In this preview video we take a look at its histo. [Photograph of No. Accordingly, in 1925 that the Grand Trunk Western Notice also that the U-1-c class, in common with most of their Canadian National sisters, had the "Indirect" or "reverse" configuration of the Walschaerts valve gear, in which the eccentric crank angles toward the rear when the driving rods are in the bottom quarter. 5629 was placed in storage at Durand, MI. 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. Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust, Station & Parking Lot: 64 S. Washington Street Business Office: 100 S. Chestnut Street. Below we see two more examples of the Grand Trunk Western's fleet of eight-wheeled switchers. She belonged to class S-3-a and was erected by American Locomotive's Schenectady works in 1918. No. automatic or mechanical stokers, and they were the first locomotives on Probably the lowliest assignment given to these engines was work train service, almost always a task relegated to obsolete or surplus power even today. 6039 was reassigned to pulling secondary passenger trains between Detroit and Muskegon, and it last served in the late 1950s. 8317 and 8346 rest next to the Pontiac, Michigan roundhouse in the summer of 1953, awaiting their return to switching duties. 5030 and 5632, are both on static display in Michigan. A wheel arrangement so rare that it doesn't even appear in most lists of steam locomotive types was the 0-8-2. [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. Jacobson sold the Ohio Central to Genesee & Wyoming in 2008, retained his vintage locomotives and began construction on a large roundhouse, the Age of Steam Roundhouse, in Sugarcreek, Ohio, in order to house his collection. Grand Trunk Western 6325, Part of Truman's Whistle-Stop Campaign 4083 in the 1956 renumbering. Below is a July, 1954 view of No. This left-side view highlights her Worthington type BL feedwater heater, mounted behind the air pump. 4-6-2 Pacific type and 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives also built by Baldwin and Alco in the 1920s and 4-6-0 Ten-Wheelers built around 1900 began in mainline service but later were eventually both found mostly on branch lines and mixed train service. Virginia 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 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. [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. and special excursions; if it cannot be restored mechanically, it should Jeddo Coal 0-4-0 steam locomotive #85 pulls three excursions each day - Walkersville, I took the above photo of No. 6323 at speed on the main line with a passenger train, perhaps even the Maple Leaf. In the summer of 1953 we visited the Grand Trunk Western engine terminal in Pontiac, Michigan. Normally the local freight through Bellevue, Michigan, was headed by a Consolidation. For surviving steam locomotives, visit the Grand Trunk Western page in Wes Barris' North American Steam Locomotive site. Locomotive No. As a member of the dual service U-3-b class, the 6325 handled heavy passenger and freight work for the Grand Trunk Western. Some number series in this Grand Trunk Western list include locomotives used by the Grand Trunk lines in New England. Related photos: I snapped several photos of No. In addition he would regularly report to the dispatcher the passing of all trains past the Bellevue depot on this busy stretch of railroad. Hollidaysburg to Martinsburg, PA the very least, it should be restored for use as a static exhibit; reinstalled. 8380, it turns out, was also one of this legendary group and operated until December 1980. the United States, six of which were engines of the St. Louis and San Although the 4-8-4 was a popular dual-service locomotive, only a few railroads applied streamlining or semi-streamlining to this wheel arrangement. U.S. Sugar 4-6-2 #148 leads excursions from Sebring and Lake Placid, This photo was taken in the summer of 1953. Grand Trunk Western Railroad 4-8-2 Locomotive No. Grand Trunk Western No. Related photos: 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. No. 