WATERTOWN, Tenn. – CSX Transportation has donated a turntable to a small community in Tennessee that could eventually be used by Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway 4-8-4 No. 576, under restoration in nearby Nashville. Earlier this week, Historic Watertown Inc. announced that it had secured the donation of a surplus turntable from CSX. The […]
The Golden Spike National Historic Site in Utah, like other national parks, will be closed if the government shuts down. The Department of Transportation will also be affected. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn WASHINGTON — A partial government shutdown, which could happen tonight, will include the U.S. Department of Transportation and could be felt in several rail-related […]
Skookum will run in Oregon once more before relocating to California. Martin E. Hansen SUNOL, Calif. — After Trains Magazine’s photo charter in Oregon in March, Skookum No. 7, the “never say die” 2-4-4-2 that was left for dead in 1955 in a Washington forest and resurrected earlier this year at Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, […]
Monon No. 50 after striking a bridge in Indiana. Don Nickel LOGANSPORT, Ind. — The trucker who was driving when Monon SW1 No. 50 struck a bridge says a misrouting and a pilot car that failed to call him when its over height pole contacted the bridge led to the incident last week that sheared […]
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 […]
