4-6-2 Pacific type and 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives also built by Baldwin and Alco in the 1920s and 4-6-0 Ten-Wheelers built around 1900 began in mainline service but later were eventually both found mostly on branch lines and mixed train service.
Edaville Railroad at South Carver, Massachusetts, on Sales Order No. the railroad later removed. Grand Trunk Railway 1516 Canadian National Railways 5288 Whyte System Type: 4-6-2 "Pacific" Class: J-7-b Builder: Montreal Locomotive Works Date Built: 1918 Builder's Number: 60483 Cylinders (diameter x stroke in inches): 24 x 28 Boiler Pressure (in lbs. Steam and First Generation Diesel Motive Power on the Grand Trunk
This engine may be seen at the head of a fast freight in Chicago's south side on John Szwajkart's video The Chicago Collection. [13][14][note 1]. 5030 had been involved in a notorious train wreck, that of the "Knights Templar Special" on June 5, 1923. (Train orders were sometimes called "flimsies" because of the thin paper used in making multiple carbon copies.) Michigan and controlled by the Grand Trunk Railroad of Canada, by 1920
8380, above. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Durango & Silverton Tractive Effort: 34,669 lbs
The K-4 Pacifics were a variation of the USRA light Pacific design; they had 67 square feet of grate area, an evaporative heating surface of 3340 square feet, and 795 square feet of superheating surface. 3734 was a member of class S-3-a, built by American Locomotive Company in Schenectady to USRA light Mikado specifications similar to those of Nos. As a result I never saw them in operation, though I photographed No. All these Pacifics had 73-inch drivers and 25x28-inch cylinders. It was originally meant to be preserved for excursion service, but was tragically scrapped in July 1987 after a legal battle between Metra Commuter Rail and the locomotive's owner at the time, Richard Jensen. Francisco Railway. [17] The locomotive, the siding it sat on and the fence surrounding it were all sold for $1 to 6325 Turntable, Inc., a nonprofit organization founded to restore it. the Grand Trunk Western Railway owned 331 miles of track in Michigan and
This page provides a calendar of upcoming railfan events and excursions throughout North America. More information: No. Text and photo images2009 Richard Leonard. Vol. Below is a broadside shot of 0-8-0 switcher No. In its later years of service on the GTW, the locomotive pulled numerous excursion trips hosted by local railroad clubs and the GTW. Five people lost their lives in the accident. 5030 and 5632, are both on static display in Michigan. Six GTW U-4-b class 4-8-4s built by Lima Locomotive Works would have streamlined shrouding and 77-inch (1.956 m) driving wheels to be used only in passenger service. Date Built: June 1925
Despite a network of less than 300 miles its hotly contested Detroit - Chicago market was a vital artery for CN in reaching America's railroad capital. No. Knowing that the locomotive was indeed going to be scrapped, Jensen and his friends took parts off of it and gave them to local railfans. headed to abide by the timetables, a costly practice that required an
6039 on display at Steamtown in 1962, when it was headquartered in New Hampshire. With low 51-inch drivers, they had cylinder dimensions of 21x28 inches and a boiler pressure of 190 pounds. Word of No. class designed by the U.S. Railroad Administration in its short-lived
Initially, it was to be shipped to Wakefield, Massachusetts, for
Here we found J-3-a classmates Nos. Their streamlining did not extend to the tender which, typical of newer Canadian National Railways power, was in the Vanderbilt style with a cylindrical water tank. The grate is 50.62 sq ft and total heating surface is 3,003 sq ft including 578 sq ft superheating. 6327 was, yet, another well known sister engine, No. extra engine crew, not to mention the additional engine, so that a
[4], Because of its historical significance, when No. The locomotive was subsequently moved out of the back shops to remain on display on various parts of Steamtown property. 32, No. Builder's Number: 58463, Cylinders (diameter x stroke in inches): 26 x 30
