The Woodstown Central Railroad has announced the completion of it’s first ex-CNJ coach at its shops in New Jersey. Numbered 1319, the car bears the name “Oldmans Creek”, as voted on by fans of the Railroad on their Facebook page. In a video posted by the railroad, the coach is shown as part of the […]
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Railroading Heritage of Midwest America (RRHMA) has been donated a former Santa Fe B40-8W locomotive by BNSF. The locomotive, numbered 537, was delivered to the group’s Slivis, Ill shops this week. Other locomotives of this type are still operating on short lines owned by BNSF. When built in the early 1990s for the AT&SF the
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The Great Smokey Mountains Railroad (GSMR) in North Carolina has announced the beginning of the operational restoration of Southern Railway #722. The locomotive last ran in 1985 and has been awaiting restoration since. #722 was built by Baldwin in 1904 for the Southern and worked on the Murphy branch line until being sold to the
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Ownership of #223 has changed once again in October 2023. Read about the update here. Denver & Rio Grande Western #223, a 1881 2-8-0 steam locomotive, in now entirely in the hands of the Utah State Historical Society (USHS). On April 4th, 2023, Salt Lake City signed an agreement with the group giving them full
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Norfolk and Western #611 will operate for the final time at the Strasburg Railroad in May 2023. Tickets are now on sale for two weekends of events with the locomotive, May 19-21 and May 26-29 (Memorial Day weekend). In-cab experiences will be held on Fridays, and the locomotive will pull the half-hour train for the
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On April 7, 2023, the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (TVRM) announced that it was transferring ownership of steam locomotive #5288 to the Colebrookdale Railroad in Pennsylvania. The museum states that a multi-million dollar restoration of the locomotive is not currently possible with other items of their collection also needing work. The hope is that Colebrookdale
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The Arcade & Attica Railroad (A&A) in Arcade, New York has announced that they will be purchasing ALCO RS-3 #406 from the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad (WNY&P). The #406 was originally built for the Delaware and Hudson Railroad in September 1952, then rebuilt in 1975 by Morrison-Knudsen. In 1976 the locomotive was repainted
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On March 10, 2023, Union Pacific’s former F7 unit numbered 401, arrived at the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad after a months-long journey from Cheyenne, Wyoming. The locomotive was donated by Union Pacific after being stored since the 1990s. It was formerly one of C&NW’s executive train locomotives in the 1980s, but is currently inoperable.
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The Valley Railroad (also known as the Essex Steam Train and Riverboat) in Connecticut has acquired two 80-ton General Electric locomotives from the U.S Navy. These two locomotives previously worked at the Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach in Seal Beach, California moving weapons around the base. The locomotives, numbered USN 65-00618 and 65-00359 have not
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The Emery Rail Heritage Trust has announced the 19 recipients of their 2023 grants: The trust is the largest in the U.S. that gives solely to railroad related projects. They focus on projects the preserve the history of passenger travel from 1920 to 1960. Learn more about the trust on their website: https://emeryrailheritagetrust.org/
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