Maine museum set to begin steam-filled season of operation NEWSWIRE

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Bridgton & Saco River Railroad No. 7 will be under steam for the Maine Narrow Gauge Co. & Museum’s first major event of the 2019 season. Maine Narow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum PORTLAND, Maine — A fire was being lit inside Bridgton & Saco River 2-4-4T No. 7 today in preparation for what is […]

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Dream for Nickel Plate Road 765’s home starts to become reality NEWSWIRE

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A purchase agreement for a mile of right of way is a major step forward for a mixed-use facility and rail attraction for downtown Fort Wayne. Headwaters Junction FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Headwaters Junction, Inc., the non-profit group working to create a railroad-themed park that will eventually become the home for Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 […]

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Great Northern’s first SD45 set to return NEWSWIRE

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Great Northern Historical Society’s SD45 No. 400 got a new engine at the BNSF shop in Minneapolis. Steve Glischinski MINNEAPOLIS – Great Northern Railway Historical Society’s GN SD45 No. 400, “Hustle Muscle” is returning to service after two years. The locomotive was the first EMD production model SD45. In spring 2017, while being operated on […]

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Pennsylvania welcomes the museum in a boxcar NEWSWIRE

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A museum on the Cumberland Valley is in this boxcar that has opened at the university in Shippensburg, Pa. Dan Cupper SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. — The nation’s newest railroad museum is a boxcar. The Cumberland Valley Railroad Museum opened for business on Saturday in a 1956 New York Central 50-foot boxcar painted in its most recent […]

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Historic Harvey House hotel reopens in New Mexico NEWSWIRE

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The bell tower on the restored Harvey House in Las Vegas, N.M. Three photos, Steve Glischinski LAS VEGAS, N.M. – The Hotel La Castañeda, a former Santa Fe Railway Harvey House hotel adjacent to the former depot in Las Vegas, saw its first guests in decades April 1. The hotel received its certificate of occupancy […]

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Black Hills Central 2-6-6-2T No. 108 is nearing completion NEWSWIRE

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Black Hills Central No. 108 comes together in July 2018. Trains: Jim Wrinn No. 108 in service at Weyerhaeuser in Washington state. Martin E. Hansen collection HILL CITY, S.D. — While American steam fans have focused their attention on the amazing restorations of 2-4-4-2 Skookum, 2-6-6-2 No. 1309, and Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. […]

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Nevada State Railroad Museum set to display last Promontory passenger car NEWSWIRE

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Leland Stanford’s office car, later Virginia & Truckee coach No. 17, will be on public display for the first time at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City. NSRM: Wendell Huffman CARSON CITY, Nev. – This spring, the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City will unveil a major new exhibit: “The Transcontinental Railroad: […]

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Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 returned to Harrisburg station NEWSWIRE

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An Amtrak locomotive moves former Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 No. 4859 during a previous relocation at the Harrisburg, Pa., station. Dan Cupper HARRISBURG, Pa. — The first GG-1 to pull a train to Harrisburg is back under cover after being dislocated for work at the Harrisburg station. Former Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 No. 4859 and an N6b […]

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Duluth steam locomotive repainted to Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range livery for 2019 season NEWSWIRE

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The 2-8-0 sports its new retro paint in the Duluth shop on March 26. Tim Schandel, Lake Superior Railroad Museum DULUTH, Minn. – The Lake Superior Railroad Museum’s Duluth & Northeastern 2-8-0 No. 28 has been repainted to its original Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway paint scheme and number in preparation for the 2019 […]

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Future bright for Southern Pacific narrow gauge steamer NEWSWIRE

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Dave Mull in the Carson & Colorado shop David Lustig DURANGO, Colo. – Southern Pacific narrow gauge 4-6-0 No. 18, normally a denizen of California’s Owens Valley, is having a ball right now. Temporarily working out of Durango on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, it’s burnishing the rails hauling passengers and photo freights, […]

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New Mexico’s AT&SF 2926 receives PTC grant NEWSWIRE

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Railcar mover nicknamed “Lurch” pulls Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 2926 out of its shed for the day’s work on March 27, 2019. Thomas Scalf ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society received a grant in March from the John H. Emery Rail Heritage Trust to install positive […]

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