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With a locomotive weight of 403,000 pounds and a combined engine-and-tender length of 96 feet, the U-3-b class was still one of the smaller types of 4-8-4s used on the North American railway system. Locomotive No. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Athern Genesis 2000 USRA 2-8-2 Light Mikado Grand Trunk Train Locomotive HO at the best online prices at eBay! A member of class S-3-c outshopped by American Locomotive in 1924, she was assigned No. This locomotive was used for freight and passenger service on the Grand Trunk Railroad. 6325 could easily handle sixteen passenger cars or eighty car hotshot freights with equal ease on the Chicago division. The locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company in the 1930s and 1940s had 73-inch (1.854 m) driving wheels with 60,000 pounds of tractive effort and would be used in mainline freight and passenger service. However, when I came across No. Later fully or partially equipped with disc drivers. 6325 had sat in static display with very little maintenance. The famous K-4-a No. In addition to its eight-wheeled switchers, the Grand Trunk Western had eight 0-6-0 or six-wheeled switchers in class O. can be restored to run, it should be so restored for interpretive use
She was sent to the scrapyard in 1959. In January 1929, the Grand Trunk Western
During their careers, these engines received a number
Unable to run the locomotive, it was placed in storage at the Amtrak yard near Union Station in Chicago while Jensen was hospitalized. 11, 1953.Photo by Peter Cox, Steamtown Foundation Collection. I spent many an hour watching Consolidations, and sometimes Pacifics, switch the handful of industries that lined the track near the depot, a few blocks south of our home in Bellevue, Michigan. In 1999, 46 years after I photographed her at Durand, I posed in front of No. No. 1941, the railroad installed cowls or smoke deflectors of various
4070 is an S-3-a class 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) for in 1918 the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. Making a stop at Durand, Michigan, with train No. When the Grand Trunk was absorbed in the CNR system, a handful of new locomotives were also constructed. The last time I encountered them was around 1960 when I saw one being hauled through DeKalb, Illinois, in a Chicago & North Western freight train destined, I presume, for scrapping at Northwestern Steel & Wire in Sterling, Illinois. 6039. Steamed up for the first time in October 1961, No. These engines had 73-inch drivers, 26x30-inch cylinders, and a boiler pressure of 250 pounds per square inch, producing a tractive effort of 59,034 pounds. At
Rich Brzycki sent me a photo he rediscovered of No. 6039 at the Baldwin Locomotive Works on June 26, 1925. Retired in 1959, No. Some photos of members of this class show them with the outer drivers spoked and the inner ones disc, as the above image reveals, but by the end of their service life some sported a full set of disc drivers as in my 1962 photo of No. North American Steam
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Purchased in 1993 by Jerry Jacobson of the Ohio Central Railroad, the locomotive sat in storage for six years until being restored to operating condition on July 31, 2001, for use on excursion trains across the Ohio Central System. Members of the U-3-b class had only two more years to run in this Detroit suburban service, their final assignment. 6039 was
They developed 52,457 pounds of tractive effort and weighed 382,700 pounds. No. The Grand Trunk Western in the early 1950s had EMD road freight diesels (modified F-3s, unofficially a called F-5s), and some EMD switchers. Everett Illinois and was in its later years the only railroad that provided
Its forte was heavy passenger and fast freight service. 8380 and its eleven sisters in class P-5-g were erected by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1929. 6325, had the headlight centered on the smokebox front. A decade later, No. Mikado No. Those remaining in 1956 renumbered as follows: 3702-3706 = 4045-4049; 3708-3712 = 4050-4054; 3714-3717 = 4055-4058; 3719 = 4059; 3720 = 4060; 3722 = 4061; 3726-3739 = 4062-4075. 76 (Former GTW 8376) in May, 1977. Lerro Productions, April 8, 22 & 29: Durango & Silverton Galloping Goose Excursions Narrow Gauge Railroad Photos, Nevada Northern I photographed No. light Mikado design; class includes 15 GT and 25 GTW locomotives. Normally the local freight through Bellevue, Michigan, was headed by a Consolidation. Related photos: 6400-6404 of parent Canadian National. Detroit on Grand Trunk Western trains were in fact being hauled by an
"Grand Trunk Western Keeps its Word." No. March 1939 with boxpok drivers only on the second driver axle, while on
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In 1984, No. A fundraising campaign, led by the National Association of Power Engineers, promoted its preservation and cosmetic restoration. Three factors influenced the Grand Trunk Western
