Age of Steam Roundhouse hires executive director NEWSWIRE

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Ohio’s Age of Steam Roundhouse has a new executive director for the Sugarcreek landmark. Trains: Jim Wrinn SUGARCREEK, Ohio — A Pennsylvania museum director has been named executive director of the Age of Steam Roundhouse and the Jerry and Laura Jacobson Foundation. Noel B. Poirier began his new duties on July 16. Poirier had been […]

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CSX donates SD45-2 to Georgia museum NEWSWIRE

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CSX donated SD45-2 No. 8954 to Southeastern Railway Museum near Atlanta. SERM: Andrew Durden DULUTH, Ga. — CSX Transportation donated a rare SD45-2 locomotive to the Southeastern Railway Museum that is the first of its kind exhibited in a museum. Electro-Motive Division built CSX No. 8954 in August 1974. It was one of only 136 […]

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Fort Wayne’s Headwaters Junction project moves forward NEWSWIRE

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. – A decade-long vision for a permanent and interactive home for Nickel Plate Road No. 765 is moving forward after local officials say development plans for the Headwaters Junction project were the only proposals submitted to the city in a recent request. The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society confirms with Trains News […]

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Soo Line 2-8-0 headed to Michigan and a return to steam NEWSWIRE

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Soo Line No. 2425 will be relocated from Minnesota to Michigan for restoration. Erik Thompson collection CHISAGO CITY, Minn. — Minnesota’s Ironhorse Railroad Park has sold former Soo Line 2-8-0 No. 2425 to Mineral Range Inc., operator of the Mineral Range Railroad in Ishpeming, Mich. The locomotive has been stored at the museum since its […]

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Contract let for Boston & Maine 3713 firebox at Steamtown NEWSWIRE

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Original and replica cabs for Boston & Maine 3713 meet at Steamtown on Aug. 30, 2018. Steamtown NPS SCRANTON, Pa. — After more than two decades of false starts and delays, the restoration of Boston & Maine 4-6-2 No. 3713 at Steamtown National Historic Site has picked up speed and this week reached two major […]

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Quincy & Torch Lake locomotive gets cosmetic restoration NEWSWIRE

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Quincy & Torch Lake No. 6 after restoration in Michigan. Q&TL Facebook page HANCOCK, Mich. — An elderly narrow gauge locomotive last operated just after World War II has been cosmetically restored by volunteers. No. 6 of the Quincy & Torch Lake Railroad, a 1912 Baldwin outside frame 2-8-0, ran on the six-mile railroad hauling […]

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Colorado Railroad Museum to cosmetically restore Rio Grande tunnel motor NEWSWIRE

FULL SCREEN Ed Lichtenfels via the Colorado Railroad Museum The Rio Grande tunnel motor is spending in air at the Colorado Railroad Museum. FULL SCREEN Ed Lichtenfels via the Colorado Railroad Museum Crews maneuver the locomotive into its final position at the Colorado Railroad Museum. FULL SCREEN Jim Barton via the Colorado Railroad Museum Crews […]

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Restored Maine 2-footer to make public debut Sept. 8 NEWSWIRE

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No. 2 before restoration. Boothbay Railway Village BOOTHBAY, Maine – A steam locomotive from one of Maine’s most obscure two-foot gauge railroads is making its public debut after an extensive restoration. Boothbay Railway Village’s S.D. Warren 0-4-0T No. 2 will be under steam on Sept. 8 for a day-long celebration marking the completion of its […]

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Southern boxcar comes to life in North Carolina NEWSWIRE

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SPENCER, N.C. — The North Carolina Transportation Museum has restored Southern Railway No. 550555 to its original commemorative paint scheme. In 1970, the 50-foot cushioned boxcar was the 200,000th freight car built by Pullman-Standard at their Bessemer, Ala., plant. The factory opened in 1929. Southern Railway president W. Graham Claytor Jr. and Pullman-Standard president George […]

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First steam-up a success for Santa Fe 4-8-4; more work yet before it runs NEWSWIRE

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Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 2926 raises steam in Albuquerque, N.M., on Aug. 22. More work needs to be done before the locomotive is ready for main line operation. William P. Diven ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It’s been a long pull — 18 years since Santa Fe Railway No. 2926 creaked and groaned out of an Albuquerque […]

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