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The Lincoln Funeral Train debuts April 22 and 23 in Pennsylvania. Dan Cupper ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. — The steam-powered Lincoln Funeral Train is about to start operations at its new home, the Ironstone Ranch on the Stone Gables Estate. The Dave Kloke replica of Central Pacific No. 63, Leviathan, is set to run Monday and Tuesday […]
Clinchfield No. 800 will lead C&O 2716 to restoration. Trains: Jim Wrinn RAVENNA, Ky. — The move of a historic steam engine this summer across Central Kentucky will now be a reunion 40 years in the making between two famed locomotives. Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp., announced today that Clinchfield Railroad F7 No. 800 will lead […]
No. 168 undergoes a hydro test on Tuesday under the supervision of the Federal Railroad Administration. Cumbres & Toltec Scenic ANTONITO, Colo. – Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 No. 168 – a 136-year-old locomotive under restoration at the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic – passed a hydrostatic test on Tuesday. The successful test was witnessed by […]
No. 2719 leads a photo special at Palmers, Minn., on the North Shore Scenic Railroad on Sept. 8, 2011. Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. – The City of Eau Claire has given up its effort to move Soo Line 4-6-2 No. 2719 from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth back to the Wisconsin city. The […]
C&O 2716 will be on the move July 26-28 to its place of restoration. Trains: Jim Wrinn RAVENNA, Ky. — CSX Transportation and RJ Corman Railroad Group will move a former Chesapeake & Ohio steam locomotive to its new home later in the summer. The Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp., announced today that the two railroads […]
The unique steam locomotive Skookum is bedded down on a truck Sunday at Tillamook, Ore., for its trip to California. Martin E. Hansen TILLAMOOK, Ore. — The long and successful restoration of Baldwin’s first logging Mallet known as Skookum reached a milestone this morning when a pair of heavy-haul semi-trucks departed the blimp hanger in […]
Broadway Limited Imports N scale PRR T1 4-4-4-4 The T1 is equipped with magnetic knuckle couplers. Details like wire grab irons and train-phone system antenna add to the realism. I recently reviewed two N scale diesel locomotives from Broadway Limited Imports (BLI) featuring Paragon3 Digital Command Control (DCC) decoders with Rolling Thunder (March and May […]
Restored Big Boy No. 4014 will pull the first public excursion powered by a UP 4000-class ever on May 12. Trains: Jim Wrinn OGDEN, Utah — If you want to ride behind Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 next month, a ticket for a 65-mile one way trip across the Wasatch Grade that was […]
Bridgton & Saco River Railroad No. 7 will be under steam for the Maine Narrow Gauge Co. & Museum’s first major event of the 2019 season. Maine Narow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum PORTLAND, Maine — A fire was being lit inside Bridgton & Saco River 2-4-4T No. 7 today in preparation for what is […]
Southern Pacific 4-6-0 No. 18, which is being leased to the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad from the Carson & Colorado Railway, blew its right cylinder and shattered the piston during a run from Durango, Colo., to Cascade Canyon, Colo., on April 9, 2019. The “Slim Princess,” as it’s affectionately called, is a Baldwin […]
Big Boy No. 4014, shown at Pomona, Calif., in November 2013, is hot once more. Trains: Jim Wrinn CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Union Pacific said Wednesday steam shop crews lit a fire in Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 for the first time in 60 years on April 9. It was the first time the engine was […]
A purchase agreement for a mile of right of way is a major step forward for a mixed-use facility and rail attraction for downtown Fort Wayne. Headwaters Junction FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Headwaters Junction, Inc., the non-profit group working to create a railroad-themed park that will eventually become the home for Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 […]
