Burlington Northern GP9 No. 1868, formerly Northern Pacific No. 245, is at Staples, Minn., on Sept. 4, 1989. Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. – The Lake Superior Railroad Museum is acquiring a high-hood former Northern Pacific GP9 in trade for a former Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range diesel. Independent Locomotive Service GP9 No. 1382, at the […]
Nevada Northern 4-6–0 No. 40 will star in a Trains-sponsored photo charter before its 1,472-day inspection is due. NNRY Museum EAST ELY, Nev. — Trains magazine and the Nevada Northern Railway Museum announce the “Farewell 40!” photo charter event March 7-8, 2020, featuring one of North America’s most handsome Ten-Wheeler steam locomotives before it goes […]
PRR sleeper Philadelphia County is up for auction. Ozark Mountain Railcar Painted in Monon colors, this Milwaukee Road F7 is up for auction. Ozark Mountain Railcar NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — The auction for several pieces of rolling stock left behind by the Indiana Transportation Museum at its former home is underway, but no bids have been […]
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — More than a dozen pieces of historical railroad equipment formerly owned by the Indiana Railroad Museum will be scrapped if they are not successfully sold during an auction beginning Monday. According to a listing on the website for railroad equipment broker Ozark Mountain Railcar, 17 pieces of equipment, including two locomotives, a […]
Cass Climax No. 9 steams on Thursday. Cass Scenic Railroad CASS, W.VA. — A restoration project that dates back almost 50 years has come to completion at the Cass Scenic Railroad in the heart of the Back Alleghany Mountains of West Virginia. Moore-Keppel & Co. three-truck Climax No. 9 returned to steam Thursday. The locomotive […]
This Northern Pacific painting by Gil Bennett is among those on display. KALISPELL, Mont. – The work of more than 30 prominent railroad artists will be on display this fall at the Hockaday Museum of Art in Kalispell. “Hear the Whistle Blow: Art of the Railway” runs Sept. 27 through Dec. 7 and is being […]
West Side Lumber 14, seen meeting Shay 8, in 1958, may return to California. Stan Kistler, Martin E. Hansen collection GOLDEN, Colo. — West Side Lumber Co. No 14, a three-foot-gauge three-truck Shay, may return to its original home state of California if discussions between owners Lindsey and Rosa Ashby and the Roaring Camp & […]
Clinchfield 800 will be on tour this fall in Ohio. Trains: Jim Wrinn CINCINNATI — Clinchfield F7 No. 800, the famous streamliner that spent an extended vacation in Florida, is about to tour Ohio this fall, organizers of Ohio Rail Experience excursions said Friday. The gray and yellow locomotive, restored to its original appearance in […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio – One of the men who helped bring back big steam to main lines across the country, will be on hand for a fundraising dinner this September. Ross Rowland will be giving an exclusive video and photo presentation about his lifetime at the throttle. Rowland, a former New York Stock Exchange commodities trader, […]
DURANGO, Colo. — Seventy volunteers of the Carson & Colorado Railway got to ride behind Southern Pacific No. 18 on Aug. 23 as it made its way from Durango to Silverton, Colo. The private excursion was hosted by Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, which has been leasing the 4-6-0 oil-burning locomotive built by Baldwin […]
‘Jupiter’ and No. 119 replicas recreate the 1869 ceremony at the Golden Spike National Historic Park in Utah. Jim Wrinn PROMONTORY, Utah – More than 38,000 people made the pilgrimage to the Utah desert in three days in May to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the driving of the golden spike that completed the First […]
ET&WNC 4-6-0 No. 12 pulls a flatcar for the first time along with a former East Broad Top coach to create Tweetsie Railroad’s first mixed train. Kevin Gilliam BOONE, N.C. — A little bit of history was made this weekend at the Tweetsie Railroad near Boone, N.C. For the first time since the early 1940s, […]
