BALTIMORE, Md. – The B&O Railroad Museum has completed a cosmetic restoration of Central of New Jersey No. 1000, the world’s first commercial diesel-electric locomotive. The existing paint scheme from the 1950s was maintained, which was an olive green with the famed Statue of Liberty emblem in gold. This restoration was completed in memory of […]
DULUTH, Minn. — The Lake Superior Railroad Museum is moving ahead with repairs to return Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-0 No. 332 to service. Repairs are being made to the firebox of the locomotive, where a crack had developed near an old weld. The museum plans to remove this and another existing weld in […]
GOWANDA, N.Y. — It’s new paint for an old locomotive. New York short line New York & Lake Erie shows off the paint scheme applied to 75-year old Alco S1 no. 308 as part of the unit’s rebuilding and return to service, at Gowanda, N.Y., on Aug. 8, 2021. Built for Erie Railroad in November […]
LOS ANGELES — More than three and a half years of labor-intensive work by the volunteers of the San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society was rewarded Aug. 7 as Santa Fe No. 3751 had a fire lit inside of it for the first time since December 2017. The event on a warm summer day in downtown […]
BRIDGEPORT, N.J. — A well-known 1960s and 1970s short line and tourist railroad steam locomotive is back. SMS Rail 0-6-0 No. 9, an Army brat built by Alco in 1942, test-fired Saturday for the first time following a 12-year restoration, just two days shy of when it was taken out of service in 1981. The […]
PLYMOUTH, Mich. — The Plymouth Historical Museum has signed an agreement to bring the Pere Marquette Historical Society, Inc., archives to the museum. The agreement was signed Aug. 6. “As someone who has been a member of the society since the very beginning and was fortunate enough to know several of the founders of the […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Steam enthusiasts celebrated last month when Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 2926 emerged from a 20-year overhaul on July 24 to move under its own power for the first time since 1953. That major milestone is good news for the 1944 Baldwin and a great accomplishment for the volunteers of the New Mexico […]
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — A 31-year effort by the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum has reached fruition with the acquisition of Central of Georgia combine car Fort Mitchell, giving the museum the complete four-car streamlined, stainless-steel Man o’ War trainset built by Budd Co. in 1945. When restoration efforts are complete, the museum believes it will […]
GRANBY, Colo. — An iconic geared steam locomotive is relocating within Colorado. Former West Side Lumber Co. Shay No. 8 has been sold by the Royal Gorge Route Railroad in Cañon City to the Moffat Road Railroad Museum in Granby and will be moved this month. No. 8 has been on display at the Cañon […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Ghost hunting can apparently be a dangerous activity. The Buffalo News reports a 35-year-old Kenmore, N.Y., woman was injured Saturday night during a ghost-hunting expedition at Buffalo’s landmark Central Terminal railroad station. The woman fell 15 to 20 feet through a substation roof near the back of the station property while exploring […]
PULLMAN, Ill. — The grand opening of the National Park Service’s Pullman National Monument and Pullman State Historic Site Factory Grounds is set for Labor Day weekend, Sept. 4-6. Free events will include tours, site visits, and historic tours at the community built for the Pullman Co’s factory and as a community for its workers, […]
UNION CITY, Ind. — The former CSX interlocking tower in Union City was successfully moved Tuesday from its long-time location to a city park one block away. The tower, closed since 1968, will be turned into public restrooms and a visitor’s center at Union City’s Artisan Crossing, a gathering space for community and artistic events. […]
