NORWOOD, Ohio — Genesee & Wyoming has marked the arrival of the semiquincentennial year of U.S. independence with the latest addition to its growing fleet of 250th anniversary locomotives. Indiana & Ohio Railway C44-9W No. 4445 joins earlier commemorative locomotives at the Arizona Eastern [see “News photo: Genesee & Wyoming’s latest …,” Trains.com], as well as the Buffalo & Pittsburgh, Kyle Railroad, and Connecticut Southern [see “News photos: Genesee & Wyoming releasing …,” Nov. 25, 2025]. At least one more unit in the series is expected.
The Indiana & Ohio, the latest G&W railroad to receive a 250th anniversary unit, operates 511 miles, including trackage rights, in its namesake states and Michigan. It was acquired by Genesee & Wyoming in 2012 as part of its purchase of RailAmerica.
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This is great- I wonder what it would take to have a “USA 250 at Spencer” this year in the same mold as the “Streamliners at Spencer” or NS Heritage Units at Spencer from over a decade ago at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC?
With many railroads large and small getting on the USA 250 train (pun intended), I think we need to do SOMETHING big like that.
Might be our best chance of getting something similar to the American Freedom Train 2.0 (which is apparently not happening it appears, sadly.)