Chesapeake & Ohio F7 No. 8016 on the turntable at the North Carolina Transportation Museum’s Spencer, N.C., shops. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn SPENCER, N.C. — An F7 is heading to CSX Transportation’s Huntington, W.Va., locomotive shops for re-painting, say sources close to the matter. Norfolk Southern crews hooked on to Chesapeake & Ohio F7 No. 8016 […]
Jerry Joe Jacobson Contributed SUGARCREEK, Ohio — Jerry Joe Jacobson, shortline entrepreneur, steam preservationist, and builder of the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, died September 13 at home after a long illness. He was 74. The Age of Steam facility was Jacobson’s pride and joy, a multi-million-dollar complex built in 2012 and sprawling over […]
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus car No. 57 is on its way to a new home in Seffner, Fla., to be the community center for a small residential village of retired circus performers. Joe DeMike SEFFNER, Fla. — The Showpeople’s Winter Quarters of Seffner Aug. 16 announced the donation of retired circus train […]
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific No. 652 was one of 13 E8As purchased by the Rock Island in 1951. The locomotive and sister unit E6A No. 630 are gradually being restored to operating condition. Jerry Huddleston OELWEIN, Iowa — This weekend the Manly Junction Railroad Museum’s two former Rock Island E units, E6A No. 630 […]
A view of a Pennsylvania Railroad long-haul fuel tender that the T1 Trust recently purchased. Pennsylvania Railroad T1 Trust The T1 Trust has purchased a 200,000-pound Pennsylvania Railroad long-haul tender No. 6659 from the Western New York Railway Historical society that had been used behind an M1, a 4-8-2 Mountain-type locomotive. Essentially, a T1 tender […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Soo Line 2-8-2 No. 1003 with a Wisconsin & Southern Geep leading, deadheads through Waukesha, Wis., Thursday morning en route to a display event in Chicago for Shriners Hospital for Children. The engine was to overnight in Janesville, Wis., and continue its journey Chicago Friday. Video by Jim Wrinn […]
Union Pacific’s roving goodwill ambassador, 4-6-6-4 No. 3985, rolls through Cole Junction, Mo., while pulling the Missouri River Eagle special west of Jefferson City, Mo., on Oct 4, 2010. Peter N. Davis photo […]
Steam locomotive restoration specialist Gary Bensman cuts out staybolts for replacement on Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 on Tuesday, May 9. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn CUMBERLAND, Md. — The cost of restoring former Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 continues to rise, but John Garner, superintendent of the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad said Aug. 1 […]
Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum STRASBURG, Pa. — Officials with the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania say they’ll soon transfer ownership of their historic Nickel Plate Road steam locomotive, S-3 class Berkshire 2-8-4 No. 757, to the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum in Bellevue, Ohio. The Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum will be […]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Steel Dynamics, Inc. has donated $3,000 to the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society Inc. for Project 358, an effort to restore the society’s 1950s diesel locomotive, Nickel Plate Road No. 358. The funds will be allocated toward electrical cable, paint, generators or other locomotive parts in need of refurbishment. One of […]
The Wisconsin & Southern drops off a circus stock car, passenger car, and flat car with wagons near the Circus World museum in Baraboo, Wis., this week. John Gruber BARABOO, Wis. — The Circus World Museum in Baraboo is preserving a little piece of circus train history. Watco’s Wisconsin & Southern Railroad recently delivered a […]
Scott Altenbach (right) enjoys the fresh air after emerging from the internal boiler inspection of Santa Fe Railway No. 2926. Also harnessed for safety is Bill McSweeney who assisted the inspection from outside the manway opening atop the boiler. Bill Diven Volunteers working to restore Santa Fe Railway No. 2929 swarm the locomotive during a […]
