designs around the stacks of these engines, following the popularity of
[8] It was subsequently put on display[9] next to the new Steamtown National Historic Site's parking lot behind Reading 4-8-4 No. 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. The piping and jacketing were removed so that the underlying asbestos could be safely disposed of. The Grand Trunk Western (GTW) was one of three notable U.S. properties owned by Canadian National (others being Central Vermont and Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific). Second, the parent Canadian National Railways had purchased 16 of
It was a major event featuring all of their steam locomotive, some historic diesel locomotives as well as rolling stock and many more rail-related activities. Galloping Goose # 5 makes round-trips to Cascade Canyon - Durango, Colorado 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. Grand Trunk Western No. No. Whyte System Type: 4-8-2 Mountain
6323 at Durand, Michigan, in May, 1954, while it was temporarily separated from the Maple Leaf so diesel switcher 7904 (visible behind 6323's tender) could switch a car for the Detroit connection. Above, No. February 25: Hocking Valley Steam Train Special. This portrait of 2-8-0 No. The Southern Pacific's Daylights and the Norfolk & Western's Class J series were outstanding examples. vanadium steel main frames, boxpok drive wheels, and a Vanderbilt
[21] The year 2003 was a spectacular year for 6325, it pulled a few excursions but that wasn't the main event of that year, it was a huge photo festival which included 20 side by side photo runs with No. 5629 to the Rock Island Railroad's Burr Oak Yard in Blue Island, IL. elevations and cross sections, locomotive only, no tender; p. 200, fig. As a result, local freight and branch line duties were still performed by the GTW's ageing stable of lighter steam power. 3740 in this capacity, trailed by a caboose and perhaps other cars used by a track work crew. For more information: Although engine crews reportedly liked these 4-8-2s,
Technically called "box-spoke," these drivers had fewer spokes
[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. 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. In 1948, locomotive No. [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. In January 2021 the locomotive was sold to the Colebrookdale Railroad, a Pennsylvania tourist line, for eventual restoration to operation. On August 10, 2021, it was test-fired for the . Returning to service, she became the last remaining 0-8-2 on the GTW roster when renumbered to 3522 in 1956. Something went wrong. 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. 6039 was removed from display and towed to Steamtown's back shops to await for another cosmetic restoration that wouldn't come until October the following year. 6313 and 6333. In the summer of 1953, as mentioned above, a crane was working on the westbound track near Bellevue, and trains were being diverted to the eastbound main between Bellevue and Nichols Yard in Battle Creek. of course, subsequently was absorbed into the government-owned Canadian
More information: Walkersville Southern Railroad, May 27: Cumbres & Toltec Locomotive 315 Memorial Weekend Special F. Nelson Blount purchased Grand Trunk Western
Below we see two more examples of the Grand Trunk Western's fleet of eight-wheeled switchers. [This fine book is a principal source on No. Word of No. An unusual feature of No. 5629's endangerment spread through the local railroad community. 6325 in 1993 and moved it to OHCR's steam shops at Morgan Run. scheduled excursions, please see the Tourist Railroads & Museums Pages. 6039, now at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Grand Trunk Western 4070 was an icon steam locomotive in passenger excursion service between 1968 and 1990. reinstalled. Everett Railroad 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. During the 1940s, No. the United States as a result of the great success of an engine of that
Three factors influenced the Grand Trunk Western
The train is eastbound in late morning, preparing to cross over to the westbound main to switch the siding. Burr Oak Yard was sold to Metra Commuter Rail of Chicago, who asked Jensen to relocate No. My brother, David Leonard, photographed No. 6039 from the Canadian National Railway Company for his
New York:
6315, stopping briefly with her freight train on the main line at Bellevue, Michigan in the summer of 1953. Locomotive Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. In addition, we are making available a copy of the GTW Passenger Timetable, September 30, 1951 in PDF format. Some well known trips done by No. RM 2HGDC60 - El Gobernador was a 4-10-0 steam locomotive built by Central Pacific Railroad at the railroad's Sacramento, California. the engine, which at the time was stored in St. Albans, Vermont. and were of box-section type, like the wheel rim, a design that provided
6410 in this role at Bellevue, Michigan late in 1952. Maryland My train-watching that day netted me a bonus: a ride in the cab at the invitation of an engineman, and the photo at left, which is the oldest photo taken by me in this Archive. On the GTW, it was the ultimate in modern steam power. 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. They were converted to a "simple" locomotive (both cylinders use fresh steam) around 1926. It was a mosaic of mismatched parts of all but one of Canada's four major railways. Narrow Gauge Railroad 6405 heading the Inter-City Limited at the Durand depot. 5634. 3734 became No. Weight on Drivers: 189,360 lbs. and Island Pond, Vt. Mostly, it served on the . More information: 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. Last updated February 22, 2023. Cumbres & Toltec, can be restored to run, it should be so restored for interpretive use
