No. 1216 leads an Escanaba & Lake Superior freight east of Channing, Mich., on Oct. 25, 1982. Steve Glischinski WELLS, Mich. – The owner of the only two surviving Baldwin RF-16 “Sharknose” diesel locomotives says they will eventually go to a museum. Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad owner and President John Larkin, in an exclusive […]
CHICAGO – Two British heritage railways connected to the embattled Iowa Pacific have been put up for sale. The Weardale Railway and Dartmoor Railway, as well as an engineering and equipment leasing business, were all recently listed. The properties are being sold for between $610,000 and $854,000. The railroads are owned by British American Railway […]
Two former Santa Fe Hi-Level coaches are now part of the collection at the Arizona Railway Museum. They arrived on Dec. 26. Arizona Railway Museum CHANDLER, Ariz. — Two Santa Fe Hi-Level coaches have a new home at an Arizona museum. The Arizona Railway Museum, in Chandler, took delivery of the coaches from a Union […]
Private car ‘Pawnee’ Illinois Railway Museum UNION, Ill. – The Illinois Railway Museum has acquired the historic Pullman private car Pawnee. The car was built in 1930 and is the second-to-last traditional heavyweight private car built by the Pullman Co. of Chicago. The museum is raising funds to cover the acquisition and transportation of this […]
The Railway & Locomotive Historical Society has announced the winners of its 2019 research fellowship grant awards: the Center for Railroad Photography & Art of Madison, Wis., and author Tony Reevy of Durham, N.C. The awards panel chose CRP&A’s application to bring a broader audience to the research from its “After Promontory: 150 Years of […]
Chelatchie Prairie Railroad’s Crossett Western No. 10, an Alco 2-8-2T steam locomotive. Doug Auburg SEATTLE — The Chelatchie Prairie Railroad, a volunteer-run tourist rail operation near Vancouver, Wash., has begun a GoFundMe campaign to raise money to restore its steam locomotive to operating condition. The Crossett Western No. 10, an Alco 2-8-2T built in 1929, […]
Siegfried and Peter Buerling, a father and son team, have been involved with Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad since the start. Courtesy of Peter Buerling PENINSULA, Ohio — Family traditions always mean something special, particularly in railroad preservation. It’s really something special when a son can continue the legacy of his father. Consequently, when what […]
Donations will be matched through Dec. 31 up to $5,358 for NKP SD9 No. 358. FWRHS NEW HAVEN, Ind. — Online contributors have donated half of the match that will go toward the restoration of a Nickel Plate Road SD9 in the collection of the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society. That means more than $2,500 […]
The restored Pontiac hi-rail truck. Nevada Northern EAST ELY, Nev. – The Nevada Northern Railway Museum has recreated a unique piece of its history: a 1956 Pontiac station wagon hi-rail. The recently restored Pontiac is nearly identical to one the railroad purchased from Fairmont Railway Motors, a Minnesota company that specialized in building maintenance-of-way speeders […]
ROANOKE, Va. — The Virginia Museum of Transportation is searching for a new executive director for the third time in less than two years. On Nov. 27, Bob Sigman stepped down as the head of the museum after six months. In May, Sigman had replaced Lisa Sphar, who had been on the job for just […]
CHISAGO CITY, Minn. – The Ironhorse Railroad Park has moved a former Soo Line RPO/baggage/coach No. 397 to its museum in Chisago City. The car had been stored in Ladysmith, Wis., since it was acquired by Ironhorse Central about four years ago. It was constructed in 1930 by St. Louis Car Co. for the Chesapeake […]
Anaconda Co. No. 7 Heritage Museum at Fort Missoula MISSOULA, Mont. – A small museum in Montana is raising money to restore the oldest surviving Willamette locomotive in existence. Anaconda Co. No. 7, a three-truck Willamette built-in 1923, has been on display outside of the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula since the 1980s. Plans call […]
