Two museums are engaged in a dispute over the restoration and maintenance of Monson No. 3. Stephen Hussar FARMINGTON, Me. — Two of Maine’s narrow-gauge railroad museums are squaring off in a lawsuit with one alleging the other reneged on a 15-year agreement that allowed it to use Monson Railroad No. 3, a 1912 Vulcan […]
Nevada Northern 4-6–0 No. 40 will star in a Trains-sponsored photo charter before its 1,472-day inspection is due. NNRY Museum EAST ELY, Nev. — Trains magazine and the Nevada Northern Railway Museum announce the “Farewell 40!” photo charter event March 7-8, 2020, featuring one of North America’s most handsome Ten-Wheeler steam locomotives before it goes […]
Cass Climax No. 9 steams on Thursday. Cass Scenic Railroad CASS, W.VA. — A restoration project that dates back almost 50 years has come to completion at the Cass Scenic Railroad in the heart of the Back Alleghany Mountains of West Virginia. Moore-Keppel & Co. three-truck Climax No. 9 returned to steam Thursday. The locomotive […]
West Side Lumber 14, seen meeting Shay 8, in 1958, may return to California. Stan Kistler, Martin E. Hansen collection GOLDEN, Colo. — West Side Lumber Co. No 14, a three-foot-gauge three-truck Shay, may return to its original home state of California if discussions between owners Lindsey and Rosa Ashby and the Roaring Camp & […]
Big Boy No, 4014 is back on the main line Sept. 27. Trains: Jim Wrinn CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 will depart Cheyenne on Sept. 27 for its fall tour that will cover much of the southwest and southern U.S. served by the UP. The railroad on Wednesday released operating and […]
Grand Canyon Railway 2-8-2 No. 4960 departs Williams, Ariz., in July 2013. Michael T. Burkhart WILLIAMS, Ariz. – To commemorate the 100-year anniversary of Grand Canyon National Park, the Grand Canyon Railway, National Parks Service Rails and Trails program, and BNSF Railway are staging a heritage event featuring a rare Grand Canyon Railway steam doubleheader […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio – One of the men who helped bring back big steam to main lines across the country, will be on hand for a fundraising dinner this September. Ross Rowland will be giving an exclusive video and photo presentation about his lifetime at the throttle. Rowland, a former New York Stock Exchange commodities trader, […]
DURANGO, Colo. — Seventy volunteers of the Carson & Colorado Railway got to ride behind Southern Pacific No. 18 on Aug. 23 as it made its way from Durango to Silverton, Colo. The private excursion was hosted by Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, which has been leasing the 4-6-0 oil-burning locomotive built by Baldwin […]
PORTLAND, Ore. – One of the most famous 4-8-4 locomotives in America is fired up for a series of short trips on the Oregon Pacific Railroad this week. Southern Pacific “Daylight” No. 4449 will lead a series of brief excursions on Aug. 28 from its home at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland to […]
This is the eighth summer the famed East Broad Top narrow gauge railroad has remained closed. Wayne Laepple East Broad Top 2-8-2 No. 15 rolls in the summer of 2009. Trains: Jim Wrinn ORBISONIA, Pa. — The track is still there. The buildings are still there. The trim Mikados and hopper cars original to the […]
Just last week the 56-inch drivers went back into No. 1309’s front engine. Now the project has stopped for lack of money. Tishia Boggs RIDGELEY, W.Va. — Work on Western Maryland 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 has come to a halt as funding for the project has run out once more. Work stopped after the Diversified Rail […]
Chisago City, Minn. — It’s taken a year, but Soo Line 2-8-0 No. 2425 finally made the move from Ironhorse Railroad Park in Minnesota to its new home at the Mineral Range Railroad in Ishpeming, Mich. After its retirement in January 1955, No. 2425 was donated to the city of Enderlin, N.D., and put on […]
