steam engine 1385 on the cnw rr

Posted by Gandydancer1

on Sun, Dec 27 2015 10:47 PM

Was wondering if Chicago northwestern. 1385 will ever go back in to service it used to pull. The circus train from baraboo Wisconsin to Milwaukee Wisconsin for the great circus parade

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Posted by jrbernier

on Fri, Jan 1 2016 7:37 PM

It is still in rebuild:

• New tender
• New cab
• Rebuilt running gear
All of the above is complete, now a complete new boiler is being built. I suspect late 2016 or early 2017 will be the first run.
As far as the circus train to Milwaukee, a new bridge between the museum and the WOSR would be need to be built.

Jim

Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin