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I hear that gremlins like to show up on Tuesdays.

If you go to Norwalk, I’d suggest a visit to the SoNo Switch Tower Museum. Good train watching there with one of the “best seats in the house”. It is an excellent museum with a great staff and is well worth the visit.

Alas, a decision has been made by the City and her residents. The City of Port Arthur will keep #503. They will move the locomotive to another spot within Bryan Park, allowing the area in which it was sitting to be remediated. It has not been announced as to what (if anything) will happen with regar...

The original deadline has come and gone. The locomotive has not been scrapped or removed at this writing. The fundraising campaign has raised $67,084 via contributions from some 1,253 people from at least 6 countries around the world. Transportation for the locomotive has been pledged and tentative ...

UPDATED: 3/2/18. ACF Bag/RPO #6, originally Katy #225, former CGW #6, then to Smokey Hill Railway Historical Society. DST Systems of Kansas City bought the car from Smokey Hill. Mid America Car & Locomotive for external restoration. Currently displayed on the turntable at the former KCT Roundhou...

The following locomotive is in immediate danger of scrapping and efforts are currently underway to save it. #503 is a 4-6-0 “Ten Wheeler” steam locomotive that was built by Baldwin in April of 1920 for the Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad. It served the railroad until being sold to the Louisiana Midl...

Updated list as of 1/25/2018 ACF Bag/RPO #6, originally Katy #225, former CGW #6, then to Smokey Hill Railway Historical Society. DST Systems of Kansas City bought the car from Smokey Hill. Mid America Car & Locomotive for external restoration. Currently displayed on the turntable at the former ...

Updated list as of 01/08/18: ACF Bag/RPO #6, originally Katy #225, former CGW #6, then to Smokey Hill Railway Historical Society. DST Systems of Kansas City bought the car from Smokey Hill. Mid America Car & Locomotive for external restoration. Currently displayed on the turntable at the former ...

This is a list of surviving KCS passenger service equipment based on the information I have gathered from multiple sources. Not all of the information is current and much will require updates. If anyone has any current and reliable information regarding these cars, please comment. Current status, ow...

The salmon were successfully placed in three locations today.....Reynold's, Jericho, and Chase bridges. She's a fine machine and a great fit for the job.

fl9m2004 wrote:When the fall season starts I'll be on one of the Naugatuck trains

fl9m2004 wrote:Is there a run around track at Torrington

Blue Seal/Agway are feed stores, Dwan Company is an alcoholic beverage distributor, Stone Container made corrugated paper products, Brunswick made golf club shafts, Timken made bearings, Turner and Seymour still makes chain, Grunder's Equipment is a farm equipment dealer, and Allied Groceries and If...

Winsted went in April, 1963 because there simply was not enough business to make it pay to go there. The 1955 floods had nothing to do with the railroad in Winsted. Even before the 1955 floods the local freight only went to Winsted not more than three days a week and maybe not even that. The bulk o...

Well played, sir!