Duluth & Northeastern Vice President and General Manager E. A. Blinn walks down the platform of the short line’s station and general offices at Cloquet, Minn., followed by Superintendent E. A. Kruger. In the background of this September 1954 scene, 2-8-0 No. 14 takes water. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Ten-Wheeler No. 211 of the Georgia Railroad rolls freight out of Scottsdale, Ga., in June 1936. C. K. Marsh Jr. coll. […]
Iowa Interstate 2-10-2 No. 6988 arrives in Newton, Iowa, Monday with revenue freight. Kevin Gilliam NEWTON, Iowa — Iowa Interstate wrapped up weekend steam excursions with the Central States Steam Preservation Association Monday with a 15-car freight train behind Chinese-built QJ 2-10-2 No. 6988 running from South Amana to Newton. The locomotive operated on trips […]
The Reading’s 20 class K-1sb locomotives, constructed by Baldwin in 1931 and tipping the scales at a whopping 451,000 pounds, were the last-built and heaviest 2-10-2s in North America. Here, No. 3012 leads a train of anthracite down the Schuylkill River near Tamaqua, Pa., in July 1953. Classic Trains coll. […]
Rick Marsden paints ceiling panel for the new company store at the home of Santa Fe Railway 2926 in Albuquerque, N.M. The panels will be curved to replicate the roof of the 2926 cab. The previous company store was torn down in June during rerailing of the 2926. Bill Diven ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – With the […]
Joining Nickel Plate Road No. 765, above on a 2013 excursion, at the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society’s annual open house this weekend is Jeddo Coal 0-4-0T No. 85 from Gramling Locomotive Works. Trains: Jim Wrinn NEW HAVEN, IND. — On Aug. 17, 18, and 19 the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society will host its […]
WILLIAMS, Ariz. – The Grand Canyon Railway is asking the Federal Railroad Administration to allow 2-8-0 No. 29 to operate through the 2019 season before being taken out of service for its mandatory 1,472-day boiler inspection. According to the railroad’s petition, No. 29 would reach the 15-year mark on May 2, 2019. The petition would […]
For the first time in plastic, ready-to- run models representing Union Pacific’s first two classes of 4-6-6-4 Challenger locomotives are available in HO scale from Athearn Trains. Part of the firm’s Genesis series, these steam locomotives feature prototype-specific detail that rivals brass models. No shelf queens, these locomotives are also available with an ESU LokSound […]
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 under restoration in Cheyenne, Wyo., in June 2018. Trains: Jim Wrinn OGDEN, Utah — When will Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 travel to Ogden in May 2019? That’s the question that’s on every big steam locomotive fan’s mind. In May 2018, UP announced that both No. 4014, currently […]
Hammond Lumber Co. 2-8-2T No. 16 displays an extended smokebox in this undated photo. The seam is just ahead of the smokestack. Martin E. Hansen collection Q I am unable to identify any particular pattern for when a smokebox is short or when it is long. I do note, in most cases, that when the […]
No. 18 at Independence, Calif., in July 2017. David Crosby INDEPENDENCE, Calif. – Southern Pacific narrow-gauge 4-6-0 No. 18 will be steamed up and operated in Independence Oct. 4-5. The locomotive was restored and is operated by the locally based all-volunteer Carson & Colorado Railway, which takes its name from the original railroad that operated […]
BRIGHTON, Colo. — Investigators say the death of a woman photographing Union Pacific steam locomotive No. 844 July 21 suggests the woman was more focused on her cellphone screen than the approaching train. In an interview, the woman’s husband agrees with that assessment, saying that he would not want the accident to deter steam excursions. […]
