NORTH WALES, Pa. — For the first time in nearly three decades, steam will traverse SEPTA’s Lansdale-to-Doylestown main line. In recognition of the 150th birthday of the borough of North Wales, Pa., the New Hope Railroad is hosting a series of four excursions on May 18. The excursions will be pulled by Baldwin-built 1925 2-8-0 […]
Type of Train: Steam Locomotive
Black Hills Central 2-6-6-2T No. 108 is nearing completion NEWSWIRE
Black Hills Central No. 108 comes together in July 2018. Trains: Jim Wrinn No. 108 in service at Weyerhaeuser in Washington state. Martin E. Hansen collection HILL CITY, S.D. — While American steam fans have focused their attention on the amazing restorations of 2-4-4-2 Skookum, 2-6-6-2 No. 1309, and Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. […]
Tickets still available for Big Boy sendoff in Cheyenne NEWSWIRE
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – More than 600 tickets have been sold to the christening celebration of Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 at the Cheyenne Depot Museum on May 4. As of Monday morning, Christy McCarthy, executive director of the Cheyenne Depot Museum, tells Trains News Wire that all of the “VIP” tickets have been sold […]
You’re invited to Santa Fe 2926’s 75th birthday party NEWSWIRE
Volunteers work on Santa Fe 2926 in March 2018. The engine has a 75th birthday event in May 2019. Trains: Jim Wrinn ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico Steam Locomotive & Railroad Historical Society his having a 75th birthday party for Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 2926 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 18 at […]
Where the Transcontinental Railroad’s replica steam locomotives live
Replica steam locomotive Union Pacific 4-4-0 No. 119 stands outside its modern engine shed in rural Utah in 2018. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn Come May 10, 2019, two locomotives will be in the spotlight for some 12,000 spectators at the 150th celebration of the first Transcontinental Railroad completion: Replicas of Central Pacific Jupiter and Union Pacific […]
Duluth steam locomotive repainted to Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range livery for 2019 season NEWSWIRE
The 2-8-0 sports its new retro paint in the Duluth shop on March 26. Tim Schandel, Lake Superior Railroad Museum DULUTH, Minn. – The Lake Superior Railroad Museum’s Duluth & Northeastern 2-8-0 No. 28 has been repainted to its original Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway paint scheme and number in preparation for the 2019 […]
Future bright for Southern Pacific narrow gauge steamer NEWSWIRE
Dave Mull in the Carson & Colorado shop David Lustig DURANGO, Colo. – Southern Pacific narrow gauge 4-6-0 No. 18, normally a denizen of California’s Owens Valley, is having a ball right now. Temporarily working out of Durango on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, it’s burnishing the rails hauling passengers and photo freights, […]
New Mexico’s AT&SF 2926 receives PTC grant NEWSWIRE
Railcar mover nicknamed “Lurch” pulls Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 2926 out of its shed for the day’s work on March 27, 2019. Thomas Scalf ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society received a grant in March from the John H. Emery Rail Heritage Trust to install positive […]
No. 261 to pull trips for Milwaukee Road Historical Association NEWSWIRE
No. 261 pulls an excursion on the Twin Cities & Western in September 2018. Steve Glischinski MINNEAPOLIS – Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 will pull two trips for the Milwaukee Road Historical Association in June. The excursions are being operated by the Friends of the 261 in conjunction with MRHA’s annual convention being held this […]
West Virginia’s Potomac Eagle tourist line in new hands, but will there be steam? NEWSWIRE
Potomac Eagle F7 No. 722 in B&O colors leads a photo special. Chase Gunnoe ROMNEY, W.Va. — One of the East’s best-known tourist railroads has been sold to one of the nation’s top freelance steam locomotive rebuilders. But does that mean there will be steam for the first time at West Virginia’s diesel-powered Potomac Eagle? […]
Trains magazine, Sigma, to sponsor Cass Climax Centennial Homecoming NEWSWIRE
Climax No. 9 will star in a Trains magazine photo charter in November. John Krause photo, Tim Martin collection CASS, W.Va. — Trains Magazine, in conjunction with Sigma Corp. of America, will sponsor a special Climax steam locomotive Centennial Homecoming photo charter at West Virginia’s famous Cass Scenic Railroad Nov. 2-3, 2019. Moore-Keppel 70-ton, three-truck […]
Ask Trains: Who named 4-8-8-4 steam locomotives, a ‘Big Boy’?
Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 as it slowly departs Pomona, Calif., in 2013. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn Question: Reportedly, Union Pacific had a name picked out for it’s 4-8-8-4 Big Boy steam locomotive but someone at American Locomotive Co. in Schenectady, N.Y., beat them to the punch by writing the name “Big Boy” on […]