In 1965, the collection was moved again across the Connecticut River to Bellows Falls, and No. Bellows Falls, Vt.:
$75.00 + $22.45 shipping. 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. Here we found J-3-a classmates Nos. Instead of cutting them up, the scrappers converted a number of these GTW 0-8-0s to oil burners, added auxiliary water tenders and kept them around to switch the plant until 1980. In 1984, No. Durango & Silverton Those remaining in 1956 renumbered as follows: 8222 = 8447; 8226 = 8448. She was sent to the scrapyard in 1959. Normally the local freight through Bellevue, Michigan, was headed by a Consolidation. Blount paid $7,425 for
The smoke deflectors failed to accomplish much, so the railroad removed
Michigan and controlled by the Grand Trunk Railroad of Canada, by 1920
Mid-Twentieth Century. By that date, the engine had
Grand Trunk Western No. 6323 and 6313 above and 6328 below. type in the Steamtown Foundation collection.Photo by
With 63-inch drivers, they had 23x32-inch cylinders and carried a boiler pressure of 180 pounds per square inch. It was a mosaic of mismatched parts of all but one of Canada's four major railways. 6039 at Elsdon engine terminal in
Free shipping for many products! It was built in 1900 by the GTR Point St. Charles Shops for the Grand Trunk Railroad as No. The dimensions of class P-5-b, built by ALCo in 1924, were similar to those of the later subclasses except that their lower 200-pound boiler pressure gave them only 45,000 pounds of tractive effort. Grand Trunk Western Locomotive No. In the Steamtown Foundation files. Notice also that this locomotive, in common with some other members of the U-3-b class, had the "cowcatcher" pilot whereas most were fitted with the cast steel pilot shown on Nos. 32, No. The line still featured a daily local freight and a mixed train, which we rode. Athearn Genesis G9013 USRA 2-8-2 . Installation of 50 sq ft of thermic siphons also increased the firebox heating surface to 231 sq ft. 8380 at the Illinois Railway Museum. U.S.R.A. all of them in the late 1940s. They developed 52,457 pounds of tractive effort and weighed 382,700 pounds. As a result I never saw them in operation, though I photographed No. 21 bound for Muskegon. I. E. Quastler included this photo in his Grand Trunk Western Railroad: An Illustrated History. The run drew thousands of rail enthusiasts. Gary Thompson provided a photo by William Rosenberg of No. Boiler Pressure: 200 psi
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5629 enjoyed a career as a privately-owned steam excursion locomotive in the 1960s and early 1970s, refitted with the headlight from Illinois Central 2-8-4 8049 (the original Lima "super-power" demonstrator) and a larger tender from Soo Line 4-8-2 4013. In 1960, it was sold to Richard Jensen of Chicago, IL for approximately $9,540.40, the scrap value of the locomotive at the time. These Consolidations were members of class N-4, which had several subclasses; all were built between 1906 and 1911 for the Grand Trunk Railway. The CNR started it's life in January 1923. Card on No. 50196 was a self-propelled Burro crane used in track work.) Hover to zoom. Eventually, Metra had finally had enough and contracted with the Erman-Howell Division of the Luria Brothers Scrap Company to dispose of No 5629. 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. At that time, the locomotive was leased to the Central Vermont Railway (CV), another American subsidiary of CN, to pull fast freight trains throughout the state of Vermont. ", "Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania", "Grand Trunk Western #6039 Historical Marker", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grand_Trunk_Western_6039&oldid=1139322142, On static display while being occasionally moved around, This page was last edited on 14 February 2023, at 14:40. exhibit at the Pleasure Island amusement park. Those remaining in 1956 renumbered as follows: 3740 = 4076; 3742-3747 = 4077-4082. 6039, which operated on Canadian National's American
locomotives, numbered 6037 through 6041, which it assigned to Class
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. (The third locomotive in the photo, only partially visible, is No. third axles (and possibly the first, which is obscured in the
Nice old pic for my collection. 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! [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! 7526, because of its short wheelbase, was probably used to switch some industrial trackage in Battle Creek that had sharp curves. More information: Walkersville Southern Railroad, August 26: Durango & Silverton Galloping Goose Excursions Steam and First Generation Diesel Motive Power on the Grand Trunk
Detroit on Grand Trunk Western trains were in fact being hauled by an
A YouTube user has also posted this video of No. [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. 6329 during the summer of 1953, including the one below in which the 4-8-4 pauses just east of Bellevue with an eastbound movement. Built for Grand Trunk Western Railway as No. National Railway. Passenger power consisted of 4-8-4s, 4-8-2s and 4-6-2s and even a 2-8-0 in mixed train service on the Greenville branch; in the last days of steam some 2-8-2s were used in Detroit suburban service. Grand Trunk Western road engines, and the only 4-8-2 of the
Scrapping began on July 14, 1987 and was completed by July 17th. "Grand Trunk Western Keeps its Word." March 1939 with boxpok drivers only on the second driver axle, while on
These locomotives pulled with 52,000 pounds of tractive effort. Diameter of Drive Wheels (in inches): 73
11, 1953.Photo by Peter Cox, Steamtown Foundation Collection.