No. To span the gap between these assignments he filled in as minister of the Methodist Church in Middleton, Michigan, on the Grand Trunk Western's Greenville branch. Cumbres & Toltec, Builder's Number: 58463, Cylinders (diameter x stroke in inches): 26 x 30
Grand Trunk Western Locomotive No. 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. The piping and jacketing were removed so that the underlying asbestos could be safely disposed of. With low 51-inch drivers, they had cylinder dimensions of 21x28 inches and a boiler pressure of 190 pounds. 6039 gets meticulously taken care of while occasionally being moved around for public display with occasional night photo sessions taking place around it.
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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. Rich Brzycki sent me a photo he rediscovered of No. Everett Railroad This was long before the days of computerized and radio-controlled train dispatching from half a continent away, and the ancient telegraph still ticked busily in the operator's office. the Grand Trunk Western to feature both Vanderbilt tenders and enclosed,
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3523 is its Young valve gear, in which the valve mechanism drives directly off the cylinder crosshead. No. This page provides a calendar of upcoming railfan events and excursions throughout North America. U.S. Sugar 4-6-2 #148 leads excursions from Sebring and Lake Placid,
As time progressed, the GTW had given No. 6039 was moved along with the rest of the Steamtown collection to Scranton, Pennsylvania, but the locomotive's cylinder castings became damaged during the move. 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. 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 view highlights the slightly raised headlight of some members of the U-3-b class. 6325, had the headlight centered on the smokebox front. I photographed No. North American Steam
8376 shown above.). The engineer, leaning on the window sill, regards the photographer (me) on the M-78 highway bridge with some amusement. carrier service in the state of Vermont, and the last to survive. 2124. The distinctive cylindrical tank of a Vanderbilt tender graced
The locomotive at right is U-3-b 4-8-4 No. 1980: 342-344. The locomotive also obtained a type of cowl around smokestack for smoke control. 6400-6404 of parent Canadian National. Class: SC-4
The Point St.Charles shop was opened in 1859 by the Grand Trunk and built a healthy portion of the Grand Trunk's roster. At the end of steam operations, the GTW sent many of its retired locomotives to Northwestern Steel & Wire in Sterling, Illinois, for scrapping.
GTW U3b Confederation - K&L Trainz The distinctive turreted rooftop of the historic Durand depot pokes skyward behind U-3-b 4-8-4 No. Edmunds: Pacific Fast Mail, 1977: 4-9,
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. Canadian National Railway Company. In the scene below at the Battle Creek shops from the summer of 1953, 0-6-0 No.
Grand Trunk Western No. 4070 | Locomotive Wiki | Fandom 3748, mentioned in the train order, in its work train duty. It was comprised of the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR), Intercolonial Railway (ICR) and the. At the end of its career in the 1950s, the Grand
3734 heading a westbound local freight in my village of Bellevue, Michigan, in the autumn of 1952. 11, 1953.Photo by Peter Cox, Steamtown Foundation Collection. Locomotive No. Narrow Gauge Railroad Photos, Nevada Northern 163, builder's photographs of No. [1], No. 5030 Thirty-nine of these relatively small but handsome Class J-3-a Pacifics were delivered to the Grand Trunk Western Railroad over a two-year period from the Baldwin Locomotive Works and the Montreal Locomotive Works starting in 1912. 3732 at the engine terminal in Battle Creek in August, 1956. It was originally meant to be preserved for excursion service, but was tragically scrapped in July 1987 after a legal battle between Metra Commuter Rail and the locomotive's owner at the time, Richard Jensen. named Eilenberger recorded Engine No. 3734 became No.