The photo was taken during a station stop at Pontiac, Michigan, in May, 1954. ], Scribbins, Jim. 6325 was no exception. RM 2F5J0AR - Grand Trunk Railway 4-4-0 locomotive, no. 5629 View source A postcard from the late 1960s showing No. I saw them operating there a few times, and photographed my sons Peter and Paul posing with Northwestern Steel & Wire's No. Durango & Silverton Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Two days of photo shoots with visiting SP 4-6-0 steam locomotive #18 - Laws, At least twenty-three, including #5030, were later equipped with new boilers with substantial changes, including a 24% reduction in the small tube count from one hundred and eighty-one to one hundred and thirty-nine. Jacobson sold the Ohio Central to Genesee & Wyoming in 2008, retained his vintage locomotives and began construction on a large roundhouse, the Age of Steam Roundhouse, in Sugarcreek, Ohio, in order to house his collection. Nos. 8380, it turns out, was also one of this legendary group and operated until December 1980. I photographed No. These engines weighed 290,000 pounds and had the 63-inch drivers common to all Canadian National and Grand Trunk 2-8-2s. National Railways, which thereafter controlled the Grand Trunk Western
5629's endangerment spread through the local railroad community. 7526, because of its short wheelbase, was probably used to switch some industrial trackage in Battle Creek that had sharp curves. wedge-shaped. In stepped Jerry J. Jacobson of the Ohio Central Railroad System (OHCR) who purchased No. Scrapping began on July 14, 1987 and was completed by July 17th. [18] After moving it in October 1986 from its display location to a track at Franklin Iron & Metal Co.,[19] work soon began to restore the locomotive to operable status. She belonged to class S-3-a and was erected by American Locomotive's Schenectady works in 1918. Newton: Carstens Publications, 1982: 85. Submit Your Event. however, before undertaking such restoration, the locomotive's
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/lists/searchdb.php?railroad=GTW&country=USA. 100. Sister locomotive No. Picture Information. GTW also had a variety of other models of steam engines including several 0-8-0 and 0-6-0 switching locomotives used to move rolling stock around rail yards. More information: $75.00 + $22.45 shipping. 5629 in excursion service out of Chicago. Tractive Effort (in lbs. This subclass had Stephenson valve gear until retired. The locomotive was first restored by the Grand Canyon Railroad in the 1980's and hasbeen in operation since. In this view, the spoked pilot applied to several of the U-3-b class is apparent. RM 2HGDC60 - El Gobernador was a 4-10-0 steam locomotive built by Central Pacific Railroad at the railroad's Sacramento, California. 5629, famous for her steam excursions in the diesel era (see below). No. 1
Related photos: 6039 gets meticulously taken care of while occasionally being moved around for public display with occasional night photo sessions taking place around it. 6039. 6039. 1973). ], National Railway Historical Society Bulletin, Vol. Nice old pic for my collection. Western No. Rebuilt from 2-8-2s. Type Class Road Numbers Cylinders Driver Diameter : Boiler Pressure Locomotive Weight Tractive Effort Builder and Year: Remarks 0-6-0 O-18-b: 7474-7498 22x26 51 175 174,000 37,000 Lima, 1920 Shown on 1937 roster. Shortly before the run, Richard Jensen traded its original tender to a local scrapyard in exchange for a larger tender from a Soo Line 4-8-2. D&RGW 168 leads a special with photo runbys from Antonito, It was taken from a car pacing on a parallel highway, evidently by Tom Miller of Toledo, Ohio. third axles (and possibly the first, which is obscured in the
Built as part of the K-4-a class of Pacific types for the GTW, No. [5][1], After sitting in storage for a few months, No. The Grand Trunk Railroad,
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Builder's no. The locomotive is in storage, on static display at the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, Ohio. A photographer reportedly caught No. Grand Trunk Western was one of the last U.S. railroads to employ steam locomotives. The Grand Trunk Western did, . 1006, and renumbered twice, before it was photographed leading a mixed train through Ontario in . Included in the festivities were a pageant, a banquet, a grand ball, and fireworks. During that time, it was leased to the Central Vermont Railway for freight service, only to become one of the very last steam locomotives to regularly operate in the state of Vermont. 6039 at Elsdon terminal in March 1939 with boxpok wheels only on the second driving axle, while on September 21, 1941, it was reportedly caught having the boxpok wheels on the first, second, and third axles, but not on the fourth axle. It ran the last scheduled steam train in the United States on March 27, 1960 on its train #21 from Detroit's Brush Street Station north to Durand Union Station. tender and engine axles, but during the mid-1930s the Grand Trunk
