WILLIAMS, Ariz. – The Grand Canyon Railway has announced dates it will operate 2-8-2 No. 4960 in 2023. The railroad typically uses the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad locomotive to pull trains between Williams and Grand Canyon one Saturday a month, plus some additional dates.
The 2023 steam dates are:
February 18 for Presidents’ Day.
March 4, April 1.
April 22 for Earth Day.
May 6, June 3, July 1, Aug. 5, Sept. 2.
Sept. 16 for Grand Canyon Railway Anniversary.
Oct. 7.
No. 4960 was built in 1923 by Baldwin for the Burlington Route. In the late 1950s it was selected to pull excursion trains along with 4-8-4 No. 5632, and operated until the end of the Burlington steam program in 1966. Purchased by Grand Canyon Railway in 1989, in 1996 it underwent an extensive rebuild and was converted to burn oil. Further modifications were made in 2009, when it was converted it to run on recycled waste vegetable oil.
For more information visit the Grand Canyon Railway and Hotel website.
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