ALNA, Maine — The Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum has kicked off a fundraising campaign to build a new steam locomotive. The new machine, No. 11, would be a faithful reproduction of the original railroad’s No. 7, a 1907 Baldwin 2-4-4RT Forney. No. 7 was damaged in a roundhouse fire in 1933 and was […]
U.S. Sugar used its restored ex-Florida East Coast locomotive on a cane train this week to mark the end of the harvest season. U.S. Sugar More Friday morning rail news in brief: U.S. Sugar uses steam locomotive on cane train, announces plans for ‘Sugar Express’ Restored U.S. Sugar 4-6-2 No. 148, a former Florida East […]
Former Chicago, South Shore & South Bend car No. 13, left, and Sheboygan Light Power & Railway No. 26 are posed in East Troy, Wis., for a nighttime photo shoot in 2017. The tourist railroad is re-opening to the public with extra health safety measures on May 29. Trains staff EAST TROY, Wis. — The East […]
A-Trains meet at the Hebron station in Lewisville, Texas, in 2017. Denton County’s transit agency has approved a budget with staff and service cuts, and deferred capital projects, to deal with financial losses because of the coronavirus. TRAINS: David Lassen More Thursday morning rail news in brief: Denton County amends transit budget because of virus […]
Open-air cars, like this one on the Leadville, Colorado & Southern — shown on a Trains Tour of Colorado private excursion — are in demand for tourist railroads looking to operate in the COVID-19 environment. TRAINS: David Lassen Guidelines for reopening in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak has made one thing clear for museums […]
Wednesday morning preservation and railfan news: Northwest Railway Museum fires up Northern Pacific 0-6-0 The Northwest Railway Museum has fired up Northern Pacific No. 924, an 0-6-0 built in 1899 by Rogers Locomotive Works for the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad. The locomotive returned to steam on May 18, operating under its own power in […]
Colorado’s Royal Gorge Route Railroad has pushed back its planned opening, and now is aiming for June 13, with hopes of opening sooner. TRAINS: David Lassen Wednesday tourist railroad and museum news in brief: — Colorado’s Royal Gorge Route Railroad has pushed back its planned reopening from May 23 as it waits for a variance […]
Norfolk & Western Y6a No. 2156 will return to the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis after five years in Virginia. It is at left in this May 2015 view of the reunion of N&W’s Y, J, and A classes in Roanoke, Va. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn After spending the past half-decade in Virginia, former […]
A family watches vintage transit equipment operate at the Illinois Railway Museum. Like almost all rail museums and tourist railroads, the facility in Union, Ill., is closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn Future visitors to facilities like the California State Railroad Museum are likely to face new guidance on social distancing. TRAINS: […]
Work has resumed on Western Maryland Scenic No. 1309. Tishia Boggs CUMBERLAND, Md. – Restoration work has resumed on Western Maryland Scenic Railroad’s 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 after Trains magazine readers donated more than $100,000 to the effort to restore the last steam locomotive that Baldwin built for domestic service. Diversified Rail Services crews began work […]
East Broad Top crew member Daniel Gilliland waits for a signal to shove East Broad Top 2-8-2 No. 16 into a newly renovated workspace in the roundhouse on May 6 for asbestos abatement. EBT Foundation Inc. ROCKHILL FURNACE, Pa. — Despite limitations imposed because of the current pandemic, the East Broad Top Railroad has been […]
More Monday morning rail news: — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will shut down a portion of its Blue Line subway for 14 days beginning May 18 to allow for accelerated track and infrastructure work. Subway service will be replaced by shuttle buses for the seven-station stretch between the Bowdoin and Airport stations through May […]
