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Rio Grande Southern No. 20, its restoration continuing, shares the roundhouse with operational Rio Grande 2-8-2 No. 491 at the Colorado Railroad Museum in June 2019. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn GOLDEN, Colo. — After more than a decade of work, officials with the Colorado Railroad Museum say that the restoration of Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 No. […]
Nos. 1202 and 1205 Age of Steam Roundhouse SUGAR CREEK, Ohio – The Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum is selling two EMD SW1200 diesels it has deemed surplus, according to an announcement by the organization. The roundhouse is primarily a repository for a large collection of steam locomotives, but also has a fleet of diesels […]
N&W 2156 rests with N&W Class J 611 and Class A 1218 at Roanoke, Va,, in May 2015, soon after its delivery to the Virginia Museum of Transportation. Trains: Jim Wrinn ROANOKE, Va. — Museum officials are discussing the future of Roanoke-built Norfolk & Wester Y6a steam locomotive No. 2156 as the end of its […]
FULL SCREEN Brian Solomon Two-foot gauge steam locomotives are the stars in Sheepscot, Maine, in January 2020, for a reunion of steam locomotives on the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum in Maine. FULL SCREEN Brian Solomon Two-foot gauge steam locomotives are the stars in Sheepscot, Maine, in January 2020, for a reunion of steam […]
Railroad Passenger Car Alliance members arrive at the AT&SF 2926 restoration site in Albuquerque, N.M. Thomas Scalf AT&SF No. 2926 restoration crew used compressed air to do a blowdown after a recent steam up. Thomas Scalf Albuquerque, N.M. — Railroad Passenger Car Alliance members held their annual conference in Albuquerque, N.M., Jan. 16-20. Topics included […]
FULL SCREEN Courtesy New England Steam Corp. Maine Central No. 470 in service on the Maine Central. FULL SCREEN Courtesy New England Steam Corp. Locomotive No. 470’s boiler being removed in Waterville in 2016. FULL SCREEN Courtesy New England Steam Corp. Locomotive No. 470 at New England Steam’s facility near Ellsworth, Maine. FULL SCREEN Courtesy […]
No. 1216 leads an Escanaba & Lake Superior freight east of Channing, Mich., on Oct. 25, 1982. Steve Glischinski WELLS, Mich. – The owner of the only two surviving Baldwin RF-16 “Sharknose” diesel locomotives says they will eventually go to a museum. Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad owner and President John Larkin, in an exclusive […]
CHICAGO – Two British heritage railways connected to the embattled Iowa Pacific have been put up for sale. The Weardale Railway and Dartmoor Railway, as well as an engineering and equipment leasing business, were all recently listed. The properties are being sold for between $610,000 and $854,000. The railroads are owned by British American Railway […]
Two former Santa Fe Hi-Level coaches are now part of the collection at the Arizona Railway Museum. They arrived on Dec. 26. Arizona Railway Museum CHANDLER, Ariz. — Two Santa Fe Hi-Level coaches have a new home at an Arizona museum. The Arizona Railway Museum, in Chandler, took delivery of the coaches from a Union […]
Private car ‘Pawnee’ Illinois Railway Museum UNION, Ill. – The Illinois Railway Museum has acquired the historic Pullman private car Pawnee. The car was built in 1930 and is the second-to-last traditional heavyweight private car built by the Pullman Co. of Chicago. The museum is raising funds to cover the acquisition and transportation of this […]
The Railway & Locomotive Historical Society has announced the winners of its 2019 research fellowship grant awards: the Center for Railroad Photography & Art of Madison, Wis., and author Tony Reevy of Durham, N.C. The awards panel chose CRP&A’s application to bring a broader audience to the research from its “After Promontory: 150 Years of […]
Chelatchie Prairie Railroad’s Crossett Western No. 10, an Alco 2-8-2T steam locomotive. Doug Auburg SEATTLE — The Chelatchie Prairie Railroad, a volunteer-run tourist rail operation near Vancouver, Wash., has begun a GoFundMe campaign to raise money to restore its steam locomotive to operating condition. The Crossett Western No. 10, an Alco 2-8-2T built in 1929, […]
