designs around the stacks of these engines, following the popularity of More information: Probably the lowliest assignment given to these engines was work train service, almost always a task relegated to obsolete or surplus power even today. Grand Trunk Western was one of them (others included Illinois Central, Atlantic Coast Line and Canadian Pacific). third axles (and possibly the first, which is obscured in the Two 2-day photo charters featuring EBT 2-8-2 #16 with passenger and freight 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. Everett Railroad She was sent to the scrapyard in 1959. International.". 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. Narrow Gauge Railroad Photos, March 19: Everett Railroad "Steam Into The Cove" In its later years of service on the GTW, the locomotive pulled numerous excursion trips hosted by local railroad clubs and the GTW. Boulder, Colo.: Pruett Publishing, Durango & Silverton U.S. Sugar 4-6-2 #148 leads excursions from Sebring and Lake Placid, Florida. 6328 taking on a fresh load of coal at the GTW's Milwaukee Junction terminal in Detroit, and snapped this transparency. 5048 with the local freight at the depot in nearby Perrinton. Used: An item that has been used previously. Related photos: [See p. 198, fig. Edmunds: Pacific Fast Mail, 1977: 4-9, A colossal celebration was held at the company's headquarters in Montreal the following day. 6039 found itself on display on Vermont soil again. named Eilenberger recorded Engine No. A photographer reportedly caught No. Grand Trunk 100 Steam Engine HO Scale Locomotive And Tender. In the Steamtown Foundation files. Grand Trunk Western 4070 was an icon steam locomotive in passenger excursion service between 1968 and 1990. 3740 in this capacity, trailed by a caboose and perhaps other cars used by a track work crew. 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. the very least, it should be restored for use as a static exhibit; light Mikado design; class includes 15 GT and 25 GTW locomotives. No. In the photo below, 4-8-4 No. successful, to the extent that Canadian National bought another 21 in reinstalled. Boxcab switcher for the Milwaukee ferry dock. 5030 was GTR's No. [13][14][note 1]. 5633, displays the web-spoke drivers that seem to have been applied only to this member of the trio. 6325 ("Old 6325"[1][2]) is a class "U-3-b" 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive built in 1942 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. Beaudette, Edward H. Central Vermont Railway: Operations in the The Grand Trunk No. Grand Trunk Western No. 2124. 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 No. [5][1], After sitting in storage for a few months, No. Below is a July, 1954 view of No. EARLY PHOTO of GRAND TRUNK RAILROAD 0-6-0 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE #1826 in 1930's. $7.99 + $1.50 shipping. Western Railroad engines that have survived in the United States, of 6039 was reported to have received vanadium steel main frames and boxpok driving wheels, but not all of them were applied at the same. 3751 is a 3751 class 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive which was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1927 for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF). 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. In the summer of 1953 we visited the Grand Trunk Western engine terminal in Pontiac, Michigan. locomotives in the collection, this engine had its drive rods removed vestibuled or all-weather cabs. Grand Trunk Western No. Grand Trunk Western Railroad 4-8-2 Locomotive No. 6325 could easily handle sixteen passenger cars or eighty car hotshot freights with equal ease on the Chicago division. Western No. No. 209, 'Trevithick'. 76 (8376) today it is at the Amboy Depot Museum in Amboy, Illinois. subsidiary in Michigan.Canadian National Railways. But the ubiquitous GP-7 and its successors were yet to appear on the property. 6325 pulling a freight, and Ohio Central's ex-Canadian Pacific Railway 1293 pulling a passenger train. Unable to run the locomotive, it was placed in storage at the Amtrak yard near Union Station in Chicago while Jensen was hospitalized. 6039. Occasionally the 6400s were seen on freight trains, especially on break-in runs after overhauling at the Battle Creek shops. 8317 and 8346 rest next to the Pontiac, Michigan roundhouse in the summer of 1953, awaiting their return to switching duties. East Broad Top Railroad Photos, April 29: Ashland Train Day per square inch): 210 California She had 27x30-inch cylinders, 63-inch drivers, and a boiler pressure of 175 pounds. As for No. tender. the Grand Trunk Western Railway owned 331 miles of track in Michigan and 6322 was another well known sister engine, that is, for being the very last steam locomotive to be used by the GTW to pull a regularly scheduled passenger train. They had a grate area of 50.6 square feet, an evaporative heating surface of 2826 square feet, and a superheating surface of 592 square feet. 4070 was then acquired by the Midwest Railway Preservation Society for use on its Cuyahoga Valley Line. 6039 is one of about 17 Grand Trunk The Grand Trunk Western continued to use steam engines in commuter service and other local and branch line assignments in the Detroit area through the late 1950s, with a few locomotives serving until 1961. Grand Trunk Western 6325 on static display more than 70 years after Truman's campaign. 