Hocking Valley Scenic Railway, March 18: Winterail The locomotives shown here belonged to class N-4-d. 5629 to the Rock Island Railroad's Burr Oak Yard in Blue Island, IL. 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 awaited a call at Detroit, Michigan, on July More information: In the scene below at the Battle Creek shops from the summer of 1953, 0-6-0 No. Others, such as the surviving No. The locomotive was mainly designed to haul freight trains, but also did occasional passenger service whenever possible. Locomotive No. 5629 lead many excursions over the GTW in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. The locomotive was subsequently moved out of the back shops to remain on display on various parts of Steamtown property. 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. 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. 5030 had been involved in a notorious train wreck, that of the "Knights Templar Special" on June 5, 1923. The low photo angle was mandated by the location, as the roadbed was on a fill and there was no way to photograph the locomotive from track level. for the move from Bellows Falls to Scranton, and those need to be Tractive Effort: 34,669 lbs heavier engine was essential to eliminate the practice. Tractive Effort: 42,000 lbs Railroad No. 6325 in 1993 and moved it to OHCR's steam shops at Morgan Run. that its restoration for operation may not be fiscally within reason, Grand Trunk Western - Locomotive No. At left is a dramatic low-angle shot of 4-8-4 No. ): 65,000 (also reported as 49,590), Tender Capacity: 6039 was reassigned to pulling secondary passenger trains between Detroit and Muskegon, and it last served in the late 1950s. In other respects these engines had specifications similar to No. At the end of its career in the 1950s, the Grand and special excursions; if it cannot be restored mechanically, it should However, this was later removed for proving to be ineffective. Steamtown Foundation, n.d. (ca. 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. A member of class S-3-c outshopped by American Locomotive in 1924, she was assigned 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. Normally the local freight through Bellevue, Michigan, was headed by a Consolidation. In 1967 and 1968, it traveled to Baraboo, WI to pull the Circus World Museum's Schlitz Circus Train. One of my earlier shots, from the summer of 1952, features Consolidation No. 6039, the only tender of this 6410 in this role at Bellevue, Michigan late in 1952. Following a day of testing and adjustments to her appliances, the next day, July 31, with Mr. Jacobson at the throttle she moved under her own power for the first time in over 40 years. 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. The dimensions of class P-5-b, built by ALCo in 1924, were similar to those of the later subclasses except that their lower 200-pound boiler pressure gave them only 45,000 pounds of tractive effort. In the 1950s, the Grand Trunk Western operated five 4-8-2s in class U-1-c, Nos. Virginia Grand Trunk Western road engines, and the only 4-8-2 of the Boxcab switcher for the Milwaukee ferry dock. trains, plus night photo session - Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania After our family had moved to Bloomington, Illinois, my brother David took my 35mm camera on a steam-hunting expedition to Michigan and Ontario. In 1960, No. To order tickets click on the link below to reserve your tour slot today! Durango & Silverton Photo Concepts: When the gates close, the engineer gives a steam blast on the whistle, then steam escapes on both sides of the locomotive making a nice action shot. Circa 1937-1942, compiled from various sources. It also appeares on the back cover of the Spring 2022 issue of The Semaphore, magazine of the Grand Trunk Western Historical Society. 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. 6039 was the third member of the class,[3] and it was initially used by the GTW to pull heavy passenger trains between Chicago, Illinois and Port Huron, Michigan. It was built in 1900 by the GTR Point St. Charles Shops for the Grand Trunk Railroad as No. 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. Related photos: No. railroad to survive. ], Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice, 8th ed. If it the engine, which at the time was stored in St. Albans, Vermont. Many of these pieces, including the bell and headlight, survive today in private collections around the country. 159. 6325 for example, were in 2002, where it pulled many regular trips as well as some photo festivals where it was coupled to a train and was run along Ohio Central's track at various places for photographs, runbys or just normal train chasing. In the late 1970s, Jensen moved 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. locomotives in the collection, this engine had its drive rods removed [8] As of 2023, No. No. History: Incorporated in 1900 in Indiana and Michigan and controlled by the Grand Trunk Railroad of Canada, by 1920 the Grand Trunk Western Railway owned 331 miles of track in Michigan and Illinois and was in its later years the only railroad that provided commuter rail service in and . 