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Cumbres & Toltec 2-8-2 No. 463 pushes rotary OY toward Cumbres Pass Thursday. Charlest Weston CHAMA, N.M. – The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s Denver & Rio Grande Western 1923 rotary snow plow OY made its way to restoration Thursday with a trip across the 64-mile narrow gauge railroad from Chama, N.M., to Antonito, Colo. […]
CASS, W.Va. – The Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad will not open its Durbin to Cass connection until after the fall season. Track crews have maintained, and at times, operated ahead of, a schedule on its track rehabilitation effort, however a 40-foot bridge is in need of replacement, and that project is being overseen by […]
Rotary OY rests at Chama, N.M., in August 2018. The railroad expects to run the plow, and offer a limited number of tickets to the event, in early 2020. Jim Wrinn CHAMA, N.M. – The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad will be moving it 3-foot-gauge rotary snow plow from Chama, N.M. to Antonito, Colo. for […]
Safety valve lifts on Western Maryland Scenic’s C&O 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 as the restoration moves forward in October 2018. Chase Gunnoe CUMBERLAND, Md. – The long-delayed debut of Western Maryland Scenic’s 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 is delayed once more. Executive Director John Garner says that additional mechanical work is needed, but has not provided a new […]
Rocky Mountaineer’s GoldLeaf class equipment displays an open platform at Jasper, Alberta, in August 2009. Steve Hobson You may no longer be allowed to experience platform riding and open vestibules on Amtrak routes, but these amenities still appear frequently on tourist railroads and other passenger trains across North America. Several tourist railroads in the U.S. […]
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 […]
Camp car No. 419 will have a new life at Cass Scenic Railroad in 2020. Durbin & Greenbrier Valley: John Smith CASS, W.Va. — Hidden away in a corner of the Cass paint shop, next to the main shop building, carpenter Mark Farnsworth is reconstructing the last Mower Lumber Co., wood camp car conveyed to […]
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 […]
SEATTLE — The Alberni Pacific Railway, the tourism excursion service that gives visitors a taste of industrial railroading in the forests of British Columbia’s Vancouver Island, won’t be operating this season because repairs are needed for both the steam and diesel locomotives it has been using. “The No. 7 Baldwin 2-8-2T steam locomotive is undergoing […]
An Adirondack Scenic locomotive and train. Alex Mayes UTICA, N.Y. — After slightly more than one year on the job, Jack Roberson has resigned as the executive director of the Adirondack Rail Preservation Society, which operates the Adirondack Scenic Railroad in upstate New York. Justin Gonyo, former general manager of the Saratoga & North Creek […]
The Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad has stepped in to help save this former logging locomotive and two cars on display in Garibaldi, Ore. Martin E. Hansen GARIBALDI, Ore. — The Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad has answered a call for help to rescue a deteriorating steam locomotive and trainset on local display, averting the potential sale or […]
