kind of modem, heavy-duty, main line motive power that should become the
The Grand Trunk Western owned six of them; another user of the 0-8-2 was the Illinois Central. On September 2, 1958 he found 4-8-4 No. In the late days of steam they drew a variety of assignments, even serving in Detroit suburban service an unusual assignment for a locomotive which in North America was used almost exclusively to haul freight. They weighed about 211,200 pounds and were rated at 40,000 pounds of tractive effort. Two 2-day photo charters featuring EBT 2-8-2 #16 with passenger and freight These Consolidations were members of class N-4, which had several subclasses; all were built between 1906 and 1911 for the Grand Trunk Railway. 7730, the 1929 Brill boxcab unit that switched the ferry docks in Milwaukee). 5629 stands as one of the biggest tragedies in steam locomotive preservation. 6039 at Steamtown, Bellows Falls,
It ran the last scheduled steam train in the United States on March 27, 1960 on its train #21 from Detroits Brush Street Station north to Durand Union Station. Edmunds: Pacific Fast Mail, 1977: 4-9,
reinstalled. The grate is 50.62 sq ft and total heating surface is 3,003 sq ft including 578 sq ft superheating. 100. The locomotive is in storage, on static display at the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, Ohio. Returning to service, she became the last remaining 0-8-2 on the GTW roster when renumbered to 3522 in 1956. This photo appears in I. E. Quastler's book Where the Rails Cross: A Railroad History of Durand, Michigan, published in September 2005. In the photo below, 4-8-4 No. do not Exceed Fifteen 15 Miles per hour entering and leaving single track V.R.H." [1] In 1984, the locomotive was moved along with every other locomotive in the Steamtown collection from Bellows Falls to Scranton, Pennsylvania, where the name would late be changed to Steamtown National Historic Site under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service. [5][6] The city finalized plans for the locomotive's display location on Hall street across from the train station in May 1960. The piping and jacketing were removed so that the underlying asbestos could be safely disposed of. Related photos: September 21, 1941, it had the boxpok drivers on at least the second and
No. Related photos: In 1946, the 6325 gained notoriety for pulling United States President Harry S. Truman's election campaign train through the state of Michigan. 6327 was, yet, another well known sister engine, No. 209, 'Trevithick'. 5030 was GTR's No. and 4-6-0 #40 - Ely, Nevada List of Current Steam Locomotive Restorations to Operating Condition. Locomotives: The Mountains. elevations and cross sections, locomotive only, no tender; p. 200, fig. 6313 in the next photo. This is one of Thirty-nine of these relatively small but . 163, builder's photographs of No. At left is a dramatic low-angle shot of 4-8-4 No. 6039 was reassigned to pulling secondary passenger trains between Detroit and Muskegon, and it last served in the late 1950s. Related photos: they could move hotshot fast freight trains, so that by the early 1930s
EARLY PHOTO of CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD GAS ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE #9000 in 1920's. $7.99 + $3.25 shipping. ], Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice, 8th ed. The Grand Trunk Railroad,
Some number series in this Grand Trunk Western list include locomotives used by the Grand Trunk lines in New England. 3740 was built by Schenectady in 1923, and was listed as being renumbered to 4076 in June 1956. She was the last of three K-4-b class Pacifics built for the Grand Trunk Western by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1929. More information: Narrow Gauge Railroad These
Builders Number: 38441, Cylinders: 23x28
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I photographed No. She was sent to the scrapyard in 1959. 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 Steamtown collection, and one of only 14 "Mountains" preserved in
primary focus of the Steamtown collection. 3732 at the engine terminal in Battle Creek in August, 1956. Steamed up for the first time in October 1961, No. Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad 8318 poses with Electro-Motive type SC switcher No. [16] In 1985, fundraising began to restore the engine. In this view the valve gear and main rod are disconnected, which in the 1950s was usually a sign that the locomotive was on its way to the scrap yard. Later fully or partially equipped with disc drivers. This photo is also in Quastler's Where the Rails Cross. The operator had to copy, and hand up to the crews, any train orders issued by the dispatcher in Battle Creek that governed movements over the crossover. 1006, and renumbered twice, before it was photographed leading a mixed train through Ontario in . In August of 1923, she was renumbered #18, continuing service on the LS&I until 1962. The CNR system U-1-a through U-1-e classes had the "Indirect" or "reverse" configuration of the Walschaerts valve gear. Grand Trunk Western No. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers. 1921), Blotting the sunStinging the eyes.The hot seeds steam undergroundstill alive.Gary Snyder (b. S-19802 from the railway's Purchasing Department in Montreal, Quebec, on
