UP 4014, seen in Wyoming earlier this month, will run in California in October. Trains: Jim Wrinn POMONA, Calif. — Payback can be pretty sweet, afterall. The organization that traded Big Boy No. 4014 to the Union Pacific in 2013 said Friday it will get an excursion with the locomotive Oct. 12 and 13. According […]
On May 25, 2019, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad opened its season with doubleheaders, departing from Chama, N.M., and Antonito, Colo. The 64-mile route goes through the scenic Toltec Gorge and climbs the 10,000-foot Cumbres Pass. It is one of the most beautiful scenic railroads in the United States as voted by the 2018 […]
Four Maine steam icons, including Monson No. 3, will be featured in an early 2020 event. Stephen Hussar ALNA, Me. — A grand reunion of two-foot gauge locomotives and rolling stock is set for two weekends in early 2020. This photographic event will take place on Jan. 18-19 and Feb. 8-9 at the Wiscasset Waterville […]
Grand Canyon 2-8-0 No. 29 will be featured in a Trains-sponsored event Oct. 26-27. Grand Canyon Railway: Eric Hadder WILLIAMS, Ariz. — Tickets go on sale Saturday for a Trains Magazine-sponsored event Oct. 26-27, 2019, at Grand Canyon Railway featuring 2-8-0 No. 29 in its final appearance before it goes into storage, the magazine and […]
STRASBURG, Pa. — At 11:23 a.m. on May 23, Rio Grande Southern Railroad No. 20, a legendary narrow gauge 4-6-0, made its first move under steam in 67 years. Under overhaul at the Strasburg Rail Road’s shops since 2006, the engine shoved the shop’s Plymouth switcher, which was also supplying braking power through the shop […]
No. 6060 at Stettler, Alberta Rocky Mountain Rail Society STETTLER, Alberta – A nonprofit in Alberta wants to raise nearly $1 million to start restoration work on Canadian National 4-8-2 No. 6060. No. 6060 was built in 1944 and was used in mainline excursion service in the 1970s and 1980s. Today, the locomotive is owned […]
No. 4014 will travel to Iowa on an excursion on July 15. Trains: Jim Wrinn OMAHA, Neb. – Where is Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 headed next? The UP Museum has confirmed that its fund-raising trip of July 15 from Omaha to Boone, Iowa, will be pulled by the newly restored 4-8-8-4 that returned […]
0-4-0T No. 85 will return steam to Pennsylvania’s Stewartstown for the first time in 80 years. Stewartstown Railroad STEWARTSTOWN, Pa. — For the first time in more than 80 years, the sounds of steam will be heard in Stewartstown this fall. The 7.4-mile Stewartstown Railroad replaced its steam locomotives with Plymouth gasoline and diesel units […]
Question: What do the numbers and letters mean on the side of the cab of Union Pacific Challenger 4-6-6-4 No. 3985? — Ben Fairbank, San Antonio, Texas Answer: 21 – 21 4-6-6-4-4-69 ————— 404 UP […]
Baltimore & Ohio 2-8-8-4 No. 7609 carries a coal train to the summit at Altamont, W.Va., in June 1945. The locomotive is one of 30 EM1-class engines built by Baldwin. H.W. Pontin photo […]
Nos. 4014 and 844, their round trip to Ogden completed, cut off from their train and head to the UP steam shop in Cheyenne on Sunday morning. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn CHEYENNE, Wyo. — On a cloudy day in which much of fabled Sherman Hill was socked in by fog, Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 […]
Nos. 4014 and 844 pass a stopped westbound freight near Hanna, Wyo. The steam train was following two eastbounds through an area of track work, and the westbound was waiting its turn. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn LARAMIE, Wyo. – No matter how big you may be, you still have to share the railroad. That’s the lesson […]
