No. 1364 undergoes restoration in Washington. Volunteers hope to have it operable later this year. Northern Pacific Railway Museum TOPPENISH, Wash. – Northern Pacific Railway steam fans have much to celebrate this year as the restoration of 4-6-0 No. 1364 inches closer and closer to completion. The engine has been an off-and-on project of the […]
Rutland No. 260 Howard Pincus THOMASTON, Conn. — The Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston has added three cars to its already extensive collection. An 1891 Rutland Railroad combine is one of the longest-serving pieces of rail passenger equipment in the U.S. Much newer are two cars from Metro-North’s wire maintenance train, including a greatly […]
No. 3105, a boxcar, and a caboose are placed at the Rail Giants museum in Pomona. UP gave the equipment to the museum as part of the deal to reacquire 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014. Bob Miller POMONA, Calif. — Workers placed Union Pacific SD40-2 No. 3105 and two pieces of rolling stock at the […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Hal Miller welcomes Trains Editor Jim Wrinn and Classic Trains Editor Rob McGonigal on The Roundhouse set to talk railroad preservation, including insightful banter regarding stations, steam locomotives, and even vintage diesel power. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Host Hal Miller welcomes Trains Editor Jim Wrinn and Classic Trains Editor Rob McGonigal on The Roundhouse set to talk railroad preservation, including insightful banter regarding stations, steam locomotives, and even vintage diesel power. […]
West Side Lumber No. 12 West Side Lumber No. 8 Georgetown Loop No. 40 GOLDEN, Colo. — One of the largest and most extensive collections of historic narrow gauge equipment in the West is up for sale. Lindsey and Rosa Ashby, the operators of the Georgetown Loop narrow gauge railroad out of Georgetown, Colo., from […]
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – At its annual conference in Riverside on Oct. 19, the Association of Tourist Railroads & Railway Museums presented its first annual awards. The Significant Achievement Award went to the Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society in Cloverdale, British Columbia. In the past year the Society built and relocated to a new carbarn, completed […]
Only a few railroads or museums can boast of having operating cab units working on their property. Illinois Railway Museum easily tops them all with Fs, Es, stainless, freight, passenger, and executive cab cousins gathered in tiny Union, Ill. Check out some footage in the video below, showing the museum’s annual Diesel Parade held in […]
FRISCO, Texas – Former Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4018 finally reached the Museum of the American Railroad’s new site in Frisco on Sunday. The locomotive had been moved from Dallas to Irving on Aug. 18. Due to the late hour of arrival in Irving, officials decided to tie the train down for the […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page While Neil and David were in Atlanta for the National Train Show, they took a side trip to Kennesaw, Ga., to visit the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History. Included in the museum’s collection is The General, the 4-4-0 Western & […]
Norfolk Southern’s prized F-units parade through the community of Glade Spring, Va., and past the classic signals at Washington, while on a eastbound inspection trip to Roanoke from Chattanooga, Tenn., on June 11, 2013. Photo by Samuel Phillips […]
CHICAGO – The newly formed Tom E. Dailey Foundation Inc. is making available railroad heritage grants of up to $15,000 for projects promoting railroad heritage, history, or preservation. Dailey, a senior executive in the payment processing industry for nearly 30 years, said the foundation was created in December 2012 through a $1 million endowment. Dailey […]
