New York Central 4-6-0 No. 1290, a July 1900 product of the Michigan Central’s St. Thomas, Ontario, shops, works west on Ontario’s St. Clair Subdivision. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Ten-wheeling
Type of Train: Steam Locomotive
Royalty in the making
On May 29, 1950, workers put the finishing touches on brand-new Norfolk & Western J Class 4-8-4 No. 611 at Roanoke, Va. It was one of four such engines outshopped in 1950 and would come to be the face of successor Norfolk Southern’s steam program in the 1980s and 1990s. Norfolk & Western photo […]
Semi-streamlined
With white extra flags flying, Minneapolis & St. Louis 2-8-2 No. 611 leads a sugar beet extra out of Hopkins, Minn., in 1946. The Mikado was built by Schenectady in 1918. Classic Trains collection […]
Ohio Mountains
Homemade T-3 4-8-2 Mountains Nos. 5592 and 5558 lead a westbound Baltimore & Ohio freight past J Tower at the west end of the Willard, Ohio, yard. Forty such locomotives were rebuilt in 1942-1948 at the road’s Mount Clare Shops in Baltimore from older 4-6-2s and 2-8-2s. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
20th Century Limited
Streamlined Hudson-type No. 5448 leads New York Central’s 20th Century Limited at LaSalle Street Station in Chicago in the late 1930s. Nos. 5445-5454, known as the J-3a subclass, wore the Henry Dreyfuss-styled streamlining. Alexander Maxwell photo […]
Burlington beets
A Chicago, Burlington & Quincy train treads some of the most famous tracks outside of the mountains in Colorado: street running in Fort Collins. Behind the locomotive are 26 cars of sugar beets for Loveland, Colo. Jim Ehernberger photo […]
Ask Trains: What route did Big Boys take to get to Union Pacific?
Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 on a test run in Cheyenne, Wyo., on May 2, 2019. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn Q: How were the Big Boys originally delivered to Union Pacific? — David Kuntz, Salt Lake City A: The exact original routings of the Big Boys have been lost to history, but we have […]
CSX donates boxcars for 4-8-4 restoration NEWSWIRE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — CSX Transportation has once again made a significant contribution to the restoration of No. 576, the legendary Nashville steam locomotive currently undergoing a full restoration. As the successor company to the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad where “The Stripe” ran the rails in the 1940s and ‘50s, CSX supported the locomotive’s […]
UP announces schedule for Big Boy’s next tour in the Midwest NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific OMAHA, Neb. — The Big Boy No. 4014 is headed back out on the Union Pacific system beginning July 8 for a tour, taking it through Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Called the Great Race Across the Midwest, the tour will include displays at the following locations: • July 13-14: Omaha, […]
Minnesota steam locomotive operation delayed again NEWSWIRE
Duluth & Northeastern 28, shown temporarily re-lettered Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 332 in 2017 for a photo charter, will not operate this weekend as planned. Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. – The Lake Superior Railroad Museum has announced that operations of Duluth & Northeastern 2-8-0 No. 28 planned for June 14-15 are cancelled. It’s the […]
Steam Into History organization takes up older railroad’s name NEWSWIRE
Steam Into History’s 4-4-0 York No. 17. Wayne Laepple NEW FREEDOM, Pa. — Tourist railroad Steam Into History is making a few changes in its operations and branding. Michael Patrick, president of the organization’s board, said that while it is best known for it’s Civil War-era steam locomotive replica, a vintage diesel is also in […]
Western Maryland Scenic delays debut of C&O 2-6-6-2 No. 1309, again NEWSWIRE
Safety valve lifts on Western Maryland Scenic’s C&O 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 as the restoration moves forward in October 2018. Chase Gunnoe CUMBERLAND, Md. – The long-delayed debut of Western Maryland Scenic’s 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 is delayed once more. Executive Director John Garner says that additional mechanical work is needed, but has not provided a new […]
