Railway Museum To Focus On Repair Needs In 2012
Article on work planned for early 2012, far more than "repairs" as the title would suggest
Source: Smiths Falls EMC, Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada
Posted on February 4, 2012 by Steve Hunter
Locomotive Steams Back To Town After 87 Years On The Isle Of Wight
Built by the London and South Western Railway in 1891 and now based on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway, the locomotive will be the star guest at the Bodmin and Wenford Railway's Spring Steam Spectacular gala, and it will be the first time the engine will have been seen on the British mainland since 1925.
Source: Cornish Guardian, Truro, England, UK
Posted on February 2, 2012 by Boyd Owens
Tweetsie On Track For New Season
It will be another two and a half months before Tweetsie's whistle thunders through the mountains again and the laughter of children fills the park.
But inside the Tweetsie Railroad train shop, work is still chugging along to ensure that every moving part in the 55-year-old park is ready for its April 13 opening.
Source: Watauga Democrat, Boone, NC, USA
Posted on February 2, 2012 by Boyd Owens
Depot Restoration On Track
The dreams of Kingsburg citizens to have its historic depot restored have been realized. The Fresno Council of Governments Policy Board announced last week it is transferring $1.157 million in transportation enhancement funds from the city of Fresno's Santa Fe Depot project to the Kingsburg Historic Train Depot project, enough to finish the depot restoration.
Source: Kingsburg Recorder, Kingsburg, CA, USA
Posted on February 2, 2012 by Boyd Owens
Groups Looking To Preserve Old Kent Train Station
Several groups have expressed an interest in moving forward with discussions regarding the preservation of the train station as they search for people and resources to assist with the project.
Source: Kent Reporter, Kent, WA, USA
Posted on February 2, 2012 by Boyd Owens
Model Railroaders Update Council On Rail Car Display In Lindsay
The club made "giant strides" since 2009, improving the steam locomotive and acquiring a caboose from Bethany last spring, after a previous caboose was torched by vandals.
Source: Kawartha Media Group, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Posted on February 2, 2012 by Boyd Owens
Farmer Keeps A Piece Of Alda History
After nearly 140 years later, what was the beginning of Alda still stands. The railroad depot in Alda has lived a useful journey since it was built in the 1870's.
For many years the structure has been vacant and Ag Services intended to tear it down, but one farmer wasn't going to let that happen.
Source: KHAS-TV, Hastings, NE, USA
Posted on February 2, 2012 by Boyd Owens
Move Afoot To Shift Historic Railcars Stirs Friction
If Pemberton Township and Burlington County officials have their way, the site will be part of a rails-to-trails system for hikers while continuing as a railroad museum and welcome center touting the area's history.
At the same time, though, all but two pieces of the rolling stock are likely to be moved - to another historic station in Mount Holly, which would also open as a museum.
Source: Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Posted on February 1, 2012 by Boyd Owens
Final Wall Of Historic Sellwood Carbarns May Come Down
Unless a donor with deep pockets comes forward to help, the final piece of the historic Sellwood Carbarns, at S.E. 13th Avenue between Linn and Ochoco Streets, may soon be demolished. The three-bay, 100-foot-long brick wall is the only surviving part of five 400-foot-long structures that were built between 1909-1911 by the Portland Railway, Light, & Power Company (PRL&P), to shelter streetcars for maintenance, cleaning, and repair.
Source: The Bee, Portland, OR, USA
Posted on January 31, 2012 by Boyd Owens
Severn Valley Railway Celebrates 150th Anniversary
The Severn Valley Railway is celebrating 150 years since the first train left Worcestershire for Shrewsbury.
Source: British Broadcasting Corporation, London, England, U.K.
Posted on January 31, 2012 by Richard Buckby
GWR Heritage Railway Embankment Repairs Begin
Work has begun to repair a heritage railway line embankment in central England which collapsed in January 2011
Source: British Broadcasting Corporation, London, England, U.K.
Posted on January 31, 2012 by Richard Buckby
Plea For Funds To Restore Train At Rutland Railway Museum In Cottesmore
An appeal has been launched to restore a Second World War steam train to full working condition.
The Singapore is currently at Rutland Railway Museum in Cottesmore and has been an attraction there since 1979.
Every 10 years the train has to be reassessed to see if it is still working properly and this time volunteers at the museum think it’s going to cost about £35,000 to restore the machine to working order.
Source: Rutland Times, , , UK
Posted on January 30, 2012 by Boyd Owens
Six Streaks Reunited: Eisenhower And Dominion Are Coming Home
The National Railway Museum has reached a formal agreement to temporally repatriate A4s 60008 Dwight D Eisenhower, from Wisconsin, and 60010 Dominion of Canada, from Montreal, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of sister locomotive Mallard’s 1938 record breaking speed run.
Source: Rail.Co, , , UK
Posted on January 30, 2012 by Boyd Owens
Saving The Old Train Station In Rural Retreat
Rural Retreat Depot Foundation, a nonprofit organization that struck a deal last fall to acquire the building must come up with $90,000 by October.
Source: Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA, USA
Posted on January 30, 2012 by Boyd Owens
Rewari Loco Shed May Lose Steam
With just 25 staff, the ‘heritage site’ faces challenge of lack of trained workforce. While the shed has earned the tag of 'heritage site' for being one of the rarest steam engine sheds in the world, the biggest challenge in near future would be availability of workforce—well-trained in working on steam engines.
Source: Deccan Herald, Bangalore, India
Posted on January 30, 2012 by Boyd Owens
Project To Move Century-Old South Dakota Train Depot Back To Fort Pierre Gets Big Money Boost
The state Department of Transportation Commission has approved a $500,000 allocation from the state's share of the federal gas tax. The money will help the project to move the depot from rural Faith to a site on U.S. Highway 83 in Fort Pierre and renovate it as a tourist attraction.
Source: Republic.Com, Columbus, Indiana, USA
Posted on January 28, 2012 by Boyd Owens
Some Work Has Been Done, But Restoration Lags For Old Locomotive In Macon's Central City Park
Nine months ago, the city of Macon gave permission for the Hartwell Railroad Co. of Bowersville to take Steam Locomotive 509 out of Central City Park, restore it and put it back in service for tourist runs.
Nine months later, the engine and coal car are still there -- where they’ve sat for the past 53 years.
Source: Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, USA
Posted on January 28, 2012 by Boyd Owens
Wheel Found In River May Be From Locomotive That Fell Off Ferry
Members of the historical society think it may be a wheel from a locomotive that fell into the river and sank in the water in 1897.
Source: Record Searchlight, Redding, California, USA
Posted on January 28, 2012 by Boyd Owens
Railway Honored As ‘Attraction Of The Year’
ELY, NV- Nevada Travel Network's "2012 Attraction of the Year" was awarded to the Nevada Northern Railway in Ely, it was recently announced.
Source: Ely Times, Ely, Nevada, USA
Posted on January 28, 2012 by Sloan Auchincloss
Pemberton Township Council Reaches Partial Solution In Rail Dispute
A partial solution to the longstanding feud between the township administration and the Pemberton Township Historic Trust, was confirmed last Wednesday at the regular Township Council meeting.
All but two of the 12 items of rolling stock, mostly locomotives and boxcars, will move, probably to Mount Holly, according to council. The move is expected to take at least two months.
According to Adrienne Leonard of the Historic Trust, this agreement will also result in the trust being allowed back into the historic North Pemberton Train Station, where it has been barred for several months.
Source: South Jersey Local News, , NJ, USA
Posted on January 27, 2012 by Boyd Owens
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