SKYKOMISH, Wash. — An ex-Great Northern SD9 locomotive enthusiasts had hoped might be displayed in the historic railroad town of Skykomish instead may be destined for scrap. The locomotive’s fate is wrapped in a controversy over whether it was ever actually donated to or accepted by the town, a small community in the Cascade foothills […]
Lake Superior Railroad Museum DULUTH, Minn. – The Lake Superior Railroad Museum has begun fundraising to rebuild the interior of Northern Pacific coach No. 517. The car has been used for several years on the museum’s North Shore Scenic Railroad and after thousands of miles the car is in need of rehabilitation. The car will […]
BALTIMORE – Just in time for Halloween, the B&O Railroad Museum has received its own sweet treat in the form of a Domino Sugar Co. Plymouth diesel locomotive. The 1950 Plymouth, a 35-ton model MDT, was known as “Sweet Toot.” Since 1992, it switched the Domino Sugar refinery near the Inner Harbor almost daily. A […]
Freshly repainted SW600 No. 1280 leads Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad’s Pizza Train at Earl, Wis., on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. The locomotive was repainted to its as-delivered scheme as a surprise for a Chicago & North Western Railroad Historical Society regional meet. Steve Smedley Paint and photographs were part of the work to restore Chicago […]
In tow behind Clinchfield F7 No. 800 near New Haven, 2-8-4 No. 2719 makes its way to restoration in Ravenna in July 2019. Kevin Gilliam WILLIAMS, Ariz. – Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp., the organization restoring Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 No. 2716 to operation, is the 2019 winner of the Trains Magazine annual Preservation Award, the […]
DESERT CENTER, Calif. – If you’re in the market for a full-scale plywood replica of one of America’s most famous steam locomotives, you’re in luck. A California auction house has listed a full-scale replica of Southern Pacific “Daylight” No. 4449 that was used in the 1986 movie “Tough Guys” starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas. […]
North Carolina Transportation Museum SPENCER, N.C. – The North Carolina Transportation Museum Foundation, the support group for the museum, will be the recipient of the Seaboard Air Line (SAL) No. 6604, a streamlined passenger rail car from the post-World War II era. Built for SAL in 1947, the 85-foot stainless steel rail car features a […]
Denver & Rio Grande No. 168 returns to Antonito, Colo., after its celebratory run to Lava Tank. Thomas Scalf Engineer Max Casias, C&TS President John Bush, Fireman Carlos Llamas, and Director of Special Projects Stathi Pappas toast to the success of No. 168’s restoration. Thomas Scalf ANTONITO, Colo. — After four years of restoration work […]
No. 3713’s firebox is attached to the boiler in the Steamtown shop on Oct. 9. Brian Schmidt SCRANTON, Pa. – The restoration of Boston & Maine 4-6-2 No. 3713 took a major leap forward this month with the arrival of a brand new firebox. On Oct. 17, Steamtown National Historic Site took delivery of a […]
Soo Line 4-6-2 No. 2719 pulls a special mixed train on the Lake Superior Railroad Museum’s North Shore Scenic Railroad at Knife River, Minn. on Sept. 8, 2011. Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. – After years of negotiations between the City of Eau Claire, Wis., and Duluth’s Lake Superior Railroad Museum, an agreement has been reached […]
WW&F No. 9 crosses the bridge that opened Monday. WW&F: C.S. Rhine ALNA, Me. — Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington Railway steam locomotive No. 9 crossed the Trout Creek bridge on Monday afternoon, its first trip across the current bridge, and its first trip to this location since late May 1933. More than 100 volunteers spent […]
Rendering shows what Bock No. 1 will look like when completed. Fred Haberkamp A new boiler is under construction for Bock 1. Fred Haberkamp SOMONAUK, Ill. — David Kloke, the man who built operating replicas of historic steam locomotives Leviathan and York, is about to bring another historic, yet significantly more humble, back from the […]
