanic-steam occupies the engineer’s seat of Tennessee Valley 630 during a 1980s excursion. Jim Wrinn ATLANTA – Bill Purdie, the beloved master mechanic for Southern Railway’s extensive steam locomotive excursions in the 1960s and 1970s, died yesterday evening. He was 95. Purdie joined Southern Railway as a helper in 1936 and progressed […]
