Mainline steam in November 2019: Polish 2-6-2 Ol49 59 is about to leave Wolsztyn with the 11:37 service to Leszno on Nov. 22, 2019. The 80-minute one-way steam trip cost around $3. Keith Fender WARSAW — Daily steam hauled passenger services survive on two regional commuter rail lines in western Poland but seem set to […]
Anaconda Co. No. 7 Heritage Museum at Fort Missoula MISSOULA, Mont. – A small museum in Montana is raising money to restore the oldest surviving Willamette locomotive in existence. Anaconda Co. No. 7, a three-truck Willamette built-in 1923, has been on display outside of the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula since the 1980s. Plans call […]
A recently “discovered” Soo Line Railroad silent movie from 1919 featuring glimpses of how Colleywood / Maryville Junction looked 100 years ago. Video shot by Radio Trains. […]
A recently “discovered” Soo Line Railroad silent movie from 1919 featuring glimpses of how Colleywood / Maryville Junction looked 100 years ago. Video shot by Radio Trains. […]
Bea and Bob Lorenz visit Nickel Plate Road No. 765 in New Haven, Ind. Bob grew up and lived in Fremont, Ohio, on the Nickel Plate. Ellen Gatrell FREMONT, Ohio – It’s not a brash claim to say that no railroad artist or designer has ever reached as large an audience as Robert “Bob” H. […]
Former South African Railway NG-16 No. 129 made its first run on the puffing Billy Railway in Australia on Nov. 11, following an extensive overhaul that included re-gauging from 24-inch to 30-inch. Puffing Billy Railway: Russ Hicks BELGRAVE, Australia – Twenty-three years after it arrived at the Puffing Billy Railway, former South African Railways Beyer-Garratt […]
Baldwin Locomotive Works No. 26 will be known as ‘Rover’ for the 2020 operating season. National Park Service Left to right: Supervisory Ranger John Mucha, Harlee Straut, Superintendent Cherie Shepherd, Gracee Straut, Ron Comunale, Trainmaster Will Sturdevant, Brian Wowak, and Jerry Dziedzic National Park Service SCRANTON, Pa. – Steamtown National Historic Site is pleased to […]
NC&StL No. 576 was moved from its display site in a Nashville park in January to begin renovations. A new effort could raise up to $600,000 for the project. TRAINS: Jim Wrinnn NASHVILLE — The restoration of former Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis steam locomotive No. 576 could get a major boost from two renowned […]
Union Pacific’s George H.W. Bush Presidential Library commemorative unit, No. 4141, seen here at Butler, Wis., in June, will be in Big Boy No. 4014’s consist Friday. Trains: Jim Wrinn BRYAN, Texas — Two of the most celebrated locomotives of our age — Big Boy steam locomotive No. 4014 and Union Pacific’s George H.W. Bush […]
Anthony Williams poses with the plywood replica of Southern Pacific GS-4 No. 4449 that he won at auction. Courtesy of Anthony Williams DESERT CENTER, Calif. — A 22-year-old college student has saved a piece of movie history: The full-size plywood replica of Southern Pacific “Daylight” No. 4449 that was used in the 1986 film “Tough Guys.” […]
In tow behind Clinchfield F7 No. 800 near New Haven, 2-8-4 No. 2719 makes its way to restoration in Ravenna in July 2019. Kevin Gilliam WILLIAMS, Ariz. – Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp., the organization restoring Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 No. 2716 to operation, is the 2019 winner of the Trains Magazine annual Preservation Award, the […]
Fall is the time many builders begin preparing their railroads for harsh winter weather that lies ahead. Unless, of course, you’re lucky enough to live in a temperate climate zone. In the weeks before the cold arrives, some folks start to stow their structures, drain water features, and tuck the trains away for months of […]
