GTW 4-8-4 on a freight

Grand Trunk Western Railroad 4-8-4 in Indiana

Grand Trunk Western 4-8-4 6317 approaches South Bend (Ind.) Union Station with a westbound freight in April 1948. A dozen years later, GTW would become one of the final Class I railroads to use steam power. Andrew Corsini photo […]

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Nickel Plate 765 is on the move to Ohio NEWSWIRE

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society’s beloved Berkshire, Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 is on its way from northern Indiana to make a weekend of excursions in eastern Ohio today. Excursions on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad begin Saturday, Sept. 16, and continue on Sept. 17, 23, and 24, with special […]

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C&NW steam excursion

Steam Chicago & North Western locomotives with passenger train

Chicago & North Western class D 4-4-2 395 and 4-6-2 647 head west through a cut at Wales, Wis., with an excursion train on a triangular Chicago–Milwaukee–Madison–Chicago routing in September 1954. Philip R. Hastings photo […]

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Sumpter Valley Malley

Sumpter Valley Railroad 2-6-6-2 Mallet

2-6-6-2 Mallet No. 250 of the 3-foot-gauge Sumpter Valley Railway in northeast Oregon rolls a train of lumber toward the Union Pacific interchange at Baker, Ore., in 1946. The SV was abandoned in 1948, but a portion has been revived as a museum and tourist railway. Henry R. Griffiths photo […]

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Accucraft live-steam 4-4-2

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Marc Horovitz 1:32 scale, gauge 1, live-steam 4-4-2 Accucraft 33268 Central Ave Union City CA 94587 Price: $3,700 Website: www.accucraft.com 1:32 scale, gauge-1 model of a Pennsylvania E-6 Atlantic; locomotive-type boiler with five flues; superheater; 60 psi blowoff pressure; alcohol fired; hand pump in tender; axle pump on rear driven axle; bypass system; water glass; […]

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Pennsy T1 Trust buys unrestored tender for project NEWSWIRE

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A view of a Pennsylvania Railroad long-haul fuel tender that the T1 Trust recently purchased. Pennsylvania Railroad T1 Trust The T1 Trust has purchased a 200,000-pound Pennsylvania Railroad long-haul tender No. 6659 from the Western New York Railway Historical society that had been used behind an M1, a 4-8-2 Mountain-type locomotive. Essentially, a T1 tender […]

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Soo Line steam locomotive continues trek to Chicago NEWSWIRE

WAUKESHA, Wis. — Soo Line 2-8-2 No. 1003 with a Wisconsin & Southern Geep leading, deadheads through Waukesha, Wis., Thursday morning en route to a display event in Chicago for Shriners Hospital for Children. The engine was to overnight in Janesville, Wis., and continue its journey Chicago Friday. Video by Jim Wrinn […]

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Soo Line 1003 is on the move NEWSWIRE

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Soo Line 2-8-2 No. 1003 waits at a Wisconsin & Southern siding in Slinger, Wis., to head to a Metra employee event in Chicago. Dan Steingraber HARTFORD, Wis. — Railfans are already capturing images of Soo Line 2-8-2 No. 1003 as it heads south this weekend for Shriners Hospitals for Children in Chicago. The locomotive […]

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Trains Presents: Train Festival 2011

We take you trackside for Train Festival 2011 in the Quad Cities! Relive the glory days of Midwest steam excursions and see your favorite locomotives, including Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 and Iowa Interstate’s Chinese-built QJs! Be sure to look for our special issue, Big Steam is Back, available now, along with its companion […]

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Trains Presents: Train Festival 2011

We take you trackside for Train Festival 2011 in the Quad Cities! Relive the glory days of Midwest steam excursions and see your favorite locomotives, including Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 and Iowa Interstate’s Chinese-built QJs! Be sure to look for our special issue, Big Steam is Back, available now, along with its companion […]

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