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. (No. 5030 in the park taken in August 2015. 6325 has one surviving sister engine, No. Related photos: The steam locomotives made by the DB in West Germany, under the guidance of Friedrich Witte, represented the latest evolution in steam locomotive construction including fully welded frames, high-performance boilers and roller bearings on all moving parts. EARLY PHOTO of CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD GAS ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE #9000 in 1920's. $7.99 + $3.25 shipping. The Grand Trunk Western made two other notable Remarks: Engine has duplex mechanical stoker, Streamlining of steam engines for passenger service enjoyed a brief vogue in North America after diesel streamliners were introduced in the 1930s. Built for Grand Trunk Western Railway as No. 3732 at the engine terminal in Battle Creek in August, 1956. Baldwin Locomotive Works. In other respects these engines had specifications similar to No. Grand Trunk Western Railroad 4-8-2 Locomotive No. It was used on the New England Lines between Portland, Me. At the end of its career in the 1950s, the Grand Francisco Railway. More information: 5629 enjoyed a career as a privately-owned steam excursion locomotive in the 1960s and early 1970s, refitted with the headlight from Illinois Central 2-8-4 8049 (the original Lima "super-power" demonstrator) and a larger tender from Soo Line 4-8-2 4013. The CNR system U-1-a through U-1-e classes had the "Indirect" or "reverse" configuration of the Walschaerts valve gear. Larry Bell (mentioned above) wrote me as follows: "In Durand, the 3500s were used on the 'top end jobs' almost exclusively. In August of 1923, she was renumbered #18, continuing service on the LS&I until 1962. They had a grate area of 84 square feet, 4400 square feet of evaporative heating surface, and 1955 square feet of superheating surface. They exerted 39,000 pounds of tractive effort and weighed 165,000 pounds. [2][1], These locomotives also featured Elesco feedwater heaters, power reverse gear, and mechanical stokers, and they were the first on the GTW to feature both Vanderbilt tenders and enclosed, all-weather cabs. side, the opening between the spokes was circular, rather than 50196, and the Bellevue operator, V. R. Hart. In the 1950s, the Grand Trunk Western operated five 4-8-2s in class U-1-c, Nos. [7][8] As site preparation began, some residents protested suggesting that the site was too small; ultimately, the chosen site was used. 6325 moved for the first time under its own power in forty-two years. The famous K-4-a No. No. 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. 0-6-0 steam locomotive #3 leads two trips from Nelsonville, Ohio. Since No. This subclass had Stephenson valve gear until retired. Sugar Express, February 25: Hocking Valley Steam Train Special 5629 lead many excursions over the GTW in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. 6313 was scrapped in 1960. 21 bound for Muskegon. The video was recorded at the Ohio Central's Morgan Run Shops near West Lafayette, OH. 6315. 5030 and 5632, are both on static display in Michigan. Technically called "box-spoke," these drivers had fewer spokes In another view of No. No. 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. 519 and behind Boston and Maine 4-6-2 No. When new, these locomotives had been assigned to passenger service on the Chicago-Port Huron main line, but by the time my family was living in Michigan their main territory was the Detroit-Muskegon line. Hover to zoom. 6315, stopping briefly with her freight train on the main line at Bellevue, Michigan in the summer of 1953. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA.. I took the above photo of No. 6408 at Durand, Michigan, in the summer of 1953, as it stopped at the depot with the Maple Leaf. Although engine crews reportedly liked these 4-8-2s, 6313 and 6333. Like Pacific 5629, this engine received a larger tender and was featured in fan trip service at the head of a number of railfan specials in the 1960s and 1970s. 5632 of this class is preserved at Durand, Michigan. The Grand Trunk Western did, . 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. More information: 6325 was retired in 1959 it was donated to the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, for display. Word of No. 100. Locomotive Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Those remaining in 1956 renumbered as follows: 3748 = 4083; 3750-3757 = 4084-4091. The engine was donated to the City of Jackson, Michgan,in 1957 and is on display in North Lawn Park just off Lansing Ave. In January 2021 the locomotive was sold to the Colebrookdale Railroad, a Pennsylvania tourist line, for eventual restoration to operation. 5030-5048 were built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1912 for GTW's predecessor, the Grand Trunk Railway; No. March 1939 with boxpok drivers only on the second driver axle, while on Colorado to Osier With the sale of the Ohio Central to the Genessee & Wyoming, Mr. Jacobson's entire steam collection was transferred to the Age of Steam Roundhouse near Sugarcreek, Ohio. No. 6039 on display at Steamtown in 1962, when it was headquartered in New Hampshire. 6325 to steam is not a priority for the museum at this time.[22]. Some well known trips done by No. However, this was later removed for proving to be ineffective. 