ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 2926 was steamed up on July 29 to gain experience with how a 2900 boiler does its job. On hand for the event was Matt Casford who works for BNSF Railway in Texas and is an engineer on AT&SF 4-8-4 No. 3751, which is owned […]
At long last, 2716 arrives in Ravenna, Ky. following a three-day trip from the Kentucky Railway Museum. Chris Anderson RAVENNA, Ky. — Chesapeake & Ohio 2716 has arrived in Ravenna, Ky. The three-day move of the 2-8-4 “Kanawha” from Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, Ky. to Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp.’s headquarters in Ravenna was […]
Clinchfield Railroad No. 800 blasts through Shepherdsville, Ky. at 40 mph during the move of C&O 2716 on Friday. Chris Anderson FRANKFORT, Ky. — Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 “Kanawha” steam locomotive No. 2716 is more than halfway to its new home at Ravenna, Ky., and followers of the move still have several events surrounding the […]
UNION, Ill. — The Illinois Railway Museum has saved the sole surviving U28B locomotive in original condition, the museum announced this week. CSX Transportation donated Transkentucky Transportation U28B No. 260 to the museum and it was recently moved to Union. The locomotive is expected to make its debut at the annual Diesel Days event on […]
ALNA, Maine — Shipments of equipment from the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad & Museum have arrived at the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum’s Sheepscot campus, over the past two weeks, moved by truck from Portland and unloaded via a recently built ramp track. First to arrive were Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad “Rangeley,” […]
Wig-wag signals in downtown Richmond, Calif., are being restored to operating condition. Google Street View RICHMOND, Calif. — Richmond will hold a “Wig Wags Forever” festival on Sunday, celebrating the restoration to operating condition of two of the nearly extinct grade-crossing protection devices. The signals, near 1 West Richmond Ave. at a grade crossing in Point […]
C&O 2-8-4 No. 2716’s move to restoration begins Friday. Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. The 75-year-old former Chesapeake & Ohio steam locomotive which has called the Kentucky Railway Museum its home for the past six decades is ready to be moved to is new home. Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation, CSX, and R.J. Corman Railroad Group will […]
MORRISBURG, Ont., Canada — A Canadian Pacific steam locomotive and two cars long displayed in a park near the St. Lawrence River may be en route to a new home, after the St. Lawrence Parks Commission decided restoring the equipment would be too costly. The restoration of the 2-6-0, a wooden baggage car, and a […]
Arcade & Attica Railroad 2-8-0 No. 18 in its current state. The wheels were being removed for bearing box construction which will give its wheels and axles longer lifespans. Pat Connors ERIE, Pa. — When steam debuted on the Arcade & Attica Railroad in 1962 it was a big deal. A small New York railroad […]
LONDON — Britain’s heritage railroads face massive costs, or the possibility of being shut down, in the wake of stringent new safety regulations resulting from the death of a passenger in 2016. The Telegraph reports that heritage railways must place bars over the drop-down windows of their coaches to prevent passengers from leaning out to […]
Southern Pacific KM No. 9010 debuted July 20 at Niles Canyon Railway. Gordon Lloyd SUNOL, Calif. — The Pacific Locomotive Association through Howard Wise and other volunteers have pulled off a miracle with the restoration of Southern Pacific German-built Krauss-Maffei Diesel-Hydraulic model ML-4000CC No. 9010. The locomotive debuted on the association’s Niles Canyon Railway Saturday. […]
After several months of work in the shops in Durango, Colo., Southern Pacific No. 18, otherwise known as the Slim Princess, returned to service at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad on July 18, pulling a loaded passenger train from Rockwood, Colo., to Cascade Canyon, Colo. On April 9, 2019, the steam engine, leased […]
