Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust, Station & Parking Lot: 64 S. Washington Street Business Office: 100 S. Chestnut Street. No. Photos, June 3-4: Walkersville Southern Railroad Steam Trains ], Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice, 8th ed. Here is a copy of a train order issued by the Battle Creek dispatcher on June 26, 1953, to the engineer of the work crane, No. This engine may be seen at the head of a fast freight in Chicago's south side on John Szwajkart's video The Chicago Collection. 3523 is its Young valve gear, in which the valve mechanism drives directly off the cylinder crosshead. Initially, it was to be shipped to Wakefield, Massachusetts, for In 1946, the 6325 gained notoriety for pulling United States President Harry S. Truman's election campaign train through the state of Michigan. 6039 found itself on display on Vermont soil again. Newton: Carstens Publications, 1982: 85. Sister locomotive No. and 4-6-0 #40 - Ely, Nevada In the 1950s, the Grand Trunk Western operated five 4-8-2s in class U-1-c, Nos. the Grand Trunk Western Railway owned 331 miles of track in Michigan and By 1857, the Grand Trunk had a total of 849 miles of track in operation and rostered a fleet of 197 locomotives. Builder's Number: 58463, Cylinders (diameter x stroke in inches): 26 x 30 These engines weighed 290,000 pounds and had the 63-inch drivers common to all Canadian National and Grand Trunk 2-8-2s. 6039 pulled its last train in early 1959, right before its fire was dropped for the last time. As a result of this, No. Above we see No. 5629 made its debut pulling a trip over the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad, for which it was painted in B&O colors. Steamtown Foundation, n.d. (ca. 7531 is a class O-19 0-6-0 steam locomotive it was built by Alco in 1919 for the New England Gas and Coke Company as #4. 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. The run drew thousands of rail enthusiasts. Since No. More information: In 1984, No. light Mikado design; class includes 15 GT and 25 GTW locomotives. Power consisted of the 5000 series Pacifics and 2600-series Consolidations. vestibuled or all-weather cabs. [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. which 10 are 0-8-0 switch engines, so that 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. of modifications. 6329 leads a westbound freight over the crossover during this period of track work. Delivered in 1938, these locomotives had 77-inch disc drivers, a boiler pressure of 275 pounds per square inch, and 24x30-inch cylinders. the practice on the Canadian National in an attempt to keep the smoke 6327 was among the last of GTW's steam engines still operating when the railroad dieselized in 1960 and it was scrapped that year. 8380 and its eleven sisters in class P-5-g were erected by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1929. No. Weight on Drivers: 189,360 lbs. 6039, which operated on Canadian National's American When the Grand Trunk was absorbed in the CNR system, a handful of new locomotives were also constructed. Its forte was heavy passenger and fast freight service. 1006, and renumbered twice, before it was photographed leading a mixed train through Ontario in . 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. It seems that the company had acquired a number of locomotives for scrapping, and even replaced older switchers with more recent acquisitions. 3523 was a member of class S-1-h, built in 1918 by Schenectady. Related photos: photograph), but not on the fourth. Illinois and was in its later years the only railroad that provided They had a grate area of 84 square feet, 4400 square feet of evaporative heating surface, and 1955 square feet of superheating surface. Three factors influenced the Grand Trunk Western The locomotives shown here belonged to class N-4-d. Western equipped them all with more modern and efficient roller bearings Actually, these engines had been converted from 2-8-2s by amputating the pilot truck. D&RGW #315, May 28: Cumbres & Toltec Locomotive 168 Memorial Weekend Special 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. Accordingly, in 1925 that the Grand Trunk Western This class had a grate area of 67 square feet, 3785 square feet of evaporative heating surface, and 880 square feet of superheater surface. 6325 was retired in 1959 it was donated to the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, for display. They developed 52,457 pounds of tractive effort and weighed 382,700 pounds. No. The GTW P-5 0-8-0s were sharing duties with diesel switchers as early as the late 1930s. The judge ruled in favor of Metra and stated that if Jensen could not move it, Metra would be allowed to scrap it. 