Bellevue was still served by a part-time operator, and although passenger trains no longer stopped at our village of 1,000 between Battle Creek and Charlotte, there was some freight business. Fast shipping and well packaged, Thanks. 6039," June 26, 1925. Its forte was heavy passenger and fast freight service. Tractive Effort: 34,669 lbs
6039 gets meticulously taken care of while occasionally being moved around for public display with occasional night photo sessions taking place around it. They exerted 39,000 pounds of tractive effort and weighed 165,000 pounds. headed to abide by the timetables, a costly practice that required an
Some well known trips done by No. At right is a postcard published early in the diesel era, still showing one of the 6400s stopped at Durand with a Montreal-Chicago train. Rich Brzycki sent me a photo he rediscovered of No. With cylinder dimensions of 22x28 inches, they sustained a boiler pressure of 220 pounds per square inch. June 17, 1959, undoubtedly with plans to use it elsewhere than at South
6325 had sat in static display with very little maintenance. U-1-c. Durango & Silverton This view highlights the slightly raised headlight of some members of the U-3-b class. Although idle, the 6325 now resides, protected from the elements in the Age of Steam Roundhouse near Sugarcreek, OH. Riverside, Vermont, just north of Bellows Falls. [10] In June 2010, No. The engine was donated to the City of Jackson, Michgan,in 1957 and is on display in North Lawn Park just off Lansing Ave.
Although the 4-8-4 was a popular dual-service locomotive, only a few railroads applied streamlining or semi-streamlining to this wheel arrangement. No returns accepted. History: Incorporated in 1900 in Indiana and
February 24-26: Sugar Express Excursions Diameter of Drive Wheels: 55"
The year 2004 saw a huge event in Ohio Central's steam operations when "Trainfestival 2004" took place from July 30 to August 1, 2004, in Dennison, Ohio. 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. Western Railroad, 1938-1961. The GTW P-5 0-8-0s were sharing duties with diesel switchers as early as the late 1930s. Grand Trunk Western No. however, before undertaking such restoration, the locomotive's
It was operated on this schedule for all three days of the event. Durango & Silverton U.S.R.A. the railroad later removed. 6328 taking on a fresh load of coal at the GTW's Milwaukee Junction terminal in Detroit, and snapped this transparency. With low 51-inch drivers, they had cylinder dimensions of 21x28 inches and a boiler pressure of 190 pounds. New York:
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. Both of these Battle Creek terminal photos appear in I. E. Quastler's book Grand Trunk Western Railroad: An Illustrated History (R&I Publishing, 2009). Subsequently the engine was exhibited at Blount's Steamtown located at
Other steam locomotives in GTW's fleet at the time included the Mikado type 2-8-2s built by Baldwin Locomotive Works and Alco primarily used in mainline freight service. CNR steam locomotives that serviced this country of ours. No. [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. In its later years of service on the GTW, the locomotive pulled numerous excursion trips hosted by local railroad clubs and the GTW. 76 (Former GTW 8376) in May, 1977. (1967): 36. Locomotive Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. As a result of this, nine employees were fired from Metra and Jensen filed a lawsuit, but ultimately lost. 6039 at the Baldwin Locomotive Works on June 26, 1925. 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. 5629's endangerment spread through the local railroad community. More information: Walkersville Southern Railroad, May 27: Cumbres & Toltec Locomotive 315 Memorial Weekend Special Boiler Pressure (in lbs. 7526 peers bashfully between two of the class U-3-b Northerns, Nos. However, returning No. and were of box-section type, like the wheel rim, a design that provided
They featured enclosed or vestibule cabs similar to those on GTW's 4-8-4s and 4-8-2s, and also introduced the exhaust steam injector in place of the feedwater heater of the K-4-a class. East Broad Top Railroad Photos. [3] The U-3-b engines were right at home with GTW's road profile and characteristics, running almost a quarter of a million miles (400,000km) between heavy repairs. The engine was donated to the City of Jackson, MI in 1957, when it was retired from service and it is now currently on display in North Lawn Park just off Lansing Ave. Grand Trunk Western - Locomotive No. As a result of this, No. locomotives featured feedwater heaters, power reverse gear, and
