Even though it’s a tank locomotive (with the water tank around the boiler), Rayonier 2-6-6-2T No. 111 also sports a tender for additional water capacity. The fitting atop the stack is a Gerlinger spark arrestor. Whit Towers photo […]
West Side Lumber Co. two-truck Heisler No. 3 was one of about 600 geared locomotives produced by the Heisler Locomotive Works of Erie, Pa., between 1891 and 1941. Glenn W. Beier photo […]
NEW BRIGHTON, Minn. – The Coalition for Sustainable Rail has launched an online repository dedicated to former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 4-6-4 No. 3463. The website, www.santafe3463.org, provides detail on the history of the engine, its service, and the planned overhaul of the locomotive. The nonprofit Coalition is attempting to reconstruct No. 3463 […]
Maryland & Pennsylvania 0-6-0 No. 30 stands at the road’s ramshackle coal dock at Baltimore in March 1955. H. N. Proctor photo […]
No. 611 on a 1993 excursion near Arrowhead, Va. Alex Mayes ROANOKE, Va. – Legendary Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 will shake off 20 years of inactivity to pull its first mainline passenger train May 30 from its restoration site in Spencer, N.C., to its hometown of Roanoke where a gala celebration awaits […]
Volunteer Jimmy Zickel works inside the smokebox of No. 152. Kentucky Railway Museum NEW HAVEN, Ky. – Volunteers at the Kentucky Railway Museum have begun the initial teardown of Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 No. 152 in preparation for its 1472-day inspection. The work, required by the Federal Railroad Administration, came due in spring 2012, necessitating […]
No. 643 in September 2011. Michael T. Burkhart WILLIAMS GROVE, Pa. – The Williams Grove Historical Steam Engine Association will operate its Pennsylvania Railroad 0-6-0 No. 643 during the Association’s annual steam show Aug. 30–Sept. 7. No. 643 is the only operable Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotive. It was built by the Pennsylvania at its shops […]
Steam crew members help with the Tuesday test while a GP30 in the Spencer museum’s collection sits nearby. Ben Earp SPENCER, N.C. – Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. 611 is in the home stretch of its restoration after a successful test fire Tuesday at the North Carolina Transportation Museum, where its 1,472-day inspection and repairs […]
A close-up view of No. 611 during a steam test this morning. N.C. Transportation Museum N&W No. 611 without streamlined jacketing preparing to undergo a steam test at the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer, N.C. N.C. Transportation Museum SPENCER, N.C. — The sight of smoke rising from the stack of Norfolk & Western Class J […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Visit Jeff Ashby’s Chesapeake & Ohio N scale layout in this segment from the hit PBS series Tracks Ahead — available on MR Video Plus before it hits the airwaves! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Visit Jeff Ashby’s Chesapeake & Ohio N scale layout in this segment from the hit PBS series Tracks Ahead — available on MR Video Plus before it hits the airwaves! […]
Bristling with separate detail parts, the die-cast metal HO scale Allegheny 2-6-6-6 from MTH accurately models the looks and performance of its legendary late steam-era prototype. The model features MTH’s proprietary Digital Command System that operates on direct current, Digital Command Control, and DCS layouts. The prototype. From 1941 to 1948 the Lima Locomotive Works […]
