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His letter was read publicly at the ceremony. Date Built: June 1925
The boxpok drivers proved an important modification
Rich Brzycki sent me a photo he rediscovered of No. Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad This page provides a calendar of upcoming railfan events and excursions throughout North America. 6327 was among the last of GTW's steam engines still operating when the railroad dieselized in 1960 and it was scrapped that year. Minus boiler jacketing and various parts, she survives at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois, where I was photographed in front of her with my son Matthew and a friend in June, 1982.
The VERY last U.S. steam - Classic Trains Magazine - Railroad History 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. Although they were purchased for
5629 stands as one of the biggest tragedies in steam locomotive preservation. Riverside, Vermont, just north of Bellows Falls. 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. Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust, Station & Parking Lot: 64 S. Washington Street Business Office: 100 S. Chestnut Street. 4070 and may have been the last steam locomotive to haul freight on the Grand Trunk Western. 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. Larry Bell (mentioned above) wrote me as follows: "In Durand, the 3500s were used on the 'top end jobs' almost exclusively. It seems that the company had acquired a number of locomotives for scrapping, and even replaced older switchers with more recent acquisitions. photograph), but not on the fourth. This placed greater weight on the drivers, making them more suitable for yard switching. Trunk Western Railway leased No. 6325 pulling a freight, and Ohio Central's ex-Canadian Pacific Railway 1293 pulling a passenger train. February 24-26: Sugar Express Excursions. June 17, 1959, undoubtedly with plans to use it elsewhere than at South
Related photos: GTW U-3-b class 4-8-4 Northern-type locomotive 6319 lead the first section of train #21 with 15 passenger cars and GTW 4-8-4 Northern 6322 pulled the second section with 22 passenger cars. "Specification Card for Locomotive No. But it wasn't until 1998 that restoration efforts began and on July 31, 2001, No.
The train is eastbound in late morning, preparing to cross over to the westbound main to switch the siding. Grand Trunk 100 Steam Engine HO Scale Locomotive And Tender. However, returning No. 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. Class U-1-c was delivered by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1925. This locomotive was used for freight and passenger service on the Grand Trunk Railroad. 6313 was scrapped in 1960. ", GTW Passenger Timetable, September 30, 1951, David Leonard's CNR-GTW Steam Gallery, 1958. Trunk Western, especially on its Chicago Division, had increased to the
can be restored to run, it should be so restored for interpretive use
Oddly, these modern drive wheels were not all
Detroit on Grand Trunk Western trains were in fact being hauled by an
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. To see a list of Grand Trunk Western locomotives as of 1938-1942, most of which were still active in the early 1950s, visit our GTW Roster. In the 1950s, the Grand Trunk Western operated five 4-8-2s in class U-1-c, Nos. On August 10, 2021, it was test-fired for the . which 10 are 0-8-0 switch engines, so that 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. 163, builder's photographs of No. More information: Type Class Road Numbers Cylinders Driver Diameter : Boiler Pressure Locomotive Weight Tractive Effort Builder and Year: Remarks 0-6-0 O-18-b: 7474-7498 22x26 51 175 174,000 37,000 Lima, 1920 Shown on 1937 roster. the Grand Trunk Western to feature both Vanderbilt tenders and enclosed,
Athearn Genesis G9013 USRA 2-8-2 . Related photos: Photos, June 3-4: Walkersville Southern Railroad Steam Trains Trains & Travel International 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. Circa 1937-1942, compiled from various sources. These engines weighed 224,100 pounds and exerted a modest (by later standards) 33,756 pounds of tractive effort. Farrell, Jack W., and Mike Pearsall. Vermont. In 1967 and 1968, it traveled to Baraboo, WI to pull the Circus World Museum's Schlitz Circus Train. March 1939 with boxpok drivers only on the second driver axle, while on
Although the 4-8-4 was a popular dual-service locomotive, only a few railroads applied streamlining or semi-streamlining to this wheel arrangement. Used: An item that has been used previously. 6039 was reassigned to pulling secondary passenger trains between Detroit and Muskegon, and it last served in the late 1950s. 6039 is one of only seven
Grand Trunk Western 6039 - Wikipedia Date Built: 1910
5629 View source A postcard from the late 1960s showing No. There, Jensen and a group of local railfans worked to restore No. Both of these engines were scrapped in 1960. Retired in 1959, No. A YouTube user has also posted this video of No. Accordingly, in 1925 that the Grand Trunk Western
