Preserved Locomotives: Show off the beasts in your area!

[Anonymous]

I thought maybe it'd be cool if we all shared what preserved locomotives/rolling stock or just plain flat out interesting locomotives/rolling stock are in our areas. Just give us a picture if you can, a description, and if it runs or not. I'll go first.....



That's Pere Marquette 2-8-4 Berkshire #1223 and all her glory, sitting in Grand Haven, MI. She was built for the PM in the early 40s and served a few years on the C&O until her retirement. Curently the group that owns her (which I'm a member of) is talking of restoring her. A test was run a few years ago and the locomotive is in surprisingly good shape.

Ok, your guys turn![:D][8D]

[bikerraypa]

Here's another Berkie.....NKP 755, at the railroad museum in Conneaut, OH (about an hour and a half from here).

[howmus]

My favorite Mike! Canadian National #3254 at Steamtown USA in Scranton, PA
Riden behind her on a couple of occasions.

[jon grant]

I have the world's largest railway museum less than 80 miles away from me. Here's a few pics to get the mouth watering.


Starting with the fastest of them all - Mallard






Duchess of Hamilton.




Evening Star and a few others including a Chinese State Railways beast




Jon

[Jetrock]

www.csrmf.org

www.wrm.org

I would have a tough time doing a better job of showing local preserved engines than their official websites--but then I'm lucky enough to have a first-class railroad museum in my backyard, and a great one just a stretch down the highway.

[Anonymous]

I don't know if URL image linking works, but I'll try. This isn't exactly a beast, or even steam for that matter, but a shorline owned high hood GP9 that's been well taken care of and still operates a local here in my home town once a week. Kinda proud that the old Southern RR branchline is still in operation. :-D

[dinwitty]

http://www.hesston.org/

not too far from here 20-30 miles with a variety of equipment.

[tatans]

Can someone out there post a photo of the Selkirk 5931 at Heritage park in Calgary.

[Fergmiester]

Last of the Newfie Bullet

[Anonymous]

Well, let's see...


This is CNR 4-6-2 5114, built by MLW in 1919. Yes, I know it's a bad picture, but it's the only one I could find. It is preserved in Melville, Saskatchewan (home to a big CN yard, about 45 minutes from where I live) alongside an old station. This is the Melville Railway Museum. It never seems to be open, though. The only time I actually got inside was when I was 3 years old or so my parents tell me.


This is CNR 4-6-2 5093, built by MLW in 1918. It's on display in Regina (2 hours and 15 minutes from where I live) in front of Casino Regina. The Casino is housed in the city's old Union Station. There's also a CN dining car in front that is connected to the casino. A year or so ago, I heard that they wanted to get rid of it and were willing to give it to whoever wanted it. Apparently there was a town with an old factory that made the bricks used in locomotive fireboxes that was interested, but I haven't heard anything since.


This is CPR 4-8-4 3101, which is preserved at the IPSCO steel smelting plant, just outside of Regina. This was one of only two Northerns that CP had, both built in 1928. IPSCO melts down a lot of steel that comes from scrapyards located right beside it and many years ago this "scrap" included steam locomotives.


This is CPR 4-6-2 2634, built by MLW in 1912. It is at the Western Development Museum of Transportation in Moose Jaw (3 hours from where I live). The museum also has a narrow gauge 0-4-0ST that they operate on weekends in summer. I couldn't find a picture of it.

The only other preserved trains close to me are in Saskatoon and Winnipeg. Both cities are about a 4-hour drive from my town.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tatans

Can someone out there post a photo of the Selkirk 5931 at Heritage park in Calgary.

Here you go:



And what a beautiful engine it is, too! I've seen it on trips to Calgary and have ridden the steam-haued train at Heritage Park.

[orsonroy]

I'm spoiled, since I'm only about 20 miles away from the largest RR museum in the USA:

www.irm.org

Lots of goodies there!

