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Pere Marquette 2-8-4 Berkshire type steam locomotive No. 1225 steams near Owosso, Michigan. Jim Wrinn 2-8-4 •YEARS BUILT: 1924 to 1949 •MANUFACTURERS: Lima, Alco, Baldwin •OPERATED ON: Multiple large railroads •NAMES: Berkshire, Kanawha (Chesapeake & Ohio) •QUANTITY: 611; C&O had the most with 130 on the roster in 1947 •BOILER PRESSURE: 240 psi •KNOWN FOR: […]
Norfolk & Western 2-8-8-2 Y class type steam locomotive hauls a coal train in Virginia in 1958. Jim Shaughnessy 2-8-8-2 •YEARS BUILT: 1909 to 1952 •MANUFACTURERS: Baldwin, Norfolk & Western •OPERATED ON: Numerous railroads that required power to pull heavy freight trains upgrade •NAMES: Chesapeake (Chesapeake & Ohio), Y (Norfolk & Western) •QUANTITY: 844; Norfolk […]
Strasburg Rail Road 4-8-0 Mastodon-type steam locomotive No. 475 pulls a tourist train in Pennsylvania. Jim Wrinn 4-8-0 •YEARS BUILT: 1890s to 1935 •MANUFACTURERS: Brooks, Rogers, Alco, Baldwin, Norfolk & Western •OPERATED ON: Jersey Central, Lackawanna, Union Pacific, Winston-Salem Southbound, Norfolk & Western, Delaware & Hudson, Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Illinois Central, Missouri Pacific, Southern […]
Frisco 4-8-2 Mountain type steam locomotive No. 1522 hauls a tourist train near Swedeborg, Missouri, in 1994. Jim Wrinn 4-8-2 •YEARS BUILT: 1911 to 1948 •MANUFACTURERS: Alco, Baltimore & Ohio, Lima, Canadian, Montreal •OPERATED ON: Numerous large railroads requiring power for fast freight and passenger trains •NAMES: Mountain, Mohawk (New York Central) •QUANTITY: 2,201; New […]
Protests blocking rail lines across Canada now include a blockade of Canadian Pacific tracks near Kamloops, British Columbia, while protesters near Montreal have ignored an injunction served Thursday evening ordering them to clear a Canadian National line. The blockades protesting a pipeline in British Columbia, and police action to clear protesters there, are entering their […]
More Friday morning rail news: — The Tennessee legislature’s transportation committee has passed a bill supporting a feasibility study for Amtrak service between Nashville and Atlanta, responding to an idea proposed by Amtrak in January [see “Amtrak suggests new routes to Tennessee legislative committee,” Trains News Wire, Jan. 17, 2020]. Curbed Atlanta reports the study […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pan Am Railways and the trustee representing the remains of the embattled Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway have filed comments with the Surface Transportation Board protesting the planned acquisition of the Central Maine & Quebec Railway by Canadian Pacific. Late in 2019, CP purchased CM&Q – a regional railroad connecting Quebec and […]
A Long Island Rail Road train arrives at Jamaica station on Aug. 18, 2019. The LIRR’s efforts to implement positive train control face a new issue involving interoperability with Amtrak trains. TRAINS: David Lassen A look at Friday morning rail news: — Installation of positive train control on the Long Island Rail Road faces a […]
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Nevada Northern Railway Ten Wheeler type No. 40 steams upgrade from Ely, Nevada, in 2016. 4-6-0 •YEARS BUILT: 1850-1923 •MANUFACTURERS: Baldwin, Rogers, Illinois Central, Brooks, Alco, Pennsylvania Railroad, Canadian Locomotive Co., others •OPERATED ON: Most major and some smaller railroads in high speed passenger service and/or slow-speed freight service •NAME: Ten Wheeler •QUANTITY: 16,000 •BOILER […]
A 2-6-6-2 Mallet style steam locomotive ascends a grade in the Eastern United States. Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society 2-6-6-2 •YEARS BUILT: 1906 to 1949 •MANUFACTURERS: Alco, Baldwin, Brooks •OPERATED ON: Railroads that hauled coal trains, and other heavy trains needing maximum tractive effort. Also used by some logging railroads in a tank engine version. […]
Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 Class A type steam locomotive pulls an excursion train in 1988. Jim Wrinn 2-6-6-4 •YEARS BUILT: 1934 to 1950 •MANUFACTURERS: Baldwin Locomotive Works, Norfolk & Western •OPERATED ON: Pittsburgh & West Virginia, Seaboard Air Line, Baltimore & Ohio, and Norfolk & Western •NAME: Norfolk & Western referred to the model as […]
