Rotary OY rests at Chama, N.M., in August 2018. The railroad expects to run the plow, and offer a limited number of tickets to the event, in early 2020. Jim Wrinn CHAMA, N.M. – The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad plans to operate its 3-foot-gauge rotary snow plow for the first time in nearly a […]
The interior of Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station, shown in 2010, has been given historic status by the Philadelphia Historical Commission. Mitch Goldman PHILADELPHIA — The interior of Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station has been added to the local historic register by the Philadelphia Historical Commission, a move protecting the space from modification. It becomes just the […]
Follow Charlie Conway, as he visits the UK to see fellow MRVP Contributing Editor Kathy Millatt. Chas arrived just in time to capture Kathy on the set of the popular British TV show, The Great Model Railway Challenge! Catch exclusive behind the scene views of the set and the astonishing sights at the hosting Fawley […]
The Lincoln Funeral Train debuts April 22 and 23 in Pennsylvania. Dan Cupper ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. — The steam-powered Lincoln Funeral Train is about to start operations at its new home, the Ironstone Ranch on the Stone Gables Estate. The Dave Kloke replica of Central Pacific No. 63, Leviathan, is set to run Monday and Tuesday […]
Clinchfield No. 800 will lead C&O 2716 to restoration. Trains: Jim Wrinn RAVENNA, Ky. — The move of a historic steam engine this summer across Central Kentucky will now be a reunion 40 years in the making between two famed locomotives. Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp., announced today that Clinchfield Railroad F7 No. 800 will lead […]
No. 168 undergoes a hydro test on Tuesday under the supervision of the Federal Railroad Administration. Cumbres & Toltec Scenic ANTONITO, Colo. – Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 No. 168 – a 136-year-old locomotive under restoration at the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic – passed a hydrostatic test on Tuesday. The successful test was witnessed by […]
No. 2719 leads a photo special at Palmers, Minn., on the North Shore Scenic Railroad on Sept. 8, 2011. Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. – The City of Eau Claire has given up its effort to move Soo Line 4-6-2 No. 2719 from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth back to the Wisconsin city. The […]
Paul Hammond Colorado Railroad Museum GOLDEN, Colo. — Former California State Railroad Museum Director Paul Hammond will replace the retiring Donald Tallman as executive director of the Colorado Railroad Museum. Tallman, who has led the museum since 2006, will retire at the end of August. During his tenure, the museum has nearly doubled its attendance […]
Amtrak No. 3, the westbound Southwest Chief passes in front of the Hotel Castaneda in Las Vegas, NM. Thomas Scalf After 71 years, the Castaneda Hotel in Las Vegas, N.M., is open again with seven rooms available and more opening in the next few weeks. The hotel was built in 1898 as the first Atchison, […]
C&O 2716 will be on the move July 26-28 to its place of restoration. Trains: Jim Wrinn RAVENNA, Ky. — CSX Transportation and RJ Corman Railroad Group will move a former Chesapeake & Ohio steam locomotive to its new home later in the summer. The Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp., announced today that the two railroads […]
The unique steam locomotive Skookum is bedded down on a truck Sunday at Tillamook, Ore., for its trip to California. Martin E. Hansen TILLAMOOK, Ore. — The long and successful restoration of Baldwin’s first logging Mallet known as Skookum reached a milestone this morning when a pair of heavy-haul semi-trucks departed the blimp hanger in […]
Among 20 pieces of rolling stock offered for sale at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum is Florida East Coast 4-6-2 No. 113. Trains: Jim Wrinn MIAMI, Fla. — A south Florida railroad museum facing financial hardship is transitioning to an events venue and as part of that change the Gold Coast Railroad Museum will sell […]
