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Join Trains Magazine Editor Jim Wrinn at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer for the May 2017 unveiling of the restored Texas! The famous 4-4-0, which pursued the General in the Great Locomotive Chase, will be on display at the Atlanta History Center in late 2017. You’ll see the locomotive following its cosmetic restoration, […]
Join Trains Magazine Editor Jim Wrinn at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer for the May 2017 unveiling of the restored Texas! The famous 4-4-0, which pursued the General in the Great Locomotive Chase, will be on display at the Atlanta History Center in late 2017. You’ll see the locomotive following its cosmetic restoration, […]
Steam locomotive restoration specialist Gary Bensman cuts out staybolts for replacement on Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 on Tuesday, May 9. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn CUMBERLAND, Md. — Work has resumed on Western Maryland Scenic 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 after a two-month hiatus while the railroad worked with state officials to streamline funding for the 1949 […]
Ten hoppers coupled to the Big Boy consist in January 2014 were used for additional braking power. Steve Sweeney Q Why was there a string of hopper cars in the consist moving Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 from Pomona to West Colton, Calif., in January 2014? – David Tritenbach, Kerrville, Texas A Although Union […]
The Western & Atlantic Railroad’s Texas locomotive on display in a new livery at the North Carolina Transportation Museum on Friday, April 28. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn SPENCER, N.C. — The locomotive part of the Texas weights less than 30 tons, but it is still big enough to cause a sizeable controversy. A crowd gathered Friday, […]
Most of C&O No. 1309’s restoration is now complete, including a rebuilt cab and other major components. Jim Wrinn CUMBERLAND, Md. — Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 is going to be late for its own debut. Railroad officials say funding issues mean the locomotive will not make a July 1 appearance under its own […]
Duluth & Northeastern 2-8-0 No. 28 steams out of the Lake Superior Railroad Museum’s yard on April 22. Steve Glischinski A young railfan checks out Duluth & Northeastern No. 28 as it steams by on April 22. Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. — For the first time since 2013, the sounds of a steam locomotive echoed […]
Marc Horowitz 1:32 scale, gauge-1 N&W 4-8-4 Accucraft Trains 33268 Central Ave. Union City CA 94587 Price: $5,950 Website: www.accucraft.com All metal, 1:32 scale, gauge-1 model of Norfolk & Western J-class streamlined 4-8-4; working Baker valve gear controlled from the cab; gas-fired boiler; ceramic burner; weight, 28.8 pounds (loco, 19.8 pounds; tender, 9 pounds); fittings: […]
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The Texas is raised for transport to North Carolina on Dec. 21, 2015. The cosmetically restored locomotive will return to Atlanta later this year. North Carolina Transportation Museum ATLANTA — The restored 1856 Texas locomotive, an important relic of Atlanta’s early railroading days and well-known for its pivotal role in 1862’s Great Locomotive Chase, will […]
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Pere Marquette 2-8-4 No. 1225 Steam Railroading Institute website OWOSSO, Mich. — Pere Marquette 2-8-4 No. 1225 will kick off its 2017 operating season in August, the Steam Railroad Institute announced this week. The 1941 Lima Locomotive Works-built engine will be fired up on Friday, Aug. 18 for the institute’s Hand on the Throttle session […]