CNR Steam Locomotive Roster - Locomotive Builders - TrainWeb.org 6323, garishly decorated with white front steps, on a 1961 Labor Day fan trip at South Bend, Indiana. However they could be a difficult engine for a fireman, before conversion, because they had a long firebox and did not have a stoker. No. Sister locomotive No. 4070 was then acquired by the Midwest Railway Preservation Society for use on its Cuyahoga Valley Line. They ended their days in Detroit suburban passenger service, and can be seen in this role on the Herron video/DVD Glory Machines of the Grand Trunk Western. These engines weighed 290,000 pounds and had the 63-inch drivers common to all Canadian National and Grand Trunk 2-8-2s. Its forte was heavy passenger and fast freight service. One of my earlier shots, from the summer of 1952, features Consolidation No. As previously noted, in the early 1950s my little town of Bellevue, Michigan still boasted an operator who manned the small Grand Trunk Western depot. Built in February 1942 by the American Locomotive Company (Alco), 6325 was one of 25 4-8-4 "Northern" type locomotives in the Grand Trunk Western's U-3-b class. applied at the same time even to a single locomotive. Weight on Drivers: 189,360 lbs. 5629 lead many excursions over the GTW in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. 16 (Dec. 1955): 18-20. Railway to acquire heavy passenger (and freight) locomotives of the
", "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. 3713. Florida The GTW P-5 0-8-0s were sharing duties with diesel switchers as early as the late 1930s. 50196, and the Bellevue operator, V. R. Hart. 6039 was also one of the very first steam locomotives to be a part of the Steamtown collection, and the only locomotive in the collection with a 4-8-2 wheel arrangement. per square inch): 200 Diameter of Drive Wheels (in inches): 69 the United States, six of which were engines of the St. Louis and San
In 1967 and 1968, it traveled to Baraboo, WI to pull the Circus World Museum's Schlitz Circus Train. More information: which 10 are 0-8-0 switch engines, so that No. Diameter of Drive Wheels: 55"
A colorful new ride is immediately behind the train in this angle, so I made the photo black and white to make the new ride less noticeable and the photo more authentic to the 1881 . Maryland Occasionally the 6400s were seen on freight trains, especially on break-in runs after overhauling at the Battle Creek shops. 2680, the "regular" on the local freight at that time. D&RGW 168 leads a special with photo runbys from Antonito, [1] It served the Grand Trunk Western Railroad by pulling fast passenger and freight trains throughout the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, until the railroad decided to dieselize their locomotive fleet. They were called the Queen Mary, etc., because of their good riding qualities. [1] The Canadian National Railway (CN) purchased sixteen locomotives with this wheel arrangement in 1923, and they proved to be so successful, that the railroad purchased twenty-one additional units the following year. 6325 was retired in 1959 it was donated to the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, for display. To order tickets click on the link below to reserve your tour slot today! 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. [3], Since its sidelining in 2005, No. light Mikado design; class includes 15 GT and 25 GTW locomotives. railroad to survive. locomotives, numbered 6037 through 6041, which it assigned to Class
U-1-c. 56, her Muskegon-Detroit train. No. Those remaining in 1956 renumbered as follows: 3740 = 4076; 3742-3747 = 4077-4082. Hollidaysburg to Martinsburg, PA Grand Trunk Western No. Six GTW U-4-b class 4-8-4s built by Lima Locomotive Works would have streamlined shrouding and 77-inch (1.956 m) driving wheels to be used only in passenger service. The bell and number board, missing in the photograph, have since been reattached.
Retirement of steam locomotives by country - Wikipedia 6323 is said to be that last steam locomotive used in main line passenger service in the U.S., and made her last run under GTW ownership on September 20, 1961. this type of locomotive in 1923 that had also proved to be very
They were nice riding compared to the 0-8-0's because of the trailer wheel. they could be found, in the words of the railroad's historian, "as often
In stepped Jerry J. Jacobson of the Ohio Central Railroad System (OHCR) who purchased No. Nos. The GTW's class U-3-b 4-8-4s were built by American Locomotive Company in 1942-1943 for both freight and passenger service, and capably handled such trains as the Maple Leaf, the Inter-City Limited, and the International Limited in addition to main line freights. The Grand Trunk No. Click to enlarge. automatic or mechanical stokers, and they were the first locomotives on
Seller information. Newton: Carstens Publications, 1982: 85. ], Scribbins, Jim. Bellows Falls, Vt.:
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There, Jensen and a group of local railfans worked to restore No. Farrell, Jack W., and Mike Pearsall. 25. Related photos: 5631 at Durand in the summer of 1953, handling the same train as No. Edaville Railroad at South Carver, Massachusetts, on Sales Order No. Western No. 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. Grand Trunk Western No. Although they were purchased for
Third, during the Roaring Twenties passenger traffic on the Grand
5629 being scrapped at Blue Island, IL on July 14, 1987. [4], Because of its historical significance, when 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. 6039 was reported to have received vanadium steel main frames and boxpok driving wheels, but not all of them were applied at the same. In 1948, locomotive No. Grand Trunk Western No. 6327 is known for being the last steam engine to run in Port Huron, Michigan, as well as pulling the last steam train there. 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. 6325's time under steam only lasted just over three years after its full restoration was completed in 2001, the museum has said that not as much work would be required to bring the locomotive back to operational condition. scheduled excursions, please see the Tourist Railroads & Museums Pages. More information: 1
76 (8376) today it is at the Amboy Depot Museum in Amboy, Illinois. 6039 is one of only seven
6039, the only tender of this
designs around the stacks of these engines, following the popularity of
5633, displays the web-spoke drivers that seem to have been applied only to this member of the trio. The Grand Trunk Western continued to use steam engines in commuter service and other local and branch line assignments in the Detroit area through the late 1950s, with a few locomotives serving until 1961. greatly improved lateral strength and rim stiffness. [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. Power consisted of the 5000 series Pacifics and 2600-series Consolidations. class designed by the U.S. Railroad Administration in its short-lived
Class U-1-c was delivered by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1925. and 4-6-0 #40 - Ely, Nevada the United States as a result of the great success of an engine of that
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Later fully or partially equipped with disc drivers.