8380 at the Illinois Railway Museum. Builder's no. After World War II, the GTW started investing into diesel locomotives, which would take over most of the high-priority assignments. This group had 26x30-inch cylinders, a driver diameter of 73 inches, and a boiler pressure of 210 pounds per square inch. Photo by the author, Edward J. Ozog. At that time, the locomotive was leased to the Central Vermont Railway (CV), another American subsidiary of CN, to pull fast freight trains throughout the state of Vermont. Grand Trunk Western No. and it proved to be one of the last steam locomotives in normal common The Grand Trunk Western No. 3713. RM 2F5J0AR - Grand Trunk Railway 4-4-0 locomotive, no. 3740 was built by Schenectady in 1923, and was listed as being renumbered to 4076 in June 1956. U.S.R.A. The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is . This locomotive also has a "cowcatcher" pilot, whereas most members of the U-3-b class had the cast steel pilot as shown on No. ", "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. Two 2-day photo charters featuring EBT 2-8-2 #16 with passenger and freight As for No. Weight on Drivers: 189,360 lbs. I snapped the above photo of No. This portrait of 2-8-0 No. The Sterling plant was the final destination of many steam locomotives. 50196, and the Bellevue operator, V. R. Hart. These locomotives pulled with 52,000 pounds of tractive effort. Colorado to Osier 56, her Muskegon-Detroit train. primary focus of the Steamtown collection. Winterail, March 18-19: Durango & Silverton Galloping Goose Excursions 6313, above, as she pauses with the mid-afternoon Inter-City Limited in the summer of 1953. 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. do not Exceed Fifteen 15 Miles per hour entering and leaving single track V.R.H." and Island Pond, Vt. Mostly, it served on the . (Train orders were sometimes called "flimsies" because of the thin paper used in making multiple carbon copies.) Farrell, Jack W., and Mike Pearsall. 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. trains, plus night photo session - Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania Unfortunately, the locomotive had been vandalized over the years to the point where it was unsafe to move. I. E. Quastler included this photo in his Grand Trunk Western Railroad: An Illustrated History. Railroad Photos, March 23-24: Southern Pacific 18 at Laws Railroad Museum reported to have received vanadium steel main frames and "boxpok" drive 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. 2664, 2665, 2669, 2671-2673, 2676 built 1907; 2666-2668, 2677-2683 built 1911. all of them in the late 1940s. In 1925, the Grand Trunk Western Railway purchased five 4-8-2 Mountain locomotives, numbered 6037 through 6041, from the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Below we see two more examples of the Grand Trunk Western's fleet of eight-wheeled switchers. Grand Trunk Western 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. Western Railroad, 1938-1961. Below is a broadside shot of 0-8-0 switcher No. 19th annual street festival and railfan extravaganza - Ashland, The locomotive at right is U-3-b 4-8-4 No. 6039 at the Baldwin Locomotive Works on June 26, 1925. These 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. In 1984, No. Beaudette, Edward H. Central Vermont Railway: Operations in the Mid-Twentieth Century. As a result I never saw them in operation, though I photographed No. Lake Superior & Ishpeming: 2-8-0 "consolidation" Durango & Silverton They were manufactured with friction bearings on all 4083 in the 1956 renumbering. C ANADIAN N ATIONAL R AILWAYS. Unable to run the locomotive, it was placed in storage at the Amtrak yard near Union Station in Chicago while Jensen was hospitalized. However, when I came across No. Notice also that this locomotive, in common with some other members of the U-3-b class, had the "cowcatcher" pilot whereas most were fitted with the cast steel pilot shown on Nos. North American Steam 3523 is its Young valve gear, in which the valve mechanism drives directly off the cylinder crosshead. 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. 7526 peers bashfully between two of the class U-3-b Northerns, Nos. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. 5030-5048 were built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1912 for GTW's predecessor, the Grand Trunk Railway; No. [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. 56 from Muskegon to Detroit is 4-6-2 No. Coal (in tons): 18 Grand Trunk Western Railroad 4-8-2 Locomotive No. Actually, these engines had been converted from 2-8-2s by amputating the pilot truck. Grand Trunk Western No. 2680, the "regular" on the local freight at that time. Athearn Genesis G9013 USRA 2-8-2 . 5634. Railroad photography exposition and railroadiana show - Corvallis, Oregon 6325 was the star of the show; first it was parked for display then it was coupled to the passenger train for several one-hour train rides throughout the day. However, two of No. modifications of these locomotives. The CNR system U-1-a through U-1-e classes had the "Indirect" or "reverse" configuration of the Walschaerts valve gear. Class: U-1-c, Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works However in 2005, the engine was sidelined after it suffered a hot driving axle bearing issue during an excursion run, it was taken out of service indefinitely were it was previously awaiting for a complete rebuild. 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. This photo was taken in the summer of 1953. With a locomotive weight of 354,110 pounds, they mustered 49,590 pounds of tractive force. Grand Trunk Western Locomotive No. Boiler Pressure (in lbs. . 5629 was designed for use on the GTW's commuter trains in the Detroit area. photograph), but not on the fourth. Sugar Express, February 25: Hocking Valley Steam Train Special Condition: Although ostensibly in good ], Scribbins, Jim. vanadium steel main frames, boxpok drive wheels, and a Vanderbilt Grand Trunk Western was one of them (others included Illinois Central, Atlantic Coast Line and Canadian Pacific). Blount paid $7,425 for 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. 