[selector]

Comox, Vancouver Island, a 2-6-2T made by Baldwin. Was used until middle of the last century as a logging op locomotive. There is a lot of coal in the area, so I think it burned coal.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by orsonroy

I'm spoiled, since I'm only about 20 miles away from the largest RR museum in the USA:

[#ditto]
Mine might not be not the largest, but quite impressive nonetheless:
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/bomuseum

I rode behind this one on an excursion over the W.Md. in the winter of 1972, when she was still in her standard Reading colors:

[lupo]

this one is a bit small to qualify as a beast, but it has gone places,
it has been build in 1943 for the US Transportation Corps, and is now preserved
in Goes, a town 15 miles from here

[steveblackledge]

this loco is a black 5 number 45407 and it's seen here at home on the East lancs railway in the UK, it's out on an excursion this weekend

this loco's also from the East lancs and is also out on an excursion this weekend, it's number 71000 a class 8 pacific

[dano99a]

Here is a GP7 restored from the C&O, original number as well.

[Anonymous]

LOL I have a lot of preserved locos in my area. Here are just a few of them...








That's all for now, but I might post more if I get the time. [:)]

Mark

[Anonymous]

Here's a really good place to get up close and friendly with some old equipment. Not far from where I live. .www.oerm.org It is the Orange Empire Railroad Museum.

[tatans]

Sask. so thats where C.P.R. 4-8-4 3101 is located eh? seems a little too close to a smelting plant for Canada's best looking steam locomotive (it's not that dinky royal hudson thing) Is this loco being preserved or looked after and why is it in a scrapyard?

[countershot]

oh man I love that locomotive #3101 one of 2 in all of the CP. do they model that in HO or do they model at all.
I have the follwing locomotives in my area:

Mrsr2-8-2 porter #5

Mrsr 2-8-2 #17 sadletank

Mrsr 3 truck shay #11

Mrsr 3 trauck heisler #91

Mrsr 3 truck climax #10

Sp&s #700

SP #4449 GS-4


Mrsr is Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad
have fun.
Ben

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tatans

Sask. so thats where C.P.R. 4-8-4 3101 is located eh? seems a little too close to a smelting plant for Canada's best looking steam locomotive (it's not that dinky royal hudson thing) Is this loco being preserved or looked after and why is it in a scrapyard?

Don't worry, it is very safe from being melted down. It is displayed with a heavyweight passenger car and a wooden caboose behind a fence (see picture). There is a plaque in front of it that gives the full history of the engine. Every year at Christmas, they decorate it with lights. Back when the plant first opened in the late 50's, they melted down many steam locomotives, so I imagine that they decided to save this one (a shame they didn't save more). Believe it or not, IPSCO has a sort of family fun park with waterslides right beside their smelting plant (no, I'm not making this up). The parking lot for it is near the 3101. They also have a herd of tame elk that are kept in a fenced-in field just behind the 3101.

QUOTE: Originally posted by countershot
oh man I love that locomotive #3101 one of 2 in all of the CP. do they model that in HO or do they model at all.

I definetly agree with you both that the 3101 is one of the most beautiful engines I've seen! I think it would be a great candidate for being restored for excursion service.

As for models in HO, I did once see a Bachmann model on ebay, but it could hardly be considered prototypical. It was one of their Santa Fe northerns with a maroon CP tender and the number 3101 on the cab and it didn't look anything like the real thing. It would be nice to have a correct model. I'd buy one.

[Anonymous]

Thought I'd bring this back, seeing as we've gotten some new members since I made it.[:)]

[jeffshultz]

Since Ben beat me to the SP&S 700, I'll counter with the NKP 324 - which was never a Nickle Plate locomotive, but nobody is arguing with Doyle for his right to paint her like this - it's an RSD-5:

[CP5415]

ST, great shots!
I've seen 3100 at the Museum of Technology in Ottawa where you can climb through the cab of it & the Royal Hudson beside it.
I have pictures of them but they they're inside & I couldn't get a decent picture of it.

The Northerns are available in HO scale, I've seen them but only in brass.

