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An Adirondack Scenic Railroad locomotive and train. Alex Mayes RAY BROOK, N.Y. — The long-standing rail trail battle in upstate New York over a proposal to tear up 34 miles of Adirondack Scenic Railroad track will heat up on Thursday, as the state agency that oversees the land prepares to adopt language making it easier […]
Cass Scenic Railroad tripleheader at Whitaker. Trains will also be able to run along the Greenbrier River to Durbin again, starting in 2019. Trains: Steve Sweeney CASS, W.Va. — Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad crews in West Virginia have only a couple hurdles before reconnecting the town of Cass with Durbin along the former Chesapeake […]
Western Maryland Scenic 1309 wheels see work at Chattanooga. Diversified Rail Services RIDGELEY, W.Va. — The Beast of the East is about to get wheels. Diversified Rail Services, the contractor working on Western Maryland Scenic Railroad’s Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309, says the drivers are progressing through machine work at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum’s […]
An Adirondack Scenic Railroad locomotive and train. Alex Mayes UTICA, N.Y. — A recent hack of a portion of the Adirondack Scenic Railroad’s website that surveys customers about their train-riding experience, appears to have been done by a former employee. The railroad believes that “a disgruntled former employee who had access to the site by […]
Crews hoist former Pan Am Railways GP9 No. 52 into the air. The locomotive will soon serve the Heber Valley Railroad in regular service. Mike Manwiller HEBER CITY, Utah — After a 3,000-mile journey from Maine, the Heber Valley Railroad’s new GP9s are ready for service in Utah. Earlier this month, ex-Pan Am Railway GP9s […]
Swiss-built diesel-powered rack rail cars pause at the top of Colorado’s Pike’s Peak during a Trains Magazine tour of Colorado in June 2015. Trains: Steve Sweeney MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. — One of the highest rack railroads in the world will re-open in 2021, say Colorado media outlets. Denver’s Fox 31 reports that the Pikes Peak Cog […]
Strasburg Rail Road’s Linn W. Moedinger parlor car after restoration in Pennsylvania Strasburg Rail Road STRASBURG, Pa. — The Strasburg Rail Road has debuted its newest restoration project, a 12-wheel former Baltimore & Ohio parlor car, after more than two years of restoration work. The car, featuring 24 parlor chairs, is expected to see service […]
An Adirondack Scenic Railroad passenger train to Thendara, N.Y., prepares to depart the station at Big Moose, N.Y. Alex Mayes UTICA, N.Y. — The ongoing battle over whether parts of the Adirondack Scenic Railroad will become a rail trail is likely to intensify in December, when the state agency that oversees New York’s Adirondack State […]
Visit Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad with Editor Jim Wrinn. The train operates on a former Baltimore & Ohio line through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park south of Cleveland. You’ll see visiting Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765, tour cars from the famed California Zephyr, and much more! […]
Visit Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad with Editor Jim Wrinn. The train operates on a former Baltimore & Ohio line through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park south of Cleveland. You’ll see visiting Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765, tour cars from the famed California Zephyr, and much more! […]
SP No. 18 rides the turntable at Durango, Colo., on Nov. 3. Jerry Day DURANGO, Colo. – “Some assembly required.” That’s the thought going through the minds of shop crews at Durango & Silverton this morning as they contemplate steaming Southern Pacific 4-6-0 No. 18, which arrived by truck from California over the weekend. No. […]
Tristan Gray of Clear Brook, Va., presents the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad with $1,000 in donations. The five-year-old boy raised the funds for his recent birthday party instead of asking for birthday presents. WMSR CUMBERLAND, Md. — A five-year-old railfan from Virginia is doing his part to return Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 to […]