6039 was [21] The year 2003 was a spectacular year for 6325, it pulled a few excursions but that wasn't the main event of that year, it was a huge photo festival which included 20 side by side photo runs with No. 6325 was no exception. 6323 at speed on the main line with a passenger train, perhaps even the Maple Leaf. 8380 in the yards at Durand, Michigan during the summer of 1953. No. 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. $75.00 + $22.45 shipping. They had 51-inch diameter driving wheels, weighed 215,150 pounds, and exerted 49,691 pounds of tractive effort. 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. The Point St.Charles shop was opened in 1859 by the Grand Trunk and built a healthy portion of the Grand Trunk's roster. Locomotives built for the Grand Trunk at the Point St.Charles shops will be identified in the "Builder" with the mark "GTR". 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. 32, No. 5030 and 5632, are both on static display in Michigan. 4070 was then acquired by the Midwest Railway Preservation Society for use on its Cuyahoga Valley Line. 6329 leads a westbound freight over the crossover during this period of track work. These class O-19-a switchers were built by ALCo in 1919. Boiler Pressure: 190 psi Last updated February 22, 2023. Grand Trunk Western No. [3] The U-3-b engines were right at home with GTW's road profile and characteristics, running almost a quarter of a million miles (400,000km) between heavy repairs. During the 1940s, No. Oddly, these modern drive wheels were not all 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. 7526, because of its short wheelbase, was probably used to switch some industrial trackage in Battle Creek that had sharp curves. Throughout its history GTW has shared the same type and class designations of its locomotives with parents Grand Trunk Railway and Canadian National. 6325 has one surviving sister engine, No. Durango & Silverton They developed 52,457 pounds of tractive effort and weighed 382,700 pounds. Technically called "box-spoke," these drivers had fewer spokes 1924. Peering over her shoulder is K-4-a Pacific No. More information: Newton: Carstens Publications, 1982: 85. 6039. I saw them operating there a few times, and photographed my sons Peter and Paul posing with Northwestern Steel & Wire's No. No. Due to poor ballast conditions the train jumped the tracks a mile west of Durand, Michigan. 5030 was captured on movie film by Jerry Carson and may be seen in the Green Frog video Steam in the 50's. No. Thus commuters riding to their jobs in 1930). 86 was built in 1910 by the Canadian Locomotive Co. as Grand Trunk No. 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. Burr Oak Yard was sold to Metra Commuter Rail of Chicago, who asked Jensen to relocate No. 3732 at the engine terminal in Battle Creek in August, 1956. Entdecke SELTEN - CHAMP, GRAND TRUNK WESTERN, GTW, DAMPFLOK, O SCALE AUFKLEBER, E-5 in groer Auswahl Vergleichen Angebote und Preise Online kaufen bei eBay Kostenlose Lieferung fr viele Artikel! 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. For more information: No. the United States as a result of the great success of an engine of that 6039. No. 2124. She had 27x30-inch cylinders, 63-inch drivers, and a boiler pressure of 175 pounds. report to document the use and physical history of the locomotive. Builder: BaldwinLocomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 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. Lerro Productions, April 8, 22 & 29: Durango & Silverton Galloping Goose Excursions 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. In 1965, the collection was moved again across the Connecticut River to Bellows Falls, and No. Grand Trunk 3415 in 1954 in Quebec Province. 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. Durango & Silverton Diameter of Drive Wheels: 55" 5629 was subsequently moved to a spur track in Hammond, IN that Jensen had rented from the Grand Trunk. Grand Trunk Western No. As a result of this, No. SHREVEPORT HOUSTON & GULF RAILROAD 4-6-0 #5 ORIGINAL CAMDEN TEXAS LOGGING PHOTO (#404179167035). 8317 and 8346 rest next to the Pontiac, Michigan roundhouse in the summer of 1953, awaiting their return to switching duties. Francisco Railway. NPS should commission a 6325 moved for the first time under its own power in forty-two years. can be restored to run, it should be so restored for interpretive use 100. They featured enclosed or vestibule cabs similar to those on GTW's 4-8-4s and 4-8-2s, and also introduced the exhaust steam injector in place of the feedwater heater of the K-4-a class. 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. successful, to the extent that Canadian National bought another 21 in 6408 at Durand, Michigan, in the summer of 1953, as it stopped at the depot with the Maple Leaf. 5629 at Dearborn Station in Chicago. It was operated on this schedule for all three days of the event. Its role in history is what saved it from the scrapper's torch. Seller information. Jeddo Coal 0-4-0 steam locomotive #85 pulls three excursions each day - Walkersville, Those remaining in 1956 renumbered as follows: 3740 = 4076; 3742-3747 = 4077-4082. 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. why did stalin exile trotsky, clegherns piggly wiggly menu,
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