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Port Huron, Mich. Google Maps PORT HURON, Mich. — A Port Huron & Detroit Railroad roundhouse slated for demolition has a new lease on life. CSX has halted demolition and is in talks to donate the property to the Port Huron & Detroit Railroad Historical Society. On Dec. 10, CSX Transportation crews arrived on the […]
The cab for Monon SW1 No. 50, the Indiana railroad’s first diesel in 1942, was sheared off in an accident Dec. 13. Don Nickel NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — A quaint Midwestern town hosting a division of the former Nickel Plate, complete with street running, a lush city park containing a railroad museum with a collection of […]
LOGANSPORT, Ind. — The cab of Monon’s first diesel, operational SW1 No. 50, was sheared off in a trucking accident Thursday night less than two miles from where the 76-year-old unit was to be offloaded at the relocated Indiana Transportation Museum. The truck moving the privately-owned unit from Noblesville, Ind., to the museum’s new home […]
No. 576’s route back to the rails. Trains: Rick Johnson NC&StL 4-8-4 No. 576 will leave Nashville’s Centennial Park, its home for 65 years, on Jan. 13. Trains: Jim Wrinn NASHVILLE – A steam locomotive that has been on display in Nashville for decades is about to take its first journey since 1953. After two […]
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia congressman may have persuaded Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson to keep the iconic Solari train annunciator board in place at 30th Street Station, according to reports in local media. It had been reported that the device would be retired and donated to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Rep. Brendan Boyle said he […]
NEW HAVEN, Ky. — The Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. will host a 75th birthday party for former Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 Kanawha No. 2716, which is under restoration by the steam group. The event will be held at the Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, where the engine is located, this Saturday, Dec. 15. The […]
This articulated Santa Fe covered hopper has been preserved at the Oklahoma Railroad Museum. ORM OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Oklahoma Railway Museum has added a rare Santa Fe articulated grain covered hopper to its collection. Known as a “Super Hopper,” the car is composed of five separate aluminum hoppers and totals 166 feet 7 […]
Skookum, the Pacific Northwest 2-4-4-2 that has not run since 1955, was under steam Thursday and moving under its own power after repairs. Martin E. Hansen GARIBALDI, Ore. – A week of good shop work is worth everything for a locomotive that hasn’t run since 1955. That’s the story behind 2-4-4-2 No. 7 Skookum at […]
SP 2-8-2 No. 745 will run Dec. 15 in New Orleans. LASTA NEW ORLEANS, La. — On Dec. 15, Southern Pacific steam locomotive No. 745 will pull a Christmas train through some of New Orleans’ most historic neighborhoods. It is the second excursion in two years for the 2-8-2, which for many years prior was […]
Western Maryland Scenic 1309 wheels see work at Chattanooga. Diversified Rail Services RIDGELEY, W.Va. — The Beast of the East is about to get wheels. Diversified Rail Services, the contractor working on Western Maryland Scenic Railroad’s Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309, says the drivers are progressing through machine work at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum’s […]
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The clickety-clack of the Solari status board will be leaving 30th Street Station for the last time sometime in January, and its last stop may be the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. The electro-mechanical wonder is the last one in service on Amtrak, and its retirement has been anticipated for some time. […]
This California Heisler is returning to the area where it first worked. Mill Valley Historical Society MILL VALLEY, Calif. — The only remaining original equipment from the fabled Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railroad in Marin County is on its way to a new home. No. 9, a 30-ton two-truck Heisler built in 1920, was […]
