Durango & Silverton [1][2] After a fresh paint job by the railroad, 6325 was stored until the city could finalize its plans for the display location. 5629 was placed in storage at Durand, MI. Trains,
6038 in commuter service. type in the Steamtown Foundation collection.Photo by
922 then years later renumbered #1396. 0-6-0 steam locomotive #3 leads two trips from Nelsonville, Ohio. The 4-6-2 or Pacific type was considered a passenger engine by most North American railroads, but several lines used older classes of Pacifics in light freight service. Click to enlarge. the railroads were briefly nationalized during and just after World War
Railroad succeeded the Grand Trunk Western Railway. 3713. The CNR system U-1-a through U-1-e classes had the "Indirect" or "reverse" configuration of the Walschaerts valve gear. 5030 is a Class J-3-b 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1912 for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. The Grand Trunk No. Foss, Charles R. Evening Before the Diesel: A Pictorial History of
6039 was moved to Riverside, to become an exhibit of Blount's new Steamtown, U.S.A. collection. Grand Trunk Western was one of the last U.S. railroads to employ steam locomotives. Narrow Gauge Railroad, Durango & Silverton Grand Trunk Western No. 1
No. Class includes both GT and GTW locomotives. After our family had moved to Bloomington, Illinois, my brother David took my 35mm camera on a steam-hunting expedition to Michigan and Ontario. With 63-inch drivers, they had 23x32-inch cylinders and carried a boiler pressure of 180 pounds per square inch. report to document the use and physical history of the locomotive. CNR Steam Locomotives - Your Railway Pictures The dimensions of the K-4-a class were similar to those of the later K-4bs, except that their boiler pressure was only 200 pounds. 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. 6039, which operated on Canadian National's American
Despite a network of less than 300 miles its hotly contested Detroit - Chicago market was a vital artery for CN in reaching America's railroad capital. No. The locomotive was designed to haul iron ore from the docks of Marquette, Michigan, on Lake Superior, from where the ore would be shipped to steel mills on the lower lakes. While the "Mikes" continued to pull freight in a supporting role on the Chicago-Port Huron main line up to the 1950s, they could be more frequently found on the Detroit-Muskegon run or on other GTW lines. . 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. (Photo: DogsRNice via CC by 4.0) Early Years for the Grand Trunk Western 6325. third axles (and possibly the first, which is obscured in the
Builders Number: 46941, Cylinders: 20x28
The locomotive was retired by 1961, and was subsequently sold for scrap.[23][24]. [4], Because of its historical significance, when No. One of my earlier shots, from the summer of 1952, features Consolidation No. 6328 met the torch in Chicago in 1960. No. heavier engine was essential to eliminate the practice. As for No. 6323 at speed on the main line with a passenger train, perhaps even the Maple Leaf. Francisco Railway. Tractive Effort (in lbs. 5629 was subsequently moved to a spur track in Hammond, IN that Jensen had rented from the Grand Trunk. U.S.R.A. 5633, displays the web-spoke drivers that seem to have been applied only to this member of the trio. No. In August of 1923, she was renumbered #18, continuing service on the LS&I until 1962. She belonged to class S-3-a and was erected by American Locomotive's Schenectady works in 1918. 2124. Railroad Photos, March 23-24: Southern Pacific 18 at Laws Railroad Museum Accordingly, in 1925 that the Grand Trunk Western
(1967): 36. 6313 and 6333. The locomotive was subsequently moved out of the back shops to remain on display on various parts of Steamtown property. Athearn Genesis G9013 USRA 2-8-2 . the practice on the Canadian National in an attempt to keep the smoke
8380, above. 5634. The last time I encountered them was around 1960 when I saw one being hauled through DeKalb, Illinois, in a Chicago & North Western freight train destined, I presume, for scrapping at Northwestern Steel & Wire in Sterling, Illinois. Canadian National Railway Company. 3740 in this capacity, trailed by a caboose and perhaps other cars used by a track work crew. documented the vital statistics of Grand Trunk Western Locomotive
[18] After moving it in October 1986 from its display location to a track at Franklin Iron & Metal Co.,[19] work soon began to restore the locomotive to operable status. No. Lerro Photography Hover to zoom. GTWs predecessor lines primarily used 4-4-0 American-type locomotives before the turn of the 19th to 20th century. 6325 has one surviving sister engine, No. Related photos: applied at the same time even to a single locomotive. 5629 lead many excursions over the GTW in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Lerro Productions, April 8, 22 & 29: Durango & Silverton Galloping Goose Excursions 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. 3-day weekend photographing passenger, freight, and ore trains with 2-8-0 #81, 2-8-0 #93, 5030 was GTR's No. The accuracy and accessibility of the resulting translation is not guaranteed. In its later years of service on the GTW, the locomotive pulled numerous excursion trips hosted by local railroad clubs and the GTW. No. At
