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 […]
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 […]
ET&WNC 4-6-0 No. 12 pulls a flatcar for the first time along with a former East Broad Top coach to create Tweetsie Railroad’s first mixed train. Kevin Gilliam BOONE, N.C. — A little bit of history was made this weekend at the Tweetsie Railroad near Boone, N.C. For the first time since the early 1940s, […]
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 […]
Workers install the drivers on No. 1309 in the front engine earlier this month. Tishia Boggs CUMBERLAND, Md. — An operations audit of Western Maryland Scenic Railroad cites issues with the railroad which could lead to speed restrictions or a shut down if they are not addressed over the next several years. According to an […]
No. 1309’s front engine got its wheels Tuesday. Tishia Boggs RIDGELEY, W.Va. — Western Maryland 2-6-6-2 No. 1309’s restoration moved forward as crews reunited the front engine with its six-coupled drivers. Crews with Diversified Rail Services, Inc., and Jason Sobczynski of Next Generation Rail Services were hard at work mounting the front engine with the […]
White Pass & Yukon diesels like this shovel nose GE and Alco will be replaced with new units on a two for one basis. Jeff Mast SKAGWAY, Alaska — Officials at the three-foot gauge White Pass & Yukon Railway have hired National Railway Equipment, Mt. Vernon, Ill., to build two new diesel locomotives to be […]
EAST ELY, Nevada – Nevada Northern Railway President Mark Bassett says he’s “never seen anything like this.” A year before the railroad’s Great Basin Star Trains are expected to pull out of the depot, all 15 runs planned for 2020 have sold out and the final two runs this year, on Aug. 16 and Sept. […]
The #Disneyland Railroad Ward Kimball train engine is still stuck on the trestle by Big Thunder Trail. @DisneylandToday pic.twitter.com/OBdLBA45Lh — LaughingPlace.com (@laughing_place) August 12, 2019 ANAHEIM, Calif. — No injuries were reported after a Disneyland Railroad train broke down on a trestle at Galaxy’s Edge Sunday afternoon, the Orange County Register reported. A Disney-focused blog […]
Photographers and videographers boarded a special Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad photographer’s excursion train in Antonito, Colo., on Aug. 3. The train with 56 participants made the 64-mile trip to Chama, N.M., in a vintage consist led by Denver & Rio Grande Western 2-8-0 No. 315. The consist was made up of D&RG boxcars Nos. […]
Video taken in December 2013 by Trains Staff of Whitewater Valley Railroad No. 25. CONNERSVILLE, Ind. — Indiana tourist railroad Whitewater Valley Railroad has begun soliciting donations for the mechanical and cosmetic restoration of former ARMCO Steel Lima Diesel switcher No. 709. Whitewater Valley has a Facebook page dedicated to No. 709. Donations can be […]