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. No. which 10 are 0-8-0 switch engines, so that No. Diameter of Drive Wheels: 69" Retirement of steam locomotives by country - Wikipedia No. 6039 was moved to Riverside, to become an exhibit of Blount's new Steamtown, U.S.A. collection. Farrell, Jack W., and Mike Pearsall. For surviving steam locomotives, visit the Grand Trunk Western page in Wes Barris' North American Steam Locomotive site. Several groups, including the Illinois Railway Museum and the Mid-Continent Railway Museum, stepped in to try and save it, but soon realized it would be too costly since it could no longer move on its own wheels. of steam locomotives used in North America . Cumbres & Toltec Although idle, the 6325 now resides, protected from the elements in the Age of Steam Roundhouse near Sugarcreek, OH. 58463, Cylinders: 26 x 30, Drive Wheels: 73, Weight on Drivers: 231,370, Boiler Pressure: 210, Tractive Effort: 49,590. In her tow is one of the K-4-b Pacifics (identifiable by the vestibule cab) evidently destined for shopping at Battle Creek. 6325 had sat in static display with very little maintenance. They had a grate area of 50.6 square feet, an evaporative heating surface of 2826 square feet, and a superheating surface of 592 square feet. Builder's no. acquired a rather ugly shielding around the stack which, fortunately, subsidiary in Michigan.Canadian National Railways. 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. Grand Trunk Western No. Grand Trunk 100 Steam Engine HO Scale Locomotive And Tender. be restored cosmetically to serve as a static exhibit engine in the I snapped the above photo of No. 1941, the railroad installed cowls or smoke deflectors of various This locomotive was used for freight and passenger service on the Grand Trunk Railroad. Railroad No. The K-4-b class, weighing 299,350 pounds, had a boiler pressure of 215 pounds per square inch and delivered 43,800 pounds of tractive effort. This broadside view of another example of the K-4-b class, No. Sister locomotive No. Here we found J-3-a classmates Nos. After photographing this engine in 1953, I saw 0-8-2s operating in the yards at Durand, Michigan. Alco 2-6-0 steam locomotive #11 powers a 27-mile round-trip excursion from RM 2HGDC60 - El Gobernador was a 4-10-0 steam locomotive built by Central Pacific Railroad at the railroad's Sacramento, California. 3-day weekend photographing passenger, freight, and ore trains with 2-8-0 #81, 2-8-0 #93, . Two 2-day photo charters featuring EBT 2-8-2 #16 with passenger and freight 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. 3734 heading a westbound local freight in my village of Bellevue, Michigan, in the autumn of 1952. 163, builder's photographs of No. Making a stop at Durand, Michigan, with train No. this type of locomotive in 1923 that had also proved to be very 6039. 6038 in commuter service. 6039 was reported to have received vanadium steel main frames and boxpok driving wheels, but not all of them were applied at the same. 56, her Muskegon-Detroit train. CNR and Grand Trunk Railway Steam Locomotives - Your Railway Pictures 3713. 1921), Blotting the sunStinging the eyes.The hot seeds steam undergroundstill alive.Gary Snyder (b. [4], Because of its historical significance, when No. Those remaining in 1956 renumbered as follows: 3740 = 4076; 3742-3747 = 4077-4082. 6039 is the only 4-8-2 Mountain-type engine in 6039 and the other U-1-cs a number of modifications; during the mid-1930s the U-1-cs were all equipped with roller bearings on leading and trailing trucks on the locomotive itself rather than the friction bearings they were initially built with. 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. 5043 and 5042 resting near the roundhouse. photograph), but not on the fourth. Boiler Pressure: 200 psi President Truman was invited to attend the dedication ceremony but sent a letter expressing regrets that he could not attend. Dorm, Patrick C. The Grand Trunk Western Railroad: A Canadian These Lima-built locomotives closely resembled Nos. 6039 is one of about 17 Grand Trunk The locomotive was mainly designed to haul freight trains, but also did occasional passenger service whenever possible. In the Steamtown Foundation files. It was comprised of the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR), Intercolonial Railway (ICR) and the Canadian Northern (CNoR). trains, plus night photo session - Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania If it Thus commuters riding to their jobs in Grand Trunk Western Steam locomotives resisted the onset of dieseldom a bit longer in Canada than on most railroads south of the border, and