A Dailey Foundation grant will assist NC&StL 576, shown moving out of Centennial Park in Nashville in January 2019. Trains: Jim Wrinn COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio-based Tom E. Dailey Foundation Inc. Tuesday announced 12 grants totaling $28,500 including four for railway preservation projects totaling $15,000. The railway preservation projects include $5,000 for the Oregon […]
BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota State University study says it would be feasible to convert BNSF Railway’s Bismarck-Mandan bridge into a pedestrian crossing of the Missouri River, but such a conversion would be expensive. The study by the university’s Department of Architecture and Landscape Architecture places the costs of the conversion of the bridge […]
Cosmetic restoration efforts are ongoing on the Boones Mill, Va. freight and passenger station in central Virginia. Mike Smith Passengers board a N&W passenger train in this historic photo of the Boones Mill, Va. depot. Town of Boones Mill collection BOONES MILL, Va. — A depot dating back a century-and-a-quarter in south-central Virginia could reopen […]
SEATTLE — A steam locomotive that worked for years in the Pacific Northwest is headed home after a vacation in Arizona. Former Northern Pacific No. 1762 and Spokane, Portland & Seattle No. 539, a 2-8-2 Mikado built in 1917, has been acquired by the Port of Kalama, located along the Columbia River near Longview Wash. […]
In late July 2019, the Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. moved its leased former Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 steam locomotive No. 2716 from its home at the Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven to its new home at Kentucky Steam’s headquarters in Ravenna. The goal is to restore the locomotive to operation there. Doing the honors […]
In late July 2019, the Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. moved its leased former Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 steam locomotive No. 2716 from its home at the Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven to its new home at Kentucky Steam’s headquarters in Ravenna. The goal is to restore the locomotive to operation there. Doing the honors […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Northeastern railway preservationists have saved hundreds of drawings — some dating to the 1860s — from Conrail predecessors from the shredder in what has been called a “monumental achievement” for railroad historians. The documents came from the Smithsonian Institution, which collected them between 1981 to 1984. With an Aug. 1 deadline to […]
A replica combine is underway in Eastern Iowa. John Schumann MAQUOKETA, Iowa — The Bellevue & Cascade was a 3-foot gauge Milwaukee Road branch that ran between its namesake towns in eastern Iowa. The B&C lasted longer than any other Midwestern narrow gauge, being sold to a shortline railroad before finally folding in 1936. In […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society will hold its annual open house on Aug. 16-18. Trains: Jim Wrinn NEW HAVEN, Ind. — The historic, operating tourist attractions of the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society will be on display at the 2019 Open House, which will feature educational displays, train rides, food trucks, and more on […]
Southern 4501 will become L&N 1593 for the L&N Historical Society annual convention in September. Trains: Jim Wrinn CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — One of the most famous operating steam locomotives of the last 60 years is getting a temporary makeover. Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum’s Southern Railway 2-8-2 No. 4501, the star of excursions from 1966 to […]