The distinctive turreted rooftop of the historic Durand depot pokes skyward behind U-3-b 4-8-4 No. Some number series in this Grand Trunk Western list include locomotives used by the Grand Trunk lines in New England. Photo Concepts: When the gates close, the engineer gives a steam blast on the whistle, then steam escapes on both sides of the locomotive making a nice action shot. Bellows Falls, Vt.:
do not Exceed Fifteen 15 Miles per hour entering and leaving single track V.R.H." 6325 on static display at the Age of Steam Roundhouse in April 2022. No. 230-239, 381. 5629 being scrapped at Blue Island, IL on July 14, 1987. I snapped the above photo of No. This group had 26x30-inch cylinders, a driver diameter of 73 inches, and a boiler pressure of 210 pounds per square inch. I rode behind one of these locomotives on a family trip from Battle Creek, Michigan, to Chicago in the early 1950s. Grand Trunk Western, Durand, Michigan; 1959 - YouTube 0:00 / 7:48 Grand Trunk Western, Durand, Michigan; 1959 14,647 views Mar 1, 2013 In the Spring and Winter of 1959, my dad took these. Grand Trunk Western No. 3732 at the engine terminal in Battle Creek in August, 1956. East Broad Top Railroad Photos. Today, the story of GTW No. Railroad photography exposition and railroadiana show - Corvallis, Oregon But on this summer day in 1951 it was Pacific 5030, on a break-in run after repairs at the Battle Creek shops, which did the honors. The engineer, leaning on the window sill, regards the photographer (me) on the M-78 highway bridge with some amusement. These Consolidations were members of class N-4, which had several subclasses; all were built between 1906 and 1911 for the Grand Trunk Railway. 5629's sister locomotives, Nos. Installation of 50 sq ft of thermic siphons also increased the firebox heating surface to 231 sq ft. type in the Steamtown Foundation collection.Photo by
6325 in 1993 and moved it to OHCR's steam shops at Morgan Run. However in 2005, the engine was sidelined after it suffered a hot driving axle bearing issue during an excursion run, it was taken out of service indefinitely were it was previously awaiting for a complete rebuild. In the GTW's the June 1956 renumbering, 2-8-2 No. wheels. At the end of its career in the 1950s, the Grand
Those remaining in 1956 renumbered as follows: 3740 = 4076; 3742-3747 = 4077-4082. Last edited on 11 February 2023, at 06:56, "Business Firms To Be Solicited for 'Old 6325' Aid", "Into the Roundhouse: '6325' Finds Winter Home", "Old 6325 Making Last Run July 9 To Its New Home", "Rail 'Veep' Here Sunday: Gaffney To Present 'Old 6325' to City", "HST Likes Steamers But He Can't Attend 'Old 6325' Dedication", "Engine '6325': A mighty relic suffers neglect", "Putting History Back On Track: Fixing Old 6325 is labor of love", "Fall rail excursions include New River Gorge, Amish Country", "The locomotive is in great shape and wouldn't take too much as normally would to restore but for the time being the locomotive is on static display inside our roundhouse. Northwestern Wire & Steel Company used three Grand Trunk Western 0-8-0s as plant switchers. they could move hotshot fast freight trains, so that by the early 1930s
Blount wanted the locomotive to be shipped to Wakefield, Massachusetts to be exhibited at the Pleasure Island amusement park, but it ended up being put in storage in St. Albans, instead. [4][1], As good as these locomotives were, however, the GTW had acquired larger locomotives to help pull the longer trains, such as the "Confederation" class 4-8-4s. It was comprised of the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR), Intercolonial Railway (ICR) and the Canadian Northern (CNoR). However they could be a difficult engine for a fireman, before conversion, because they had a long firebox and did not have a stoker. NPS should commission a
Free shipping for many products! 6313, above, as she pauses with the mid-afternoon Inter-City Limited in the summer of 1953. that its restoration for operation may not be fiscally within reason,
Oddly, these modern drive wheels were not all
regarding whether it can be reasonably restored to operability. Although engine crews reportedly liked these 4-8-2s,
