Stockton Terminal & Eastern No. 678 OmniTrax HAMBURG, Pa. – OmniTRAX Inc. and subsidiary Stockton Terminal & Eastern have donated SW1200 locomotive No. 678 to the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg. It is one of just five such units built for the Reading Co. by EMD in 1963. The museum is affiliated with the […]
SCRANTON, Pa. — Steamtown National Historic Site welcomes visitors to experience riding the rails in vintage passenger cars pulled by heritage steam and diesel locomotives. Train rides vary from short shuttles that explore the park’s historic railroad yard to all day trips as far as the Delaware Water Gap. The park is working to bring […]
Pullman Foundation President Joe Szabo explains how the transfer pit and manufacturing buildings at the Pullman National Monument, shown in the artist’s rendering, will be rebuilt. Bob Johnston CHICAGO — More than $56 million in public and private fundraising begin transforming the Pullman National Monument on Chicago’s South Side. The goal is to create a […]
Wick Moorman addresses the crowd gathered on Feb. 14. Joseph Kovalchick, whose family has been longtime owner of the line, is seated in the black overcoat. Rich Roberts Henry Posner III, left, discusses a matter with Bennett Levin. Rich Roberts ROCKHILL FURNACE, Pa. – Sixty years ago, that quote by East Broad Top Railroad owner […]
New East Broad Top Railroad GM Brad Esposito Dan Cupper ROCKHILL FURNACE, Pa. — Brad Esposito has worked for the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad for 20 years, and has been a member of the Friends of the East Broad Top for just as long. Now, he’s combining those extensive track records to become the […]
Doyle McCormack will speak as part of the “Legends of Steam” series in Bellevue, Ohio. Justin Franz BELLEVUE, Ohio — Doyle McCormack, whose list of rail restoration projects includes the revival of Southern Pacific 4-8-4 No. 4449, will share his experiences on the Nickel Plate Road during an event at the Mad River & NKP […]
DURANGO, Colo. — Just days after releasing a newly restored K-37 2-8-2 locomotive that has been converted to burn oil instead of coal, shop crews at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad are starting to convert another 3-foot gauge steam locomotive. On Jan. 24, the D&SNG fired up No. 493, one of the largest […]
Rio Grande Southern No. 20, its restoration continuing, shares the roundhouse with operational Rio Grande 2-8-2 No. 491 at the Colorado Railroad Museum in June 2019. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn GOLDEN, Colo. — After more than a decade of work, officials with the Colorado Railroad Museum say that the restoration of Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 No. […]
Nos. 1202 and 1205 Age of Steam Roundhouse SUGAR CREEK, Ohio – The Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum is selling two EMD SW1200 diesels it has deemed surplus, according to an announcement by the organization. The roundhouse is primarily a repository for a large collection of steam locomotives, but also has a fleet of diesels […]
N&W 2156 rests with N&W Class J 611 and Class A 1218 at Roanoke, Va,, in May 2015, soon after its delivery to the Virginia Museum of Transportation. Trains: Jim Wrinn ROANOKE, Va. — Museum officials are discussing the future of Roanoke-built Norfolk & Wester Y6a steam locomotive No. 2156 as the end of its […]
FULL SCREEN Brian Solomon Two-foot gauge steam locomotives are the stars in Sheepscot, Maine, in January 2020, for a reunion of steam locomotives on the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum in Maine. FULL SCREEN Brian Solomon Two-foot gauge steam locomotives are the stars in Sheepscot, Maine, in January 2020, for a reunion of steam […]
Railroad Passenger Car Alliance members arrive at the AT&SF 2926 restoration site in Albuquerque, N.M. Thomas Scalf AT&SF No. 2926 restoration crew used compressed air to do a blowdown after a recent steam up. Thomas Scalf Albuquerque, N.M. — Railroad Passenger Car Alliance members held their annual conference in Albuquerque, N.M., Jan. 16-20. Topics included […]
