David Kloke tells Trains readers about his latest project to build a replica of President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral car in the June 2015 issue of Trains. While we wait to see that project roll on rails, we can enjoy a video showing off Kloke’s major claim to fame: a complete, operational replica of an 1860s steam […]
Type of Train: Steam Locomotive
Leviathan in steam
David Kloke tells Trains readers about his latest project to build a replica of President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral car in the June 2015 issue of Trains. While we wait to see that project roll on rails, we can enjoy a video showing off Kloke’s major claim to fame: a complete, operational replica of an 1860s steam […]
Buffalo Creek & Gauley No. 4 to move next month NEWSWIRE
SPENCER, N.C. – Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 No. 4 will be moved from the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer to the Cass Scenic Railroad next month. The Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad will load the locomotive and parts on May 19, and deliver it to the Cass Scenic shops in Cass, W.Va., on […]
On the old Buffalo & Susquehanna
Consolidation 3127 rambles along Baltimore & Ohio’s former Buffalo & Susquehanna near West Bingham, Pa., in September 1955. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Tank engine with a tender
Even though it’s a tank locomotive (with the water tank around the boiler), Rayonier 2-6-6-2T No. 111 also sports a tender for additional water capacity. The fitting atop the stack is a Gerlinger spark arrestor. Whit Towers photo […]
West Side Heisler
West Side Lumber Co. two-truck Heisler No. 3 was one of about 600 geared locomotives produced by the Heisler Locomotive Works of Erie, Pa., between 1891 and 1941. Glenn W. Beier photo […]
New website dedicated to Santa Fe 4-6-4 No. 3463 launched NEWSWIRE
NEW BRIGHTON, Minn. – The Coalition for Sustainable Rail has launched an online repository dedicated to former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 4-6-4 No. 3463. The website, www.santafe3463.org, provides detail on the history of the engine, its service, and the planned overhaul of the locomotive. The nonprofit Coalition is attempting to reconstruct No. 3463 […]
Ma & Pa six-wheel switcher
Maryland & Pennsylvania 0-6-0 No. 30 stands at the road’s ramshackle coal dock at Baltimore in March 1955. H. N. Proctor photo […]
Norfolk & Western No. 611 inaugural run set for May 30; excursions in June and July NEWSWIRE
No. 611 on a 1993 excursion near Arrowhead, Va. Alex Mayes ROANOKE, Va. – Legendary Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 will shake off 20 years of inactivity to pull its first mainline passenger train May 30 from its restoration site in Spencer, N.C., to its hometown of Roanoke where a gala celebration awaits […]
Work begins on L&N 4-6-2 No. 152 restoration NEWSWIRE
Volunteer Jimmy Zickel works inside the smokebox of No. 152. Kentucky Railway Museum NEW HAVEN, Ky. – Volunteers at the Kentucky Railway Museum have begun the initial teardown of Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 No. 152 in preparation for its 1472-day inspection. The work, required by the Federal Railroad Administration, came due in spring 2012, necessitating […]
Pennsylvania 0-6-0 No. 634 to operate at Williams Grove Steam Show NEWSWIRE
No. 643 in September 2011. Michael T. Burkhart WILLIAMS GROVE, Pa. – The Williams Grove Historical Steam Engine Association will operate its Pennsylvania Railroad 0-6-0 No. 643 during the Association’s annual steam show Aug. 30–Sept. 7. No. 643 is the only operable Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotive. It was built by the Pennsylvania at its shops […]
VIDEO: Norfolk & Western 611 steam test: All systems go NEWSWIRE
Steam crew members help with the Tuesday test while a GP30 in the Spencer museum’s collection sits nearby. Ben Earp SPENCER, N.C. – Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. 611 is in the home stretch of its restoration after a successful test fire Tuesday at the North Carolina Transportation Museum, where its 1,472-day inspection and repairs […]