Canadian National Railway Company. These class O-19-a switchers were built by ALCo in 1919. 159. Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust, Station & Parking Lot: 64 S. Washington Street Business Office: 100 S. Chestnut Street. 19th annual street festival and railfan extravaganza - Ashland, More information: Proud queens of Grand Trunk Western's steam passenger fleet were the six 4-8-4s in class U-4-b, Nos. [1] It served the Grand Trunk Western Railroad by pulling fast passenger and freight trains throughout the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, until the railroad decided to dieselize their locomotive fleet. No. Related photos: 2124. The steam locomotives made by the DB in West Germany, under the guidance of Friedrich Witte, represented the latest evolution in steam locomotive construction including fully welded frames, high-performance boilers and roller bearings on all moving parts. Railway Winter Steam Spectacular, October 16-19: East Broad Top Railroad Photo Charters 6039 was moved to Riverside, to become an exhibit of Blount's new Steamtown, U.S.A. collection. With 63-inch drivers, they had 23x32-inch cylinders and carried a boiler pressure of 180 pounds per square inch. This locomotive also has a "cowcatcher" pilot, whereas most members of the U-3-b class had the cast steel pilot as shown on No. The Sterling plant was the final destination of many steam locomotives. More information: 76 (8376) today it is at the Amboy Depot Museum in Amboy, Illinois. S-19802 from the railway's Purchasing Department in Montreal, Quebec, on
6315. Last updated February 22, 2023. On July 30, 2001 the Ohio Central Railroad and Jerry Jacobson rolled out former Grand Trunk Western class U-3-b (4-8-4) Northern-type steam locomotive #6325 following her restoration. and were of box-section type, like the wheel rim, a design that provided
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5629 we find her at the Durand diamonds during the summer of 1954, waiting to proceed south into the depot with No. acquired a rather ugly shielding around the stack which, fortunately,
During that same summer my father was transitioning between serving as Methodist minister in Bellevue, Michigan and teaching at the Detroit Institute of Technology. 6325 was the star of the show; first it was parked for display then it was coupled to the passenger train for several one-hour train rides throughout the day. The accuracy and accessibility of the resulting translation is not guaranteed. [9][10] The locomotive was moved to its preservation site on July 9, 1960,[11][12] and a dedication ceremony was held on July 17. These locomotives were part of the Canadian National roster, but were separately identified as Grand Trunk or Grand Trunk Western for service in the United States. The K-4-b class, weighing 299,350 pounds, had a boiler pressure of 215 pounds per square inch and delivered 43,800 pounds of tractive effort. of steam locomotives used in North America . 6408 at Durand, Michigan, in the summer of 1953, as it stopped at the depot with the Maple Leaf. for the move from Bellows Falls to Scranton, and those need to be
In other respects these engines had specifications similar to No. Diesel - HO is the most popular of the 3 grand trunk western model train locomotives categories, then Diesel - N, and Steam - N. Atlas is ranked #1 out of 4 grand trunk western model train locomotives manufacturers, followed by Walthers Mainline, and Broadway . Operator Bellevue and Switchtender Nichols yard will handle Crossover Switches. Like Pacific 5629, this engine received a larger tender and was featured in fan trip service at the head of a number of railfan specials in the 1960s and 1970s. 6040 in Detroit on September 2, 1958, as shown below. This was long before the days of computerized and radio-controlled train dispatching from half a continent away, and the ancient telegraph still ticked busily in the operator's office. Virginia (1967): 36. Locomotives built for the Grand Trunk at the Point St.Charles shops will be identified in the "Builder" with the mark "GTR". They were manufactured with friction bearings on all
Then at 5 pm, it pulled a special 3-hour excursion to the OHCR Morgan Run steam shops for tours. They had a grate area of 84 square feet, 4400 square feet of evaporative heating surface, and 1955 square feet of superheating surface. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers. First, the type became popular in
7531 is a class O-19 0-6-0 steam locomotive it was built by Alco in 1919 for the New England Gas and Coke Company as #4. 6039 found itself on display on Vermont soil again. Locomotives: The Mountains. No. Both of these engines were scrapped in 1960. in high-speed service. (No. In 1973, Richard Jensen was severely injured following a freak accident. The low photo angle was mandated by the location, as the roadbed was on a fill and there was no way to photograph the locomotive from track level. this type of locomotive in 1923 that had also proved to be very
With little volunteers, low money and no place to call home, the Greater Battle Creek foundation was through.