LEXINGTON, Ky. — The R.J. Corman Group Chinese 2-10-2 steam engine, charmingly called “Old Smokey,” is being donated to the non-profit, Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. While it is bittersweet to see this locomotive go to a new home, R. J. Corman is excited to make this locomotive accessible to as many people as possible for […]
Type of Train: Steam Locomotive
Lake Superior Railroad Museum overhauls steam program NEWSWIRE
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 332 on a 2017 photo charter. Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. – The Lake Superior Railroad Museum is overhauling its steam program for 2020, sending locomotive parts out for rebuilding, purchasing others, and operating on a reduced schedule. The revamp follows a 2019 season that saw Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range […]
Southern Pacific steam locomotive No. 1744 returns to California’s Niles Canyon Railway NEWSWIRE
No. 1477 last operated in 2007 in Colorado, shown here on the Rio Grande Scenic near Alamosa. Jim Wrinn SUNOL, Calif. – The Pacific Locomotive Association has purchased Southern Pacific 2-6-0 No. 1744, which will be rebuilt for operation on the Niles Canyon Railway. The 1910 Baldwin-built Mogul-type locomotive operated for many years out of […]
Locomotive profile: 2-10-0 Decapod type steam locomotive
St. Louis — San Francisco Railway 2-10-0 Decapod type steam locomotive No. 1630 hauls an excursion train at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. Jim Wrinn 2-10-0 •YEARS BUILT: 1924-1933 •MANUFACTURERS: Baldwin, Canadian •OPERATED ON: Alabama, Tennessee & Northern, Durham & Southern, Georgia, Florida & Alabama, Seaboard Air Line, Great Western, Gainesville Midland, Woodward […]
Locomotive profile: 2-6-2 Prairie type steam locomotive
McCloud River Railroad 2-6-2 Prairie type steam locomotive in California in 2008. Jim Wrinn 2-6-2 •YEARS BUILT: 1900-1909 •MANUFACTURERS: Rogers, Alco, Baldwin, Burlington Route shop forces •OPERATED ON: Burlington Route, Santa Fe, Milwaukee Road, and Northern Pacific •NAME: Prairie •QUANTITY: 1,250 for common carriers; more for loggers and mining roads; Burlington Route had the most […]
Locomotive profile: 2-6-0 Mogul type steam locomotive
Rio Grande Scenic Railroad 2-6-0 Mogul type steam locomotive No. 1744 steams upgrade through Laveta Pass, Colorado, in 2007. Jim Wrinn 2-6-0 •YEARS BUILT: 1852-1929 •MANUFACTURERS: Lima, Southern Pacific, Baldwin, Pennsylvania Railroad, others •OPERATED ON: Chicago & Western Indiana, Baltimore & Ohio, Green Bay & Western, Boston & Maine, Southern Pacific, Canadian National, short lines […]
Restoration of No. 1309 replaces stolen parts; fundraising moves forward (corrected) NEWSWIRE
Fundraising continues for Western Maryland No. 1309, shown during restoration work last August. Tishia Boggs CUMBERLAND, Md. — Using funds donated by Trains magazine readers, Western Maryland Scenic Railroad has picked up the 12 drive-wheel journal boxes for steam locomotive No. 1309 to replace those stolen in an employee theft two years ago. Meanwhile, the fund-raising drive launched […]
Replica of V&T ‘Lyon’ donated to Nevada museum NEWSWIRE
Stan Gentry presents the V&T Lyon to Dan Thielen, director of Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City. NSRM CARSON CITY, Nevada – The old saying that legends never die might also be said about old locomotives. Many of those iron horses, long lost to time or the scrap heap, live on through historic photographs, […]
Donations pour in to steam the last Baldwin
CUMBERLAND, Md. — The Trains Magazine led fund-raising effort to contribute $100,000 toward the restoration of the last Baldwin steam locomotive made for domestic use — Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 — is off to a good start. With the appeal to readers still in its first month, more than $41,000 — including one […]
Locomotive profile: 2-10-2 Santa Fe type steam locomotive
Chinese-built Iowa Interstate Railroad’s 2-10-2 Santa Fe type steam locomotive pulls a passenger train at Rock Island, Illinois. Jim Wrinn 2-10-2 •YEARS BUILT: 1903 to 1931 •MANUFACTURERS: Baldwin, Lima, Brooks, Canadian, Montreal, China •OPERATED ON: Burlington Route; Baltimore & Ohio; Wabash; Atlantic Coast Line; Boston & Albany; Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range; Southern Railway; among […]
Locomotive profile: 2-6-6-6 Allegheny type steam locomotive
Chesapeake & Ohio Allegheny-type 2-6-6-2 steam locomotive No. 1622 pulls freight in West Virginia in the 1940s. B.F. Cutler 2-6-6-6 •YEARS BUILT: 1941 to 1948 •MANUFACTURER: Lima •OPERATED ON: Chesapeake & Ohio, Virginian Railway •NAMES: Allegheny on C&O, Blue Ridge on Virginian •QUANTITY: 68 •BOILER PRESSURE: 260 psi •KNOWN FOR: Hauling freight on steep mountain […]
Locomotive profile: 2-8-4 Berkshire type steam locomotive
Pere Marquette 2-8-4 Berkshire type steam locomotive No. 1225 steams near Owosso, Michigan. Jim Wrinn 2-8-4 •YEARS BUILT: 1924 to 1949 •MANUFACTURERS: Lima, Alco, Baldwin •OPERATED ON: Multiple large railroads •NAMES: Berkshire, Kanawha (Chesapeake & Ohio) •QUANTITY: 611; C&O had the most with 130 on the roster in 1947 •BOILER PRESSURE: 240 psi •KNOWN FOR: […]
