GARIBALDI, Ore. — Oregon Scenic Railroad has steamed up the Craig Mt. Lumber No. 3, a landmark in a restoration project that could see the locomotive added to the tourist line’s excursions next year. The locomotive hasn’t been under steam since 2009, OCSR reports. The Garibaldi peration received it in April 2016. “We have been […]
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Durango & Silverton says wildfire lawsuit should be dismissed NEWSWIRE
DURANGO, Colo. – Attorneys representing the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad have filed a motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit that demands the railroad cover the costs of putting out a massive wildfire started by one of its trains last year. In July, federal prosecutors filed a lawsuit demanding the railroad pay $25 million […]
Nevada Northern to host Trains ‘Farewell No. 40’ event NEWSWIRE
Nevada Northern 4-6–0 No. 40 will star in a Trains-sponsored photo charter before its 1,472-day inspection is due. NNRY Museum EAST ELY, Nev. — Trains magazine and the Nevada Northern Railway Museum announce the “Farewell 40!” photo charter event March 7-8, 2020, featuring one of North America’s most handsome Ten-Wheeler steam locomotives before it goes […]
Cass Climax steams for the first time NEWSWIRE
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 […]
Doubleheaded steam highlights Grand Canyon centennial Sept. 21 NEWSWIRE
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 […]
North Carolina’s Tweetsie narrow gauge debuts flatcar NEWSWIRE
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, […]
East Broad Top still needs a savior NEWSWIRE
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 […]
Western Maryland 1309 project halts again for need of funding NEWSWIRE
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 […]
Operational audit of Western Maryland Scenic cites track and rolling stock concerns NEWSWIRE
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 […]
Western Maryland 1309’s front engine drivers installed NEWSWIRE
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 to buy new locomotives, retire most shovel nose and Alco diesels NEWSWIRE
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 […]
Nevada Northern ‘Star Train’ sells out a year in advance NEWSWIRE
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. […]
