Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa. — The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania has reached its $250,000 goal for the Ready For The Roundhouse fundraising campaign for the preservation of five historic steam locomotives. The nonprofit Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania took the lead in the Ready For The Roundhouse campaign, which was kicked off with […]
Type of Train: Steam Locomotive
Trains Presents: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic double-headed steam
Join us for a ride on the tender of a narrow-gauge Mikado in the San Juan Mountains of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. We’ll ride the tender tank from Chama, N.M., up the 4 percent grade of Cumbres Pass. Only from Trains! […]
Trains Presents: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic double-headed steam
Join us for a ride on the tender of a narrow-gauge Mikado in the San Juan Mountains of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. We’ll ride the tender tank from Chama, N.M., up the 4 percent grade of Cumbres Pass. Only from Trains! […]
Roller-bearing truck donation could save Kentucky steam group $100K NEWSWIRE
Cheseapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 No. 2716 takes on coal at Hayne Yard in Spartanburg, S.C., in July 1982. Jim Wrinn RAVENNA, Ky. — The donation of two vintage six-axle trucks could save a Kentucky preservation group up to $100,000. Big Rivers Electric Corp. in Hawesville, Ky., donated two sets of Buckeye trucks to Kentucky Steam […]
Kentucky steam group moves closer to EPA grant funds NEWSWIRE
An overview of the Ravenna car shops and rail yard facilities that will become the future site of the Kentucky rail heritage center and home to Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 No. 2716. Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. RAVENNA, Ky. — A railway preservation group in Kentucky is inching closer to a grant that could be worth […]
JLWII2000 video: Broadway Limited Imports Brass Hybrid HO scale C&O class J3A 4 8 4 Greenbrier steam locomotive
In this exclusive video for Model Railroader from James Wright of the JLWII2000 YouTube channel, you’ll see the HO scale Chesapeake & Ohio class J3A 4-8-4 Greenbrier from Broadway Limited Imports. The superdetailed steam locomotive features brass-hybrid construction, realistic sound, and a fan-driven smoke unit. See and hear this new locomotive in action! […]
JLWII2000 video: Broadway Limited Imports Brass Hybrid HO scale C&O class J3A 4 8 4 Greenbrier steam locomotive
In this exclusive video for Model Railroader from James Wright of the JLWII2000 YouTube channel, you’ll see the HO scale Chesapeake & Ohio class J3A 4-8-4 Greenbrier from Broadway Limited Imports. The superdetailed steam locomotive features brass-hybrid construction, realistic sound, and a fan-driven smoke unit. See and hear this new locomotive in action! […]
Age of Steam Roundhouse will cosmetically restore US Army 2-8-0 NEWSWIRE
No. 612’s boiler and running gear are reunited in Ohio at the Age of Steam Roundhouse in 2015. Age of Steam SUGARCREEK, Ohio — As the Age of Steam Roundhouse prepares for its first season of public tours beginning in May, the museum has also been working on a special project for a World War […]
Move of No. 576 from Nashville park goes smoothly NEWSWIRE
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis No. 576 makes its way along Park Plaza during Sunday’s move from Centennial Park. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn The locomotive’s tender follows close behind as No. 576 travels on Charlotte Avenue. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn Utility crews moved ahead of the locomotive, raising power lines to provide clearance. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn NASHVILLE […]
Trains Presents: Nashville Steam on the move!
Ride with Trains on the support vehicle as Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis 4-8-4 No. 576 leaves its home of 66 years at Nashville’s Centennial Park on Jan. 13. You’ll see the famous locomotive wind down city streets to the spot where the engine will be reunited with live rails. It’s all here in this […]
Trains Presents: Nashville Steam on the move!
Ride with Trains on the support vehicle as Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis 4-8-4 No. 576 leaves its home of 66 years at Nashville’s Centennial Park on Jan. 13. You’ll see the famous locomotive wind down city streets to the spot where the engine will be reunited with live rails. It’s all here in this […]
Kentucky steam group fired up over donations NEWSWIRE
RAVENNA, Ky. — Even before Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. members get an operational locomotive on site, they’re looking to make some steam. Specifically, the group expects to use a newly donated stationery boiler to pre-heat water in former Chesapeake & Ohio Kanawha 2-8-4 No. 2716 after they restore it in the group’s former CSX Transportation […]
