General Electric Diesel Locomotives GEd 25-ton No.2 was built in 1951 for the New York and Pennsylvania Paper Company for use on the 36” gauge railroad inside its plant in Johnsonburg, PA. Later purchased by John Uher and modified to standard gauge, the engine ran on John’s private Coshocton, Otsego and Eastern Railroad. While only …
Fairbanks-Morse Diesel Locomotives H12-44 #1802 was built in 1956. After serving on the Yankeetown Dock Railroad and the North Carolina Port Authority, #1802 was sold to the Ohio Central Railroad via e-Bay. You truly can purchase anything online these days! Another U.S. Army veteran now in the Age of Steam collection, H12-44 #1852 was built …
Electro-Motive Division Diesel Locomotives SW1200 #1202 built 1954 serial #19532 1,200-hp ex-Aliquippa & Southern SW1200 #1205 built 1955 serial #20637 1,200-hp ex-Aliquippa & Southern SW1200 #1203 built 1954 serial #18877 1,200-hp ex-N&T #1203; ex-A&BB #1203; ex-Norfolk & Western #3375; originally Wabash #375 GP7 #1501 built 1953 serial #17982 1,500-hp ex-Youngstown & Austintown; ex-Pittsburgh & Lake …
American Locomotive Company Diesel Locomotives S2 #100 built 1956 serial #81813 1,000-hp ex-Southern Pacific #1072/1239 RS3 #1077 built 1955 serial #81353 1,600-hp ex-Michigan Shore #1077; ex-Detroit & Makinac 31077; ex-Long Island Rail Road #1553 RS3 #4099 built 1952 serial #80299 1,600-hp ex-Cuyahog Valley Scenic 4099; ex-Delaware & Hudson #4099 S2 #14 built 1941 serial #69489 …
McCloud River 2-8-2 No. 19 Previous Next A 1915 product of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, this superheated 2-8-2 was constructed as No.4 for the Caddo & Choctaw logging railroad in Arkansas. It was the 42,000th locomotive built by Baldwin, and was rolled out of the shop on April 9th wearing a coat of olive green …
McCloud River 2-6-2 No. 9 Previous Next It was the dawn of the 20th Century, and business was booming on California’s McCloud River Railroad. In need of additional locomotives, the lumber hauler turned to Baldwin for a pair of low-wheeled 2-6-2’s, No.8 and No.9. Arriving in 1901, the engines were trim, lightweight machines designed to …
Carnegie Steel 0-4-0T Saddletank No. 14 Previous Next This diminutive locomotive was constructed by Pittsburgh’s H.K. Porter Company in April 1897 as No.14 for the Carnegie Steel plant in Cochran, Pennsylvania. It was later transferred to U.S. Steel in Duquesne as that mill’s No.727. It is believed that its small tender was constructed and added …
Alabama, Tennessee & Northern 2-10-0 No. 401 Previous Next The Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railroad was a 220-mile long short line railroad in the state of Alabama. Through various mergers and expansions the railroad eventually reached the port of Mobile in 1928, but AT&N rails never got anywhere close to reaching Tennessee. During this same …
Compressed Air 0-4-0 No. 1 Specifications Builder: H.K. Porter – Pittsburgh, Penn. Built: November 1915 Serial Number: #5731 Wheel Arrangement: 0-4-0 3-tank Compressed Air (Pneumatic) Driver Diameter: 36″ Cylinder Bore x Stroke: 11″ x 18″ high pressure; 22″ x 18″ low pressure Boiler Pressure: 800 psi, reduced to 250 psi (HP cylinder) and 50 psi …
Grand Trunk Western 4-8-4 No. 6325 Previous Next Constructed in 1942 by American Locomotive Company’s Schenectady Works, Grand Trunk Western 4-8-4 No.6325 hauled both wartime freight and passenger trains between Detroit and Chicago. The smallish Northern Types were well-suited for the GTW’s needs; they were powerful and quick and handled such trains as the Maple …
