The #Disneyland Railroad Ward Kimball train engine is still stuck on the trestle by Big Thunder Trail. @DisneylandToday pic.twitter.com/OBdLBA45Lh — LaughingPlace.com (@laughing_place) August 12, 2019 ANAHEIM, Calif. — No injuries were reported after a Disneyland Railroad train broke down on a trestle at Galaxy’s Edge Sunday afternoon, the Orange County Register reported. A Disney-focused blog […]
Type of Train: Steam Locomotive
Big Boy excursion across Cajon Pass tickets on sale Aug. 24 NEWSWIRE
Tickets go on sale Aug. 24 for Big Boy 4014’s Southern California excursion. Trains: Jim Wrinn WEST COLTON, Calif. — Tickets go on sale Aug. 24 for two one-way excursions across famed Cajon Pass Oct. 12 and 13 with Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014. The Rail Giants Museum said Friday in a posting on […]
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad runs D&RGW No. 315 photo excursion NEWSWIRE
Photographers and videographers boarded a special Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad photographer’s excursion train in Antonito, Colo., on Aug. 3. The train with 56 participants made the 64-mile trip to Chama, N.M., in a vintage consist led by Denver & Rio Grande Western 2-8-0 No. 315. The consist was made up of D&RG boxcars Nos. […]
Nickel Plate Road 765 open house Aug 16-18 NEWSWIRE
The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society will hold its annual open house on Aug. 16-18. Trains: Jim Wrinn NEW HAVEN, Ind. — The historic, operating tourist attractions of the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society will be on display at the 2019 Open House, which will feature educational displays, train rides, food trucks, and more on […]
Southern 4501 to get makeover into L&N engine NEWSWIRE
Southern 4501 will become L&N 1593 for the L&N Historical Society annual convention in September. Trains: Jim Wrinn CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — One of the most famous operating steam locomotives of the last 60 years is getting a temporary makeover. Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum’s Southern Railway 2-8-2 No. 4501, the star of excursions from 1966 to […]
Age of Steam acquires B&LE 2-10-4 NEWSWIRE
B&LE 643 will go to the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Ohio. Tim Sposato SUGARCREEK, Ohio — The Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum in Sugarcreek, Ohio, has acquired B&LE 643, which is the only remaining 2-10-4 Texas type steam locomotive of the 47 built for the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad. B&LE 643 is a […]
Class A Climax may return to Pennsylvania birthplace NEWSWIRE
CORRY, Pa. — A fund-raising effort to return a narrow-gauge Class A Climax locomotive used in Alaska during the gold rush to the place where it was built is nearing completion. The Corry Railroad and Industrial Leads Society is raising $75,000 to purchase, transport and restore the wood-framed locomotive — one of only two Class […]
Conway Scenic names steam locomotive for founder NEWSWIRE
Conway Scenic’s Dave Swirk with founder Dwight Smith and longtime employee George Small standing in front of 7470 after it was named for Dwight. Brian Solomon NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — On the Sunday, the 45th anniversary of Conway Scenic Railroad’s first revenue run, the railroad named steam locomotive No. 7470 after founder Dwight Smith. Conway […]
When Big Boy is on the move, people and dollars follow NEWSWIRE
Crowds swamp Big Boy while on display at West Chicago Sunday morning. Trains: Jim Wrinn ADAMS, Wis. — In the heyday of the streamliner, the City of Adams was known as the meeting point of the Chicago & North Western’s “400” speedliners as they streaked between Chicago and Twin Cities in 400 minutes. Long a […]
Big Boy display in West Chicago drew 45,000, UP says NEWSWIRE
Huge crowds greeted UP’s Big Boy when it arrived in West Chicago on July 26, and continued turning out for its three days of display in the city. TRAINS: David Lassen WEST CHICAGO, Ill. — An estimated 45,000 people visited Union Pacific’s Big Boy during its three days on display in West Chicago, a Union […]
AT&SF No. 2926 steams up! NEWSWIRE
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 2926 was steamed up on July 29 to gain experience with how a 2900 boiler does its job. On hand for the event was Matt Casford who works for BNSF Railway in Texas and is an engineer on AT&SF 4-8-4 No. 3751, which is owned […]
C&O 2716 restoration effort gets several boosts NEWSWIRE
At long last, 2716 arrives in Ravenna, Ky. following a three-day trip from the Kentucky Railway Museum. Chris Anderson RAVENNA, Ky. — Chesapeake & Ohio 2716 has arrived in Ravenna, Ky. The three-day move of the 2-8-4 “Kanawha” from Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, Ky. to Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp.’s headquarters in Ravenna was […]
