Kentucky Steam support cars arrived at their new home earlier this week. Kentucky Steam: Drayton Blackgrove RAVENNA, Ky. — Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp.’s support cars are home in Ravenna, Ky., at the organization’s 40 acres site that includes a former CSX car repair shop, which will eventually be used to store historic railroad equipment, including […]
Murals inside a restored Cincinnati Union Terminal. The art deco train station will have a grand re-opening for the public on Saturday, Nov. 17. David T. Rohdenburg CINCINNATI — One of the best known railroad landmarks in the Midwest, Cincinnati’s grand art deco masterpiece, Union Terminal, is re-opening this week after a 30-month, $228-million restoration […]
Orange Empire restored this Santa Fe FP45. Orange Empire Pennsylvania Trolley Museum was recognized for restoring West Penn Railways curved side interurban car No. 832. Friend of Railway Preservation Award recognized three generations of stewardship by the Ramsdell and King families of West Thompson, Conn. of WW&F locomotive No. 9, a two-foot gauge 0-4-4T built […]
A view of Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 No. 168 before restoration work began in 2015. Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad SANTA FE, N.M. — Trains magazine has awarded its $10,000 2018 Preservation Award to the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in Chama, N.M., to complete restoration work on Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 No. […]
Strasburg Rail Road’s Linn W. Moedinger parlor car after restoration in Pennsylvania Strasburg Rail Road STRASBURG, Pa. — The Strasburg Rail Road has debuted its newest restoration project, a 12-wheel former Baltimore & Ohio parlor car, after more than two years of restoration work. The car, featuring 24 parlor chairs, is expected to see service […]
Tristan Gray of Clear Brook, Va., presents the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad with $1,000 in donations. The five-year-old boy raised the funds for his recent birthday party instead of asking for birthday presents. WMSR CUMBERLAND, Md. — A five-year-old railfan from Virginia is doing his part to return Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 to […]
Former Great Northern “Ranch” car White Pines Lake in Ohio. Minnesota Transportation Museum ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Transportation Museum is seeking funds to move a former Great Northern Empire Builder “Ranch” lounge car from Ohio to Minnesota. The car, former GN White Pines Lake, has been restored by The Depot Event Center in […]
Pacific Locomotive Association founding member Henry Luna in 2002. Alan Siegwarth Henry Luna, a founding member of the Pacific Locomotive Association, has died. Luna, 76, died Sept. 22, 2018 after an extended period in hospice at home. Born Nov. 18, 1941, as a child he lived in Burlingame, Calif., within earshot of the Southern Pacific’s […]
Restored Santa Fe motorcar M.177 is on display at Southern California’s Travel Town Museum. David Lustig LOS ANGELES – Looking like its laying over between runs on one of its regular routes in Texas and Oklahoma in the 1940s and 50s, Santa Fe motorcar M.177 is now on its last lap to being fully restored […]
Skookum poses in steam with a genuine Baldwin Locomotive Works banner used in the 20th century while shipping new engines from the Philadelphia builder. Kevin Gilliam GARIBALDI, Ore. — The famous 2-4-4-2 Skookum steamed for photographers last week for a Pete Lerro photo charter, but an engineer’s low pressure valve chest issue kept the locomotive […]
The Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp., now owns the railroad shop in Ravenna, Ky. KSHC RAVENNA, Ky. — The Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp., a Kentucky-based nonprofit, announced Sunday that it has finalized a transaction with CSX Transportation and has taken possession of a large portion of the former Louisville & Nashville decommissioned rail yard in Ravenna, […]
W&LE No. 3960 departs Minerva, Ohio, for its trip to the Age of Steam Roundhouse on Oct. 9. Age of Steam Roundhouse: John B. Corns SUGARCREEK, Ohio – Former Wheeling & Lake Erie 0-6-0 No. 3960 has arrived at the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek. The arrival of the locomotive concludes nearly a decade […]