Gordon

[oleirish]

Well this is subject I really like[^]I've beenrunning all over southren oregon looking for old engines and cars.
Here is what I have found:this an baldwin S8 built in 1952 has been restored runs good but needs new paint job.This next one is an GE600 I think?And MEDCO#4 under restorationsteam engineRear of the engineBoiler domes boilerand at last the CabWHEW I think that will will do for now[8D]
OLE'IRISH
(Jim)

[Paul3]

At the Railroad Museum of New England (www.rmne.org) in CT, they have:

Steam Locomotives
CPR 1246 MLW light 4-6-2 Pacific, G-5 class, wt 117 tons 1946 1988
Sumter & Choctaw 103 Baldwin light 2-6-2, for logging/short line, wt. 45 tons 1925 1987

Diesel and Electric Locomotives
AMTK 140 Alco RS-3 road switcher, 1600 hp,ex-PC 5562, orig. PRR 1951 1986
B&M 1109 EMC SW-1 switcher, 600 hp, ex-PVRR 27 1939 1986
CR 4601 GE E-33 electric freight, ex-NH 300 EF-4, orig. VGN 1956 1987
MEC 557 Alco RS-3 road switcher, 1600 hp,ex-Wolfboro 101 1953 1996
NAUG 1732 EMD GP-9 road switcher, 1750 hp, ex-B&M 1732 1957 1997
NYNH&H 0401 Alco FA-1 road freight,1600 hp, ex-LIRR 618 1947 1985
NYNH&H 529 Alco RS-3 road switcher, 1600 hp,ex-AMTK 138 1950 1985
NYNH&H 2525 GE U25B road freight, 2500 hp, ex-PC/CR 2685 1965 1985
PVRR 28 EMC SW-1 switcher, 600 hp, ex-B&M 1110 1939 1986
RMNE 42 GE 45 ton industrial switcher,300 hp, 2 engines 1942 1993
MNCR 2033 EMD EMD FL-9, 1750 hp, ex-PC 5059, ex-NH 2059. Last "F-unit" constructed. 1960 2003

Self-Propelled Rail Cars
NYNH&H 5111 Pullman Electric MU, private commuter club car 1954 1985
SRS X-107 Brill Sperry Rail Detector car, orig NYC X-8015 1931 1987

At the Danbury (CT) Railroad Museum (www.danbury.com/drm), they have:

LOCOMOTIVES
..ALCO Manchester Works 2-6-0 Mogul (1907) Boston & Maine 1455
..ALCO RS-1 (1948) New Haven 0673
..ALCO RSC-2 (1949) DRMX 1513
..ALCO RS-3m (1952) CONNDOT 605 (repowered C R 1979)
..ALCO RS-11 (1956) New Haven 1402
..ALCO FA-1 (1947) New Haven 0428 (LIRR 617)
..EMD E-9A (1947) New York Central 4095 (repowered 2x fr orig E-7)
..EMD FL-9 (1953) New Haven 2006
..EMD FL-9 (1960) New York Central 2013
..EMD SW-8 (1953) Pfizer #1 (Rock Island #838)
..MLW FPA-4 (1959) NYC 1390 (Windsor & Hantspot 6786)
..MLW FPB-4 (1959) NYC 3390 (Windsor & Hantsport 6867)

SELF-PROPELLED PASSENGER VEHICLES
..Budd RDC-1 (1953) New Haven 32
..Budd RDC-1 (1953) New Haven 47
..Mack Railbus (1954) Remington Arms 2 (FCDII)

Paul A. Cutler III
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Weather Or No Go New Haven
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[monkeyman2]

the only trains neer me is a shortline called the Maryland and Delaware Railraod. the have 3 RS3m's and 3 CF7's
heres a pic of there RS3m 1203

lol theres more pics and info on my site
http://www.freewebs.com/bcanda/
and there officail site
mdde.com

[MidlandPacific]

QUOTE: Comox, Vancouver Island, a 2-6-2T made by Baldwin

Not, I have to observe, the BEST built thing ever to come out of Comox, BC. But you have to go elsewhere on the Internet to see those pictures.

Here's mine: the First Lady of the Pacifics: the Southern Railway's gift to the Smithsonian Institution.

http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/collection/object_15.html

[Anonymous]

The East BroadTop Railroad narrow gauge steam still running !!



and this PRR GG1 in Altoonaoutside the museum.