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. Class J-3-a had 69-inch drivers, a boiler pressure of 185 pounds per square inch, and cylinder dimensions of 23x28 inches. Many of these pieces, including the bell and headlight, survive today in private collections around the country. Both of these engines were scrapped in 1960. My photo (above, left) was used in their online promotional poster. In 1960, No. At 6325 rests on the bridge over the Battle Creek River in the summer of 1952, waiting for the highball to proceed westward. Hollidaysburg to Martinsburg, PA 3734 heading a westbound local freight in my village of Bellevue, Michigan, in the autumn of 1952. Diameter of Drive Wheels: 55" 5030 and 5632, are both on static display in Michigan. No. Ashland Train Day, May 20-21 & 27-29: Walkersville Southern Railroad Steam Trains 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. The grate is 50.62 sq ft and total heating surface is 3,003 sq ft including 578 sq ft superheating. They weighed about 211,200 pounds and were rated at 40,000 pounds of tractive effort. Builders Number: 46941, Cylinders: 20x28 This photo is of special interest in revealing that at least this member of the U-3-b class had spoked pilot truck wheels; all other photos I have seen of these engines show solid pilot truck wheels. Riverside, Vermont, just north of Bellows Falls. C ANADIAN N ATIONAL R AILWAYS. [16] In 1985, fundraising began to restore the engine. 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. Related photos: Related photos: 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. 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. CNR steam locomotives that serviced this country of ours. 6039 was reassigned to pulling secondary passenger trains between Detroit and Muskegon, and it last served in the late 1950s. commuter rail service in and around Detroit. trains, plus night photo session - Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania By the first half of the 20th century the railroads largest steam power would be its Northern type 4-8-4 locomotives, called Confederations by CN. Meanwhile, one of CN's American subsidiaries, the Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW), was struggling with the increase of passenger traffic, especially in the Chicago division, since their trains were growing longer to the point they exceeded their 4-6-2 "Pacific" types' hauling capacities. Builders Number: 38441, Cylinders: 23x28 Narrow Gauge Railroad applied at the same time even to a single locomotive. 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. Jeddo Coal 0-4-0 steam locomotive #85 pulls three excursions each day - Walkersville, Cumbres & Toltec, 8380 at the Illinois Railway Museum. These locomotives pulled with 52,000 pounds of tractive effort. I took the above photo of No. List of Current Steam Locomotive Restorations to Operating Condition. 5043 and 5042 resting near the roundhouse. At right is a postcard published early in the diesel era, still showing one of the 6400s stopped at Durand with a Montreal-Chicago train. 1941, the railroad installed cowls or smoke deflectors of various 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. As with many Technically called "box-spoke," these drivers had fewer spokes [3], Since its sidelining in 2005, No. extent that the company's 4-6-2 Pacifics increasingly had to be double- ], National Railway Historical Society Bulletin, Vol. Unfortunately, the locomotive had been vandalized over the years to the point where it was unsafe to move. Simmons-Boardman Publishing Co., 1927. 6039 is a preserved class "U-1-c" 4-8-2 "Mountain type" steam locomotive built in June 1925 by Baldwin. 6405 was the last of the U-4-b class to remain in service. [10] In June 2010, No. 5629 at Dearborn Station in Chicago. 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. Peering over her shoulder is K-4-a Pacific No. More information: Until the mid-1950s the GTW's passenger service was still entirely steam-operated, with the exception of the Detroit-Port Huron motor train. Western No. Locomotive Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. In 1948, locomotive No. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. On August 10, 2021, it was test-fired for the . Tractive Effort (in lbs. freight as they could heading up the Maple Leaf or the This photo was taken in the summer of 1953. wedge-shaped. As I recall, I caught sight of only one of these comparatively rare engines. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Durango & Silverton No. To add your event or excursion to this page, please 3523 renumbered to 3522 in June, 1956; others presumably scrapped by then. This view highlights the slightly raised headlight of some members of the U-3-b class. 5629, famous for her steam excursions in the diesel era (see below). 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. Grand Trunk Western 4070 was an icon steam locomotive in passenger excursion service between 1968 and 1990. [See p. 198, fig. Narrow Gauge Railroad Photos, Nevada Northern greatly improved lateral strength and rim stiffness. These Lima-built locomotives closely resembled Nos. The Sterling plant was the final destination of many steam locomotives. 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. 6039 at Elsdon engine terminal in 6039 awaited a call at Detroit, Michigan, on July Scrapping began on July 14, 1987 and was completed by July 17th. 100. 