this was also true for Canadian National Railways' operating unit in the Great Lakes states, the Grand Trunk Western. She sports a shiny paint job recently applied at the Battle Creek shops, including white tires and the tilted GTW herald on the tender. Durango & Silverton "Specification Card for Locomotive No. ], National Railway Historical Society Bulletin, Vol. It pulled its first excursion train from Dennison to Columbus, Ohio on September 22 of that year. These roundhouse. Retired in 1959, the locomotive was donated for display to the City of Battle Creek, Michigan where a failed restoration attempt left 6325 in danger of being scrapped. Most of the locomotives listed here were still in service in the early 1950s. Grand Trunk Western No. CNR steam locomotives that serviced this country of ours. 5629 lead many excursions over the GTW in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. All Rights Reserved. Grand Trunk Railway - Toronto Railway Historical Association They exerted 39,000 pounds of tractive effort and weighed 165,000 pounds. Oil (in gallons): Not applicable 21 bound for Muskegon. - eBay Money Back Guarantee - opens in a new window or tab, EARLY PHOTO of GRAND TRUNK RAILROAD 4-4-0 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE #1699 in 1920's, Report this item - opens in new window or tab, WEATHERFORD MINERAL WELLS & NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD TEXAS & PACIFIC RR PHOTOS (#125696411586), ATCHISON TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILROAD DEPOT SYLVIA KANSAS COPY OF EARLY PHOTO (#125787026165). Remarks: Engine has duplex mechanical stoker, Lake Superior & Ishpeming: 2-8-0 "consolidation" Illinois and was in its later years the only railroad that provided Steamtown NHS: Special History Study - National Park Service As time progressed, the GTW had given No. 5030 was GTR's No. "Purchasing Department Sales Order 6039 on display at Steamtown in 1962, when it was headquartered in New Hampshire. mechanical condition should be thoroughly assessed and a decision made This class had a grate area of 67 square feet, 3785 square feet of evaporative heating surface, and 880 square feet of superheater surface. More information: East Broad Top Railroad Photos. The Point St.Charles shop was opened in 1859 by the Grand Trunk and built a healthy portion of the Grand Trunk's roster. It was used on the New England Lines between Portland, Me. 6325 hasn't been fired up due to Ohio Central's cease in steam train operations. 3523 at the GTW's Battle Creek shops in the summer of 1953 she was awaiting repairs. Unable to run the locomotive, it was placed in storage at the Amtrak yard near Union Station in Chicago while Jensen was hospitalized. EARLY PHOTO of GRAND TRUNK RAILROAD 4-4-0 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE #1699 in Scrapping began on July 14, 1987 and was completed by July 17th. Cumbres & Toltec, served on passenger runs between Detroit and Muskegon. 6039. 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. ], Scribbins, Jim. Grand Trunk Western No. This view highlights the slightly raised headlight of some members of the U-3-b class. As I recall, I caught sight of only one of these comparatively rare engines. Builder's Number: 58463, Cylinders (diameter x stroke in inches): 26 x 30 [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. The engine was donated to the City of Jackson, Michgan,in 1957 and is on display in North Lawn Park just off Lansing Ave. American railroad owned by the government of Canada. Recommendation: This engine is exactly the The Grand Trunk Western owned six of them; another user of the 0-8-2 was the Illinois Central. 5629, famous for her steam excursions in the diesel era (see below). 0-6-0 steam locomotive #3 leads two trips from Nelsonville, Ohio Durango & Silverton 5629 made its debut pulling a trip over the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad, for which it was painted in B&O colors. 7526 peers bashfully between two of the class U-3-b Northerns, Nos. 6039 at Elsdon terminal in March 1939 with boxpok wheels only on the second driving axle, while on September 21, 1941, it was reportedly caught having the boxpok wheels on the first, second, and third axles, but not on the fourth axle. However, returning No. These engines had 73-inch drivers, 26x30-inch cylinders, and a boiler pressure of 250 pounds per square inch, producing a tractive effort of 59,034 pounds. Simmons-Boardman Publishing Co., 1927. light Mikado design; class includes 15 GT and 25 GTW locomotives. 