SHERIDAN, Wyo. – The city of Sheridan wants to figure out what it will do with a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 4-8-4 that has been on display in the community since the 1960s. The locomotive, No. 5631, was the subject of a special session of the city council on Monday night. During the meeting, city […]
Tag: Preservation
Big Boy to meet its match in Duluth this month NEWSWIRE
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone No. 227, left, and Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014. Two photos, Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. – When Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 pulls into the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth July 19, it will be within a few feet of one of its contemporaries: […]
Bluewater NRHS winds down operations; will close at end of year NEWSWIRE
ROYAL OAK, Mich. – The Bluewater Michigan Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, well-known throughout the Midwest for its fleet of passenger equipment, is going out of business, President John C. Moore Jr. announced over the weekend. Headquartered in Royal Oak, the chapter was chartered in 1982 and had more than 900 members at […]
Colorado Railroad Museum events celebrate 60th anniversary NEWSWIRE
The Colorado Railroad Museum’s 60th anniversary celebration will include two days of rides on a Galloping Goose and two days of rides behind a steam locomotive. TRAINS: David Lassen GOLDEN, Colo. — The Colorado Railroad Museum will celebrate its 60th anniversary with events this Thursday through Sunday, July 11-14. Events include rides on a Galloping Goose […]
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad restores 19th-century passenger cars NEWSWIRE
Although it has gone through some modifications and upgrades, coach car No. 292 maintains many of its original character-defining features. Thomas Scalf Railway Post Office car No. 65 undergoes restoration at Antonito, Colo. Thomas Scalf ANTONITO, Colo. — Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad and the Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec are renovating four historic […]
Three Pennsy cars will celebrate 1949 ‘Broadway Limited’ NEWSWIRE
PRR tail car Frank Thomson will bring up the markers on the special move to celebrate the 1949 Broadway Limited. Note the replica sign. Rudy Garbely NEW YORK — Three Pennsylvania Railroad Broadway Limited cars from the streamlined 1949 edition of the train will celebrate 70 years of service July 12-14 when they operate New […]
Pikes Peak cog steam locomotive lands … in Arizona?!? NEWSWIRE
Manitou & Pikes Peak Railroad steam locomotive No. 4 is staged on a short stretch of railroad track outside the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel in Williams, Ariz., after delivery on June 28, 2019. The smokestack, removed for transport, has yet to be reinstalled. GCRY: Eric Hadder WILLIAMS, Ariz. — In another symbiotic tie between members […]
Tickets go on sale Tuesday for Nickel Plate Road 765’s only 2019 excursions NEWSWIRE
Nickel Plate Road No. 765, seen on a Norfolk Southern excursion in 2013, returns to Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad in September. PENINSULA, OHIO — Tickets go on sale Tuesday for Nickel Plate Road No. 765’s return to the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad and its annual Steam in the Valley event Sept. 21, 22, 27, […]
Missabe Road steam returns NEWSWIRE
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway 2-8-0 No. 332 is under steam at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum’s shop in Duluth on June 25, 2019. David C. Schauer DULUTH, Minn. – For the first time since 1962, a Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range steam locomotive is under steam with proper Missabe Road lettering. On June […]
Western Maryland 1309 restoration update: Cranes on the horizon NEWSWIRE
Drivers and driving boxes await installation at Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. Chris Campbell 56 inch drivers are ready for installation on Western Maryland 2-6-6-2 No. 1309. Chris Campbell RIDGELEY, W.Va. — The long and twisting restoration of 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 at Western Maryland Scenic Railroad may finally be nearing a successful conclusion, punctuated with the […]
Friends of the 261 debuts newly acquired E9 NEWSWIRE
Friends of the 261’s E9A No. 101, ex-Milwaukee Road No. 32A, leads an eastbound excursion train past the former Milwaukee Road depot in Hopkins, Minn., on June 23, 2019. Steve Glischinski MINNEAPOLIS – The Friends of the 261 debuted its newly acquired former Milwaukee Road E9A over the weekend on trips over the Twin Cities […]
Metra helps encourage visits to Pullman National Monument NEWSWIRE
A special Metra train promoting visits to the Pullman National Monument arrives at the 111th/Pullman station on the Metra Electric line. In the background is Pullman’s landmark Clock Tower building, surrounded in scaffolding for its renovation. Metra photo by Courtney Aubrecht Passengers on Metra’s special train to the Pullman National Monument detrain at Pullman. Metra […]