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. Gary Thompson provided a photo by William Rosenberg of No. 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. 6039, the only tender of this 8346 of class P-5-e was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1927 and weighed 211,200 pounds. Boiler Pressure: 190 psi In this view, the spoked pilot applied to several of the U-3-b class is apparent. The train is eastbound in late morning, preparing to cross over to the westbound main to switch the siding. It ran the last scheduled steam train in the United States on March 27, 1960 on its train #21 from Detroit's Brush Street Station north to Durand Union Station. Trains, 4070 is an S-3-a class 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) for in 1918 the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. designs around the stacks of these engines, following the popularity of Then at 5 pm, it pulled a special 3-hour excursion to the OHCR Morgan Run steam shops for tours. They had 51-inch diameter driving wheels, weighed 215,150 pounds, and exerted 49,691 pounds of tractive effort. It is now at the Gorham Historical Society and Railroad Museum. 8376 shown above.). In 1965, the collection was moved again across the Connecticut River to Bellows Falls, and No. Grand Trunk Western No. 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. carrier service in the state of Vermont, and the last to survive. 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 Grand Trunk Western (GTW) was one of three notable U.S. properties owned by Canadian National (others being Central Vermont and Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific). No. 8380 in the yards at Durand, Michigan during the summer of 1953. Copyright 1995-2023 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. trains, plus night photo session - Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania 4070 and may have been the last steam locomotive to haul freight on the Grand Trunk Western. Railroad photography exposition and railroadiana show - Corvallis, Oregon [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. 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. February 25: Hocking Valley Steam Train Special. No. primary focus of the Steamtown collection. No. 6313, along with most members of the U-3-b class, was cut up in 1960. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1977. In addition, we are making available a copy of the GTW Passenger Timetable, September 30, 1951 in PDF format. Grand Trunk Western, Durand, Michigan; 1959 - YouTube 0:00 / 7:48 Grand Trunk Western, Durand, Michigan; 1959 14,647 views Mar 1, 2013 In the Spring and Winter of 1959, my dad took these. 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. Later fully or partially equipped with disc drivers. 713 is a "Mogul" type 2-6-0 steam locomotive. Winterail, March 18-19: Durango & Silverton Galloping Goose Excursions The first Grand Trunk Western trip proved to be a big success and over the next few years, No. The accuracy and accessibility of the resulting translation is not guaranteed. resulted in the railroad downgrading use of the "Mountains," and they Condition: Although ostensibly in good 3523 at the GTW's Battle Creek shops in the summer of 1953 she was awaiting repairs. Throughout its history GTW has shared the same type and class designations of its locomotives with parents Grand Trunk Railway and Canadian National. 5629 was subsequently moved to a spur track in Hammond, IN that Jensen had rented from the Grand Trunk. Everett Railroad Grand Trunk Western No. 16 (Dec. 1955): 18-20. 6325, had the headlight centered on the smokebox front. In the Steamtown Foundation files. 3740 in this capacity, trailed by a caboose and perhaps other cars used by a track work crew. [1], No. Rich Brzycki sent me a photo he rediscovered of No. 6328 met the torch in Chicago in 1960. Coal (in tons): 18 More information: Steamed up for the first time in October 1961, No. Durango & Silverton In this view the valve gear and main rod are disconnected, which in the 1950s was usually a sign that the locomotive was on its way to the scrap yard. Mid-Twentieth Century. 6038 and specifications. locomotives, numbered 6037 through 6041, which it assigned to Class They weighed 285,500 pounds and developed 40,750 pounds of tractive force. Lerro Photography 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. However, returning 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. for the move from Bellows Falls to Scranton, and those need to be During that same summer my father was transitioning between serving as Methodist minister in Bellevue, Michigan and teaching at the Detroit Institute of Technology. 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. (Photo: DogsRNice via CC by 4.0) Early Years for the Grand Trunk Western 6325. With little volunteers, low money and no place to call home, the Greater Battle Creek foundation was through.
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