SHERIDAN, Wyo. – The city of Sheridan wants to figure out what it will do with a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 4-8-4 that has been on display in the community since the 1960s. The locomotive, No. 5631, was the subject of a special session of the city council on Monday night. During the meeting, city […]
Train Topic: Fallen Flags
‘Hustle Muscle’ SD45 to appear at GN society convention
GN 400 crosses the French River near Duluth, Minn., on the North Shore Scenic Railroad. Steve Glischinski DILWORTH, Minn. – Great Northern Railway SD45 No. 400, the “Hustle Muscle” diesel, will appear at the annual convention of the Great Northern Railway Historical Society this month. The locomotive, currently at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in […]
Northern Pacific touch graces southern Indiana tourist line NEWSWIRE
Sporting a fresh coat of NP-inspired paint, French Lick Scenic Railroad GP9 No. 465 waits patiently for departure as passengers board a regular excursion bound for Cuzco, Ind. David Rohdenburg FRENCH LICK, Ind. — Southern Indiana’s French Lick Scenic Railway has debuted new motive power that will be put on a new service later this […]
Missabe Road steam returns NEWSWIRE
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway 2-8-0 No. 332 is under steam at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum’s shop in Duluth on June 25, 2019. David C. Schauer DULUTH, Minn. – For the first time since 1962, a Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range steam locomotive is under steam with proper Missabe Road lettering. On June […]
“Like hell they will”
During a 1967 financial analysts’ shop tour of the Southern’s Pegram Shop in Atlanta, an SD35 and GP30 have their high noses out in the Georgia sun. Walter A. Appel Early in 1967, the management of the Southern Railway invited members of the investment and financial communities to ride an inspection train from Cincinnati, Ohio, […]
Riverside running
Boston & Maine’s train to Berlin, N.H., follows the Connecticut River north of White River Junction, Vt. Jim Shaughnessy photo […]
Station scene
Rock Island FTs lead a train past the South Washington, Iowa, station in 1948. The railroad had 30 FT A units, Nos. 70-99, and 16 FT B units, Nos. 70B-73B and 88B-99B. Classic Trains collection […]
Official inspection
Southern Pacific General Manager W.D. Lamprecht’s business car rides the rear of train No. 28 as it passes the helpers on Extra 6311 West at Midas, Calif., on Donner Pass in October 1957. In the foreground, the conductor of the freight walks forward to inspect his train. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Ohio Mountains
Homemade T-3 4-8-2 Mountains Nos. 5592 and 5558 lead a westbound Baltimore & Ohio freight past J Tower at the west end of the Willard, Ohio, yard. Forty such locomotives were rebuilt in 1942-1948 at the road’s Mount Clare Shops in Baltimore from older 4-6-2s and 2-8-2s. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Premier service
The westbound Sunset Limited, right, and eastbound Golden State Limited — the premier trains on their respective routes — meet near Colton, Calif. Classic Trains collection […]
Prototype
Original dome car Silver Dome was at Lincoln, Neb., in 1963. It was different from production model dome cars with its square windows and corner vents. Jim C. Seacrest photo […]
Coal drag
One of Norfolk & Western’s 81 big Y6-class 2-8-8-2s handles a long coal drag at Blue Ridge, Va., in the mid-1950s. Jim McClellan photo […]