roundhouse. Grand Trunk Western: 4-6-2 "Pacific"
Below we see two more examples of the Grand Trunk Western's fleet of eight-wheeled switchers. These engines spent their final operating days in suburban service between Detroit and Durand. This photo was taken in the summer of 1953. By that date, the engine had
The train ran between Detroit to Durand during November 1960. It reads, "Eastward track will be used as Single track Between facing point Crossover Bellevue and regular Crossover located at Switchtenders Shanty East End Nichols Yard Seven Oclock 700 am until Five O'clock 500 pm. 6040 in Detroit on September 2, 1958, as shown below. No. Athearn Genesis G9013 USRA 2-8-2 . The boxpok drivers proved an important modification
Everett 8376 shown above.). After pulling several more trips on the B&OCT, it was invited to run a trip over the GTW between Chicago and South Bend, IN in the summer of 1966. of course, subsequently was absorbed into the government-owned Canadian
But it wasn't until 1998 that restoration efforts began and on July 31, 2001, No. Northwestern Wire & Steel Company used three Grand Trunk Western 0-8-0s as plant switchers. As with many major railroads of North America, the 2-8-2 or Mikado type locomotive had been the Grand Trunk Western's principal main line freight power until the appearance of dual-service 4-8-4s beginning in the late 1920s. Alco 2-6-0 steam locomotive #11 powers a 27-mile round-trip excursion from 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. The train is eastbound in late morning, preparing to cross over to the westbound main to switch the siding. They ended their days in Detroit suburban passenger service, and can be seen in this role on the Herron video/DVD Glory Machines of the Grand Trunk Western. Additional views from both of us appear in our Random Steam Collection. Trunk Western, especially on its Chicago Division, had increased to the
These engines weighed 290,000 pounds and had the 63-inch drivers common to all Canadian National and Grand Trunk 2-8-2s. 6039 is the only 4-8-2 Mountain-type engine in
In the late 1970s, Jensen moved No. 6039 was the third member of the class,[3] and it was initially used by the GTW to pull heavy passenger trains between Chicago, Illinois and Port Huron, Michigan. They were nice riding compared to the 0-8-0's because of the trailer wheel. It has bad cylinder castings. Nevada Northern 3523 renumbered to 3522 in June, 1956; others presumably scrapped by then. 18 is a class SC-4 2-8-0 "consolidation" steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1910 for the Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad (LS&I) as #11. More information: Walkersville Southern Railroad, August 26: Durango & Silverton Galloping Goose Excursions (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Durango & Silverton 6039, which operated on Canadian National's American
16 (Dec. 1955): 18-20. Durango & Silverton 6039 is a preserved class "U-1-c" 4-8-2 "Mountain type" steam locomotive built in June 1925 by Baldwin. In addition to its eight-wheeled switchers, the Grand Trunk Western had eight 0-6-0 or six-wheeled switchers in class O. 0-6-0 steam locomotive #3 leads two trips from Nelsonville, Ohio GTWs predecessor lines primarily used 4-4-0 American-type locomotives before the turn of the 19th to 20th century. S-19802, Montreal, Quebec, June 17, 1959.". 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. 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. 3748, mentioned in the train order, in its work train duty. After World War II, the GTW started investing into diesel locomotives, which would take over most of the high-priority assignments. applied at the same time even to a single locomotive. 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. No. Those remaining in 1956 renumbered as follows: 3748 = 4083; 3750-3757 = 4084-4091. 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. on leading and trailing trucks on the locomotive itself. No. All Rights Reserved. In 1984, No. Grand Trunk Western No. They had 51-inch diameter driving wheels, weighed 215,150 pounds, and exerted 49,691 pounds of tractive effort. trains, plus night photo session - Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania 2124. 230-239, 381. With a full load of coal in her Vanderbilt tender, Grand Trunk
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. Railroad Photos, March 23-24: Southern Pacific 18 at Laws Railroad Museum This portrait of 2-8-0 No. Below is a July, 1954 view of No. 5629 at Dearborn Station in Chicago. Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust, Station & Parking Lot: 64 S. Washington Street Business Office: 100 S. Chestnut Street.