Seller information. In addition he would regularly report to the dispatcher the passing of all trains past the Bellevue depot on this busy stretch of railroad. Grand Trunk Western No. More information: 3523 was a member of class S-1-h, built in 1918 by Schenectady. 3-day weekend photographing passenger, freight, and ore trains with 2-8-0 #81, 2-8-0 #93, In the scene below, taken at Battle Creek in the summer of 1953, P-5-b No. Throughout its history GTW has shared the same type and class designations of its locomotives with parents Grand Trunk Railway and Canadian National. headed to abide by the timetables, a costly practice that required an
During that same summer my father was transitioning between serving as Methodist minister in Bellevue, Michigan and teaching at the Detroit Institute of Technology. No. Builder: BaldwinLocomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The locomotive was mainly designed to haul freight trains, but also did occasional passenger service whenever possible. Grand Trunk Western Railroad 4-8-2 Locomotive No. [Photograph of No. 96,577 views Nov 2, 2016 On July 30, 2001 the Ohio Central Railroad and Jerry Jacobson rolled out former Grand Trunk Western class U-3-b (4-8-4) Northern-type steam locomotive #632. The Point St.Charles shop was opened in 1859 by the Grand Trunk and built a healthy portion of the Grand Trunk's roster. Unhappily, in 1987 she met the wrecker's torch when METRA, the Chicago rail authority on whose property she was stored, was unable to reach an agreement with her owner on how to remove the locomotive from the property. 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. There was a crossover at Bellevue from the westbound to the eastbound main, and right-of-way maintenance or other conditions might require trains to switch from one track to the other. scheduled excursions, please see the Tourist Railroads & Museums Pages. During the 1940s, No. Tractive Effort: 42,000 lbs
In her tow is one of the K-4-b Pacifics (identifiable by the vestibule cab) evidently destined for shopping at Battle Creek.
Our Equipment - Colebrookdale Railroad In 1984, No. I have a train order copied by station operator Hart at Bellevue, dated June 26, 1953, that reads: "Eastward track single track between Nichols yd [at Battle Creek] & Bellevue until 5:00 pm. (Photo: DogsRNice via CC by 4.0) Early Years for the Grand Trunk Western 6325. However, when I came across No. With 3,600 passengers holding tickets train #21 had to be run in two sections (as two separate trains) to accommodate the excess of passengers. 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. A fundraising campaign, led by the National Association of Power Engineers, promoted its preservation and cosmetic restoration. Unable to run the locomotive, it was placed in storage at the Amtrak yard near Union Station in Chicago while Jensen was hospitalized. [8] As of 2023, No. Gary Thompson provided a photo by William Rosenberg of No. 58463, Cylinders: 26 x 30, Drive Wheels: 73, Weight on Drivers: 231,370, Boiler Pressure: 210, Tractive Effort: 49,590. 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. February 24-26: Sugar Express Excursions [1] After being retired in the late 1950s, No. At
No. 4-8-2 Mountain type during the 1920s. 7730, the 1929 Brill boxcab unit that switched the ferry docks in Milwaukee). 8376 shown above.). 6039 is the only 4-8-2 Mountain-type engine in
7526, because of its short wheelbase, was probably used to switch some industrial trackage in Battle Creek that had sharp curves. [1] As of 2023, No. 6328 taking on a fresh load of coal at the GTW's Milwaukee Junction terminal in Detroit, and snapped this transparency. Like Pacific 5629, this engine received a larger tender and was featured in fan trip service at the head of a number of railfan specials in the 1960s and 1970s. [This fine book is a principal source on No. Although idle, the 6325 now resides, protected from the elements in the Age of Steam Roundhouse near Sugarcreek, OH. Her front end, the paint chipped by impacts from roadbed debris, testifies to the high-speed service of which these engines were capable. Railroad photography exposition and railroadiana show - Corvallis, Oregon No returns accepted. 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. 0-6-0 steam locomotive #3 leads two trips from Nelsonville, Ohio. 5634. on leading and trailing trucks on the locomotive itself.
Grand Trunk Western 6325 - Wikipedia Alco 2-6-0 steam locomotive #11 powers a 27-mile round-trip excursion from Edaville Railroad at South Carver, Massachusetts, on Sales Order No. It was used on the New England Lines between Portland, Me. F. Nelson Blount purchased Grand Trunk Western
No. History: Incorporated in 1900 in Indiana and
6039 from the Canadian National Railway Company for his
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. 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. Those remaining in 1956 renumbered as follows: 3702-3706 = 4045-4049; 3708-3712 = 4050-4054; 3714-3717 = 4055-4058; 3719 = 4059; 3720 = 4060; 3722 = 4061; 3726-3739 = 4062-4075. acquired a rather ugly shielding around the stack which, fortunately,
type in the Steamtown Foundation collection.Photo by
For tourist railroads offering regularly The K-4 Pacifics were a variation of the USRA light Pacific design; they had 67 square feet of grate area, an evaporative heating surface of 3340 square feet, and 795 square feet of superheating surface. $75.00 + $22.45 shipping. These locomotives were part of the Canadian National roster, but were separately identified as Grand Trunk or Grand Trunk Western for service in the United States.