A grant will significantly boost the restoration of Louisville & Nashville No. 152, but more funds are needed. KRM NEW HAVEN, Ky. — A federal grant will boost — but not complete — the restoration of a beloved Louisville & Nashville steam icon that is the official steam locomotive for Kentucky. According to the Kentucky […]
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No. 332 passes Palmers, Minn., en route to Two Harbors on July 13. Jeff Terry DULUTH, Minn. – The Lake Superior Railroad Museum’s Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway 2-8-0 No. 332 made its first revenue trips in two years over the weekend. Restored to its original Missabe Road number and lettering from Duluth & […]
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A spoonful of a meal cooked in a Dutch oven over a pot-belly stove — railroad style. The Nevada Northern Railway seeks contestants for what it is calling the “Iron Horse Cook-off.” Nevada Northern Railway ELY, Nev. — Ladies and gentlemen, grab your cooking shovels. Nevada Northern Railway is gearing-up for a culinary competition unlike […]
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Former Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 No. 168 awaits fabrication of the stainless-steel jacket before restoration can be completed. Thomas Scalf Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec made Denver & Rio Grande No. 168’s cab. Thomas Scalf Denver & Rio Grande 1883-built Baldwin 4-6-0 No. 168 is in final stages of restoration at Cumbres & […]
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Historic view of parlor car ‘Rangeley.’ Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad ALNA, Maine – After months of planning, the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum will begin moving equipment next week to the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum as part of a recently-announced collaboration between the two 2-foot-gauge railroads. On Tuesday, the first two […]
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Stathi Pappas, Director of Special Projects for the C&TSR on snowplow OY: If this thing has 90 days of service on it since it was built in 1923, I’d be very surprised. We are very fortunate because there really isn’t a whole lot of work that really needs to be done to make it operable. Thomas […]
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SHERIDAN, Wyo. – The city of Sheridan wants to figure out what it will do with a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 4-8-4 that has been on display in the community since the 1960s. The locomotive, No. 5631, was the subject of a special session of the city council on Monday night. During the meeting, city […]
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Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone No. 227, left, and Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014. Two photos, Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. – When Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 pulls into the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth July 19, it will be within a few feet of one of its contemporaries: […]
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ROYAL OAK, Mich. – The Bluewater Michigan Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, well-known throughout the Midwest for its fleet of passenger equipment, is going out of business, President John C. Moore Jr. announced over the weekend. Headquartered in Royal Oak, the chapter was chartered in 1982 and had more than 900 members at […]
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The Colorado Railroad Museum’s 60th anniversary celebration will include two days of rides on a Galloping Goose and two days of rides behind a steam locomotive. TRAINS: David Lassen GOLDEN, Colo. — The Colorado Railroad Museum will celebrate its 60th anniversary with events this Thursday through Sunday, July 11-14. Events include rides on a Galloping Goose […]
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Although it has gone through some modifications and upgrades, coach car No. 292 maintains many of its original character-defining features. Thomas Scalf Railway Post Office car No. 65 undergoes restoration at Antonito, Colo. Thomas Scalf ANTONITO, Colo. — Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad and the Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec are renovating four historic […]
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PRR tail car Frank Thomson will bring up the markers on the special move to celebrate the 1949 Broadway Limited. Note the replica sign. Rudy Garbely NEW YORK — Three Pennsylvania Railroad Broadway Limited cars from the streamlined 1949 edition of the train will celebrate 70 years of service July 12-14 when they operate New […]
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