DESERT CENTER, Calif. – If you’re in the market for a full-scale plywood replica of one of America’s most famous steam locomotives, you’re in luck. A California auction house has listed a full-scale replica of Southern Pacific “Daylight” No. 4449 that was used in the 1986 movie “Tough Guys” starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas. […]
North Carolina Transportation Museum SPENCER, N.C. – The North Carolina Transportation Museum Foundation, the support group for the museum, will be the recipient of the Seaboard Air Line (SAL) No. 6604, a streamlined passenger rail car from the post-World War II era. Built for SAL in 1947, the 85-foot stainless steel rail car features a […]
Denver & Rio Grande No. 168 returns to Antonito, Colo., after its celebratory run to Lava Tank. Thomas Scalf Engineer Max Casias, C&TS President John Bush, Fireman Carlos Llamas, and Director of Special Projects Stathi Pappas toast to the success of No. 168’s restoration. Thomas Scalf ANTONITO, Colo. — After four years of restoration work […]
No. 3713’s firebox is attached to the boiler in the Steamtown shop on Oct. 9. Brian Schmidt SCRANTON, Pa. – The restoration of Boston & Maine 4-6-2 No. 3713 took a major leap forward this month with the arrival of a brand new firebox. On Oct. 17, Steamtown National Historic Site took delivery of a […]
Soo Line 4-6-2 No. 2719 pulls a special mixed train on the Lake Superior Railroad Museum’s North Shore Scenic Railroad at Knife River, Minn. on Sept. 8, 2011. Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. – After years of negotiations between the City of Eau Claire, Wis., and Duluth’s Lake Superior Railroad Museum, an agreement has been reached […]
WW&F No. 9 crosses the bridge that opened Monday. WW&F: C.S. Rhine ALNA, Me. — Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington Railway steam locomotive No. 9 crossed the Trout Creek bridge on Monday afternoon, its first trip across the current bridge, and its first trip to this location since late May 1933. More than 100 volunteers spent […]
Rendering shows what Bock No. 1 will look like when completed. Fred Haberkamp A new boiler is under construction for Bock 1. Fred Haberkamp SOMONAUK, Ill. — David Kloke, the man who built operating replicas of historic steam locomotives Leviathan and York, is about to bring another historic, yet significantly more humble, back from the […]
CN steam locomotive No. 6167 faces a move from its current display site next to Guelph (Ontario) Central Station. Stephen C. Host A Canadian National steam locomotive on display in Guelph, Ontario, must be moved — for the second time. CNR No. 6167, which was moved in 2010 to its current location next to Guelph […]
CSX 4317, a former Reading Co. GP39-2 shown at right, works at Yeoman Yard in Tampa, Fla., in March 2017. It now resides at the Reading museum in Hamburg, Pa. Scott A. Hartley HAMBURG, Pa. – A former Reading GP-39-2, one of the last new locomotives delivered to that railroad just months before the Conrail […]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Headwaters Junction, the planned hub for railroad history, culture, and Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765, says it will host and operate an Indiana interurban car in the future. In a Tuesday news release, Headwaters Junction and Hoosier Heartland Trolley Co. announced their intention to operate interurban car No. 429 on […]
Steamtown’s Big Boy, No. 4012, is moved on the historic site’s turntable prior to the start of a cosmetic restoration. National Park Service SCRANTON, Pa. — Steamtown National Historic Site has removed its Big Boy locomotive from public display to perform cosmetic restoration and repainting of the Union Pacific 4-8-8-4. Visitors will not have access […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The annual open house for Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 2926 was held in Albuquerque, N.M., on Sept. 28 at the restoration site near downtown. New Mexico Steam Locomotive & Railroad Historical Society members log many hours to work toward their goal to once again operate the largest 4-8-4 Northern-type […]
