6039 awaited a call at Detroit, Michigan, on July
All these Pacifics had 73-inch drivers and 25x28-inch cylinders. Gary Thompson provided a photo by William Rosenberg of No. Water (in gallons): 13,575. 6325 hasn't been fired up due to Ohio Central's cease in steam train operations. In 1999, 46 years after I photographed her at Durand, I posed in front of No. Beaudette, Edward H. Central Vermont Railway: Operations in the
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After our family had moved to Bloomington, Illinois, my brother David took my 35mm camera on a steam-hunting expedition to Michigan and Ontario. reinstalled. Above we see No. A wheel arrangement so rare that it doesn't even appear in most lists of steam locomotive types was the 0-8-2. (No. 6325 (" Old 6325 " [1] [2]) is a class "U-3-b" 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive built in 1942 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. Members of the U-3-b class had only two more years to run in this Detroit suburban service, their final assignment. More information: 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. Riverside, Vermont, just north of Bellows Falls. 5629 was a K-4-a class 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in February 1924 for the Grand Trunk Western Railway. Dorm, Patrick C. The Grand Trunk Western Railroad: A Canadian
1930). 6325 could easily handle sixteen passenger cars or eighty car hotshot freights with equal ease on the Chicago division. 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.
Grand Trunk Western, Durand, Michigan; 1959 - YouTube These coal-burning locomotives had cylinder-shaped Vanderbilt tenders and enclosed all-weather cabs. 6039, which operated on Canadian National's American
They exerted 39,000 pounds of tractive effort and weighed 165,000 pounds. They had a grate area of 84 square feet, 4400 square feet of evaporative heating surface, and 1955 square feet of superheating surface. Grand Trunk Western No. can be restored to run, it should be so restored for interpretive use
No. Boxcab switcher for the Milwaukee ferry dock. Lerro Photography [13][14][note 1]. The Southern Pacific's Daylights and the Norfolk & Western's Class J series were outstanding examples. North American Steam
5634 above. They weighed 285,500 pounds and developed 40,750 pounds of tractive force. Photos, June 3-4: Walkersville Southern Railroad Steam Trains 6039 is one of about 17 Grand Trunk
Steam locomotive profile: 2-6-0 Mogul | Classic Trains Magazine 4083 in the 1956 renumbering. Free shipping for many products! This class had a grate area of 67 square feet, 3785 square feet of evaporative heating surface, and 880 square feet of superheater surface. 6039 gets meticulously taken care of while occasionally being moved around for public display with occasional night photo sessions taking place around it. Grand Trunk 3415 in 1954 in Quebec Province. September 21, 1941, it had the boxpok drivers on at least the second and
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"Grand Trunk Western Keeps its Word." 3732, 3740 and 3748 above. [1], No. 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. This is one of Thirty-nine of these relatively small but . 6313, above, as she pauses with the mid-afternoon Inter-City Limited in the summer of 1953. There, Jensen and a group of local railfans worked to restore No. roundhouse. With cylinder dimensions of 22x28 inches, they sustained a boiler pressure of 220 pounds per square inch. carrier service in the state of Vermont, and the last to survive. Jeddo Coal 0-4-0 steam locomotive #85 pulls three excursions each day - Walkersville, Grand Trunk Western Great Western Railway Hudson & Western Milwaukee Road New York Central New York, Susquehanna & Western Nickel Plate Road Norfolk & Western Penn Central Pennsylvania Pere Marquette Reading Lines Savannah & Atlanta SEPTA Southern Pacific Southern Railway Western Maryland Western Pacific Western Railway of Alabama Close report to document the use and physical history of the locomotive. 6039. 6400-6404 of parent Canadian National. 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. The run drew thousands of rail enthusiasts. The engine was donated to the City of Jackson, Michgan,in 1957 and is on display in North Lawn Park just off Lansing Ave.
