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Magazine: Trains Magazine
Former DT&I Lima depot demolished NEWSWIRE
Crews clear the last debris from the depot site on Wednesday. The trackage belongs to Indiana & Ohio. Eric Davis LIMA, Ohio – Northwest Ohio has lost a piece of its railroad history this month. Crews recently razed the former Detroit, Toledo & Ironton freight depot in Lima, completing the job on April 15. The […]
New website dedicated to Santa Fe 4-6-4 No. 3463 launched NEWSWIRE
NEW BRIGHTON, Minn. – The Coalition for Sustainable Rail has launched an online repository dedicated to former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 4-6-4 No. 3463. The website, www.santafe3463.org, provides detail on the history of the engine, its service, and the planned overhaul of the locomotive. The nonprofit Coalition is attempting to reconstruct No. 3463 […]
NASA locomotives depart Kennedy Space Center NEWSWIRE
FEC GP40-2 No. 427 pulls the two NASA Railroad switchers from the property on Friday. NASA/Kim Shiflett CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The locomotives that once helped NASA’s space shuttles on their journeys into space have departed the Kennedy Space Center in Florida after being sold under NASA’s Excess Program. The two EMD SW1500 locomotives, which […]
Norfolk & Western No. 611 inaugural run set for May 30; excursions in June and July NEWSWIRE
No. 611 on a 1993 excursion near Arrowhead, Va. Alex Mayes ROANOKE, Va. – Legendary Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 will shake off 20 years of inactivity to pull its first mainline passenger train May 30 from its restoration site in Spencer, N.C., to its hometown of Roanoke where a gala celebration awaits […]
Amtrak ‘unbundles’ meals from ‘Silver Star’ sleeping car accommodations NEWSWIRE
The northbound ‘Silver Star’ pauses for passengers at Tampa in January 2015. Brian Schmidt WASHINGTON – Amtrak will now sell sleeping car accommodations on its Silver Star between New York and Miami without included dining car meals. Traditionally, Amtrak has bundled the cost of dining car meals into its charge for the sleeping car. Under […]
Work begins on L&N 4-6-2 No. 152 restoration NEWSWIRE
Volunteer Jimmy Zickel works inside the smokebox of No. 152. Kentucky Railway Museum NEW HAVEN, Ky. – Volunteers at the Kentucky Railway Museum have begun the initial teardown of Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 No. 152 in preparation for its 1472-day inspection. The work, required by the Federal Railroad Administration, came due in spring 2012, necessitating […]
Pennsylvania 0-6-0 No. 634 to operate at Williams Grove Steam Show NEWSWIRE
No. 643 in September 2011. Michael T. Burkhart WILLIAMS GROVE, Pa. – The Williams Grove Historical Steam Engine Association will operate its Pennsylvania Railroad 0-6-0 No. 643 during the Association’s annual steam show Aug. 30–Sept. 7. No. 643 is the only operable Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotive. It was built by the Pennsylvania at its shops […]
EMD delivers new SD70ACe locomotives to Ferromex NEWSWIRE
Progress Rail Services MEXICO CITY. – Electro-Motive Diesel has delivered the first 10 of 19 SD70ACe locomotives to Ferromex, adding to its fleet for a total of 116 EMD SD70ACe locomotives. The latest locomotives will be placed into service by June 2015. The locomotives feature radial trucks, distributed power capabilities, and the EMD quiet-cab design. “We […]
VIDEO: Norfolk & Western 611 steam test: All systems go NEWSWIRE
Steam crew members help with the Tuesday test while a GP30 in the Spencer museum’s collection sits nearby. Ben Earp SPENCER, N.C. – Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. 611 is in the home stretch of its restoration after a successful test fire Tuesday at the North Carolina Transportation Museum, where its 1,472-day inspection and repairs […]
UPDATE: Norfolk & Western No. 611 gaining steam NEWSWIRE
A close-up view of No. 611 during a steam test this morning. N.C. Transportation Museum N&W No. 611 without streamlined jacketing preparing to undergo a steam test at the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer, N.C. N.C. Transportation Museum SPENCER, N.C. — The sight of smoke rising from the stack of Norfolk & Western Class J […]
Amtrak: Southwest Chief route safe NEWSWIRE
No. 144, a Dash 9-P42B, leads Amtrak’s westbound Southwest Chief on an early April evening in 2011 at Baca, N.M., over BNSF Railway tracks. Recent talks in New Mexico, Kansas, and Colorado secured funding for upkeep of the Chicago to Los Angeles passenger train’s route. Steven M. Welch ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Amtrak says its Southwest […]