5634. No. [7][8] As site preparation began, some residents protested suggesting that the site was too small; ultimately, the chosen site was used. and it proved to be one of the last steam locomotives in normal common 5633, displays the web-spoke drivers that seem to have been applied only to this member of the trio. History: Incorporated in 1900 in Indiana and In failing health, Jensen was unable to do so and took Metra to court. Newton: Carstens Publications, 1982: 85. In 1925, the Grand Trunk Western Railway purchased five 4-8-2 Mountain locomotives, numbered 6037 through 6041, from the Baldwin Locomotive Works. however, before undertaking such restoration, the locomotive's Technically called "box-spoke," these drivers had fewer spokes February 24-26: Sugar Express Excursions . Between 1923 and 1930, the GTW purchased a total of fifty-nine 4-8-2 locomotives for their roster, and they were classified as U-1-as, U-1-bs, U-1-cs, U-1-ds, and U-1-es, designed by the GTW's Chief Mechanical Engineer of the time Thomas H. Walker. Steam locomotives resisted the onset of dieseldom a bit longer in Canada than on most railroads south of the border, and this was also true for Canadian National Railways' operating unit in the Great Lakes states, the Grand Trunk Western. Related photos: class designed by the U.S. Railroad Administration in its short-lived Text and photo images2013 Richard Leonard. 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. 5629's endangerment spread through the local railroad community. Everett [Article includes photograph of sister All or some of the N-4-d and N-4-d class were built as cross-compounds and converted to simple operation around 1926. The following year, it was moved again to North Walpole, New Hampshire, due to the increase in size of the collection of locomotives and rolling stock. In addition, we are making available a copy of the GTW Passenger Timetable, September 30, 1951 in PDF format. 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. CANADIAN NATIONAL & GRAND TRUNK RAILROAD STEAM LOCOMOTIVES IN - YouTube $75.00 + $22.45 shipping. per square inch): 210 In 1967 and 1968, it traveled to Baraboo, WI to pull the Circus World Museum's Schlitz Circus Train. Mid-Twentieth Century. 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. extra engine crew, not to mention the additional engine, so that a [7][1] There, it was repainted again with the smokebox becoming black again. Class includes both GT and GTW locomotives. Trunk Western Railway leased No. MIKADO 2-8-2 TYPE STEAM LOCOMOTIVES - Google 50196 was a self-propelled Burro crane used in track work.) As a member of the dual service U-3-b class, the 6325 handled heavy passenger and freight work for the Grand Trunk Western. However, two of No. ], Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice, 8th ed. Until the mid-1950s the GTW's passenger service was still entirely steam-operated, with the exception of the Detroit-Port Huron motor train. Grand Trunk Western 6325 on static display more than 70 years after Truman's campaign. 3523 was a member of class S-1-h, built in 1918 by Schenectady. type in the Steamtown Foundation collection.Photo by 6039 at Steamtown, Bellows Falls, 25. Work Ex 50196 and 3748 working between Nichols yd & Olivet." The train ran between Detroit to Durand during November 1960. All these Pacifics had 73-inch drivers and 25x28-inch cylinders. More information: 76 (Former GTW 8376) in May, 1977. Proud queens of Grand Trunk Western's steam passenger fleet were the six 4-8-4s in class U-4-b, Nos. This portrait of 2-8-0 No. Grand Trunk Western Locomotive No. [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. The distinctive turreted rooftop of the historic Durand depot pokes skyward behind U-3-b 4-8-4 No. 6039 became one of the very first steam locomotives to be owned by F. Nelson Blount, and it subsequently became part of his Steamtown, U.S.A. collection for static display. per square inch): 200 Diameter of Drive Wheels (in inches): 69 RM 2F5J0AR - Grand Trunk Railway 4-4-0 locomotive, no. 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. 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.
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