[20] In 1992 the small Michigan restoration group was notified by the GTW/Canadian National railroad that 6325 would have to be moved from its current siding. tender and engine axles, but during the mid-1930s the Grand Trunk
5030 had been involved in a notorious train wreck, that of the "Knights Templar Special" on June 5, 1923. This broadside view of another example of the K-4-b class, No. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA.. She was the last of three K-4-b class Pacifics built for the Grand Trunk Western by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1929. No. 159. Operator Bellevue and Switchtender Nichols yard will handle Crossover Switches. No. 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. Proud queens of Grand Trunk Western's steam passenger fleet were the six 4-8-4s in class U-4-b, Nos. Locomotive No. It was also the one of the last steam locomotives to ever regularly operate in the state of Vermont. No. Narrow Gauge Railroad Photos, October 6-9: Nevada Northern Railway "Photo Spectacular" Railroad photography exposition and railroadiana show - Corvallis, Oregon [Article includes photograph of sister
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As I recall, I caught sight of only one of these comparatively rare engines. International.". 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. Railway Winter Steam Spectacular. They were manufactured with friction bearings on all
They had 51-inch diameter driving wheels, weighed 215,150 pounds, and exerted 49,691 pounds of tractive effort. resulted in the railroad downgrading use of the "Mountains," and they
D&RGW #315, May 28: Cumbres & Toltec Locomotive 168 Memorial Weekend Special third axles (and possibly the first, which is obscured in the
Eventually, Metra had finally had enough and contracted with the Erman-Howell Division of the Luria Brothers Scrap Company to dispose of No 5629. [5][6] The city finalized plans for the locomotive's display location on Hall street across from the train station in May 1960. 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. 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. 6039. . As of 2022, No. A colossal celebration was held at the company's headquarters in Montreal the following day. acquisition of still heavier steam power, and later, diesel locomotives,
The locomotive was first restored by the Grand Canyon Railroad in the 1980's and hasbeen in operation since.
Knott's Berry Farm Steam Train, Buena Park, California 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. 2680, the "regular" on the local freight at that time. President Truman was invited to attend the dedication ceremony but sent a letter expressing regrets that he could not attend. 6327 is known for being the last steam engine to run in Port Huron, Michigan, as well as pulling the last steam train there. Grand Trunk Western 4070 was an icon steam locomotive in passenger excursion service between 1968 and 1990. Railroad Photos, March 23-24: Southern Pacific 18 at Laws Railroad Museum [1], Last edited on 14 February 2023, at 14:40, "Canadian National / Grand Trunk Western 4-8-2 Locomotives in Canada", "Grand Trunk Western Railway (Steam) | Engine City | Pleasure Island, Wakefield, Massachusetts, 1959-1969", "Central Vermont 4-8-2 "Mountain" Locomotives in the USA", "Joseph A. Smith Collection: Grand Trunk Steam Locomotive #6039 at Steamtown U.S.A. (Bellows Falls, Vermont)", "Grand Trunk Western 6039 at Steamtown in Scranton, PA", "Big Daddy Dave: A Plethora of Trains and Trolleys! Grand Trunk Western No. 3523 at the GTW's Battle Creek shops in the summer of 1953 she was awaiting repairs. ], Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice, 8th ed. Hollidaysburg to Martinsburg, PA 5629 was placed in storage at Durand, MI. But it wasn't until 1998 that restoration efforts began and on July 31, 2001, No. S-19802 from the railway's Purchasing Department in Montreal, Quebec, on
6328 met the torch in Chicago in 1960. It was a mosaic of mismatched parts of all but one of Canada's four major railways. The CNR system U-1-a through U-1-e classes had the "Indirect" or "reverse" configuration of the Walschaerts valve gear. 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. Colorado to Osier CNR steam locomotives that serviced this country of ours. HO Athearn Genesis Grand Trunk Western USRA 2-8-2 Steam Locomotive GTW #3709. 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. Tractive Effort: 34,669 lbs
A decade later, No. No. [7][1] There, it was repainted again with the smokebox becoming black again. Durango & Silverton No. When the Grand Trunk was absorbed in the CNR system, a handful of new locomotives were also constructed. Related photos: 2670, 2674, 2675 built 1907; 2684 built 1911. heavier engine was essential to eliminate the practice. Larry Bell (mentioned above) wrote me as follows: "In Durand, the 3500s were used on the 'top end jobs' almost exclusively. 1941, the railroad installed cowls or smoke deflectors of various
In the late 1970s, Jensen moved No. The Grand Trunk Western owned six of them; another user of the 0-8-2 was the Illinois Central. The piping and jacketing were removed so that the underlying asbestos could be safely disposed of. automatic or mechanical stokers, and they were the first locomotives on
Grand Trunk Railway - Toronto Railway Historical Association The following year, it was moved again to North Walpole, New Hampshire, due to the increase in size of the collection of locomotives and rolling stock. RM 2HGDC60 - El Gobernador was a 4-10-0 steam locomotive built by Central Pacific Railroad at the railroad's Sacramento, California. 6038 in commuter service. Related photos: I snapped the above photo of No. Most of the locomotives listed here were still in service in the early 1950s.
Steam locomotives resisted the onset of dieseldom a bit longer in Canada than on most railroads south of the border, and this was also true for Canadian National Railways' operating unit in the Great Lakes states, the Grand Trunk Western.