SHREVEPORT HOUSTON & GULF RAILROAD 4-6-0 #5 ORIGINAL CAMDEN TEXAS LOGGING PHOTO (#404179167035). After World War II, the GTW started investing into diesel locomotives, which would take over most of the high-priority assignments. 6408 at Durand, Michigan, in the summer of 1953, as it stopped at the depot with the Maple Leaf. [This fine book is a principal source on No. 5629 in the summer of 1953, when she was pinch-hitting for the usual Consolidation on the local freight through Bellevue, Michigan, on a break-in run after repairs and painting at the Battle Creek shops. Probably the lowliest assignment given to these engines was work train service, almost always a task relegated to obsolete or surplus power even today. Cumbres & Toltec Below is a broadside shot of 0-8-0 switcher No. 5043 and 5042 resting near the roundhouse. [1], During the 1920s, the 4-8-2 "Mountain" type became increasingly famous with various class 1 railroads in North America for proving their worth in pulling fast passenger trains and heavy freight trains. 6039 awaited a call at Detroit, Michigan, on July
Unable to run the locomotive, it was placed in storage at the Amtrak yard near Union Station in Chicago while Jensen was hospitalized. More information: In her tow is one of the K-4-b Pacifics (identifiable by the vestibule cab) evidently destined for shopping at Battle Creek. Grand Trunk Western was one of them (others included Illinois Central, Atlantic Coast Line and Canadian Pacific). Class K-4-b had been preceded in 1924 by the five locomotives in class K-4-a from American Locomotive Company, which lacked the vestibule cab. Operator Bellevue and Switchtender Nichols yard will handle Crossover Switches. They had 51-inch diameter driving wheels, weighed 215,150 pounds, and exerted 49,691 pounds of tractive effort. Railroad photography exposition and railroadiana show - Corvallis, Oregon She was the last of three K-4-b class Pacifics built for the Grand Trunk Western by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1929. Keep up to date on news and upcoming events. 6325 could easily handle sixteen passenger cars or eighty car hotshot freights with equal ease on the Chicago division. In 1940 and
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. Railway took delivery from the Baldwin Locomotive Works on five 4-8-2
], Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice, 8th ed. CNR Steam Locomotive Roster - Locomotive Builders - TrainWeb.org The locomotive also obtained a type of cowl around smokestack for smoke control. The Grand Trunk Western owned six of them; another user of the 0-8-2 was the Illinois Central. 3734 was a member of class S-3-a, built by American Locomotive Company in Schenectady to USRA light Mikado specifications similar to those of Nos. List of Current Steam Locomotive Restorations to Operating Condition. It seems that the company had acquired a number of locomotives for scrapping, and even replaced older switchers with more recent acquisitions. Picture Information. [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. Farrell, Jack W., and Mike Pearsall. 6325 was built in February 1942 by ALCO along with 24 other U-3-b 4-8-4 "Northern" locomotive (sometimes called "Confederation" locomotives) numbered 6312 through 6336 as dual service locomotives that were the last new steam power assigned to the GTW. however, before undertaking such restoration, the locomotive's
Photo by the author, Edward J. Ozog. September 21, 1941, it had the boxpok drivers on at least the second and
extent that the company's 4-6-2 Pacifics increasingly had to be double-
per square inch): 200 Diameter of Drive Wheels (in inches): 69 6039 is a preserved class "U-1-c" 4-8-2 "Mountain type" steam locomotive built in June 1925 by Baldwin. 6325 moved for the first time under its own power in forty-two years. After photographing this engine in 1953, I saw 0-8-2s operating in the yards at Durand, Michigan. 6039 found itself on display on Vermont soil again. do not Exceed Fifteen 15 Miles per hour entering and leaving single track V.R.H." Grand Trunk Western No. More information: Sugar Express. 1973). 50196 was a self-propelled Burro crane used in track work.) Everett "Grand Trunk Western Keeps its Word." During their careers, these engines received a number
A fundraising campaign, led by the National Association of Power Engineers, promoted its preservation and cosmetic restoration. Grand Trunk Western 6325, Part of Truman's Whistle-Stop Campaign ): 65,000 (also reported as 49,590), Tender Capacity:
During that same summer my father was transitioning between serving as Methodist minister in Bellevue, Michigan and teaching at the Detroit Institute of Technology. Seller information. reinstalled. After the new shiny black sheet of boiler jacketing was replaced, Steamtown's boilermaker, Mark St Aubin, took two and a half days to reassemble the piping. Throughout its history GTW has shared the same type and class designations of its locomotives with parents Grand Trunk Railway and Canadian National. 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
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. locomotives featured feedwater heaters, power reverse gear, and
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