Grand Trunk Western Railroad - American-Rails.com With a full load of coal in her Vanderbilt tender, Grand Trunk
Grand Trunk Western No. 7531 | Locomotive Wiki | Fandom 7526, because of its short wheelbase, was probably used to switch some industrial trackage in Battle Creek that had sharp curves. ageofsteamroundhouse.org/events/", "RailPictures.Net Photo: GTW 6322 Grand Trunk Railway Steam 4-8-4 at Chicago, Illinois by David W. DeVault", Steamlocomotive.com webpage on the GTW 4-8-4's, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grand_Trunk_Western_6325&oldid=1138723189, This page was last edited on 11 February 2023, at 06:56. A decade later, No. These locomotives pulled with 52,000 pounds of tractive effort. 6325 remains in the museum's collection. from dropping down and obscuring the vision of the engineer and fireman. Above, in a photo that also appears in Grand Trunk Western Railroad: An Illustrated History by I. E. Quastler, we see 4-6-2 No. 5629's sister locomotives, Nos. However, when I came across No. Tom Golden photo. Submit Your Event. 6039. 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. It was operated on this schedule for all three days of the event. First, the type became popular in
Galloping Goose # 5 makes round-trips to Cascade Canyon - Durango, Colorado 3740 in this capacity, trailed by a caboose and perhaps other cars used by a track work crew. Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust, Station & Parking Lot: 64 S. Washington Street Business Office: 100 S. Chestnut Street.
25. Grand Trunk 100 Steam Engine HO Scale Locomotive And Tender Returning to service, she became the last remaining 0-8-2 on the GTW roster when renumbered to 3522 in 1956. extra engine crew, not to mention the additional engine, so that a
The U-4-b class had a grate area of 73.7 square feet; they had 3860 square feet of evaporative heating surface, and their superheating surface totaled 1530 square feet. No. 86 was built in 1910 by the Canadian Locomotive Co. as Grand Trunk No. 5632 of this class is preserved at Durand, Michigan. 6313 was scrapped in 1960. In other respects these engines had specifications similar to No. More information: Walkersville Southern Railroad, August 26: Durango & Silverton Galloping Goose Excursions (1967): 36. Santa Fe No. 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.
Grand Trunk Western No. 5629 | Locomotive Wiki | Fandom Bellevue was still served by a part-time operator, and although passenger trains no longer stopped at our village of 1,000 between Battle Creek and Charlotte, there was some freight business. Trains,
modifications of these locomotives. Narrow Gauge Railroad Photos, April 27-30: East Broad Top Railroad Photo Charters As a result of this, No. Both of these Battle Creek terminal photos appear in I. E. Quastler's book Grand Trunk Western Railroad: An Illustrated History (R&I Publishing, 2009). 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 With little volunteers, low money and no place to call home, the Greater Battle Creek foundation was through.
Grand Trunk Western 6325, Part of Truman's Whistle-Stop Campaign As a result of this, nine employees were fired from Metra and Jensen filed a lawsuit, but ultimately lost. Around this time, the Rock Island was on the verge of bankruptcy, and in March 1980, the railroad shut down for good. for the move from Bellows Falls to Scranton, and those need to be
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. Simmons-Boardman Publishing Co., 1927. Knowing that the locomotive was indeed going to be scrapped, Jensen and his friends took parts off of it and gave them to local railfans. 3751 is a 3751 class 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive which was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1927 for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF). although enough money will buy any type of repair. Above, No. All Rights Reserved. Sugar Express, February 25: Hocking Valley Steam Train Special Five people lost their lives in the accident. The locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company in the 1930s and 1940s had 73-inch (1.854 m) driving wheels with 60,000 pounds of tractive effort and would be used in mainline freight and passenger service. Their 26x30-inch cylinders, supplied by 200 pounds per square inch of boiler pressure, produced a tractive effort of 54,724 pounds. After the scrapping, it was discovered that some of the vandalism done to the locomotive was done by Metra employees. The famous K-4-a No. Grand Trunk Western No. Winterail, March 18-19: Durango & Silverton Galloping Goose Excursions Water (in gallons): 13,575. 0-6-0 steam locomotive #3 leads two trips from Nelsonville, Ohio. D&RGW 315 leads a special with photo runbys from Antonito, June 17, 1959, undoubtedly with plans to use it elsewhere than at South
Builder's no. 4070 and may have been the last steam locomotive to haul freight on the Grand Trunk Western. More information: Throughout its history GTW has shared the same type and class designations of its locomotives with parents Grand Trunk Railway and Canadian National. the Steamtown collection, and one of only 14 "Mountains" preserved in