6325, had the headlight centered on the smokebox front. Builder's Number: 58463, Cylinders (diameter x stroke in inches): 26 x 30 6327 is known for being the last steam engine to run in Port Huron, Michigan, as well as pulling the last steam train there. With a full load of coal in her Vanderbilt tender, Grand Trunk The grate is 50.62 sq ft and total heating surface is 3,003 sq ft including 578 sq ft superheating. Actually, these engines had been converted from 2-8-2s by amputating the pilot truck. 6323 at speed on the main line with a passenger train, perhaps even the Maple Leaf. Drawing of In 1965, the collection was moved again across the Connecticut River to Bellows Falls, and 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. 159. Second, the parent Canadian National Railways had purchased 16 of 6325's time under steam only lasted just over three years after its full restoration was completed in 2001, the museum has said that not as much work would be required to bring the locomotive back to operational condition. 5629 was subsequently moved to a spur track in Hammond, IN that Jensen had rented from the Grand Trunk. More information: 6325 had sat in static display with very little maintenance. In the view below we see No. per square inch): 200 Diameter of Drive Wheels (in inches): 69 7730, the 1929 Brill boxcab unit that switched the ferry docks in Milwaukee). 6323 and 6313 above and 6328 below. Its forte was heavy passenger and fast freight service. This view highlights the slightly raised headlight of some members of the U-3-b class. The locomotive was then stored in the Ex-Delaware, Lackawanna and Western yard with other locomotives of the collection, until 1998, when it was given another repaint to become more presentable to the public. The last time I encountered them was around 1960 when I saw one being hauled through DeKalb, Illinois, in a Chicago & North Western freight train destined, I presume, for scrapping at Northwestern Steel & Wire in Sterling, Illinois. ], National Railway Historical Society Bulletin, Vol. It was also the one of the last steam locomotives to ever regularly operate in the state of Vermont. 1924. No. [20] In 1992 the small Michigan restoration group was notified by the GTW/Canadian National railroad that 6325 would have to be moved from its current siding. Read more about this topic: Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Locomotives, If Steam has done nothing else, it has at least added a whole new Species to English Literature the bookletsthe little thrilling romances, where the Murder comes at page fifteen, and the Wedding at page fortysurely they are due to Steam?And when we travel by electricityif I may venture to develop your theorywe shall have leaflets instead of booklets, and the Murder and the Wedding will come on the same page.Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (18321898), Wisely watch for the sightOf the supernova burgeoning over the barn,Lampshine blurred in the steam of beasts, the spirits rightOasis, light incarnate.Richard Wilbur (b. 6039 is a preserved class "U-1-c" 4-8-2 "Mountain type" steam locomotive built in June 1925 by Baldwin. Type Class Road Numbers Cylinders Driver Diameter : Boiler Pressure Locomotive Weight Tractive Effort Builder and Year: Remarks 0-6-0 O-18-b: 7474-7498 22x26 51 175 174,000 37,000 Lima, 1920 Shown on 1937 roster. Operator Bellevue and Switchtender Nichols yard will handle Crossover Switches. 25. This photo appears in I. E. Quastler's book Where the Rails Cross: A Railroad History of Durand, Michigan, published in September 2005. Dorm, Patrick C. The Grand Trunk Western Railroad: A Canadian Farrell, Jack W., and Mike Pearsall. No. Class: U-1-c, Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works Grand Trunk Western No. Grand Trunk Western No. For more GTW and CNR steam images taken by my late brother, visit David Leonard's CNR-GTW Steam Gallery, 1958. U.S.R.A. On August 10, 2021, it was test-fired for the . In 1960, it was sold to Richard Jensen of Chicago, IL for approximately $9,540.40, the scrap value of the locomotive at the time. Text and photo images2009 Richard Leonard. NPS should commission a Here we see No. 6327 was among the last of GTW's steam engines still operating when the railroad dieselized in 1960 and it was scrapped that year. 5629 being scrapped at Blue Island, IL on July 14, 1987. 19th annual street festival and railfan extravaganza - Ashland, They were converted to a "simple" locomotive (both cylinders use fresh steam) around 1926. 2681 poses in Middleton, Michigan, on the Greenville branch, in June 1954. Durango & Silverton In the scene below, taken at Battle Creek in the summer of 1953, P-5-b No. No. CNR steam locomotives that serviced this country of ours. 3732 was renumbered to 4068 in June 1956 to make room for diesels. Thirty-nine of these relatively small but handsome Class J-3-a Pacificswere delivered to the Grand Trunk Western Railroad over a two-year periodfrom the Baldwin Locomotive Works andthe Montreal Locomotive Works starting in 1912. 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. report to document the use and physical history of the locomotive. Due to poor ballast conditions the train jumped the tracks a mile west of Durand, Michigan. Narrow Gauge Railroad Photos, Nevada Northern Fast shipping and well packaged, Thanks. Condition: Although ostensibly in good ageofsteamroundhouse.org/events/", "RailPictures.Net Photo: GTW 6322 Grand Trunk Railway Steam 4-8-4 at Chicago, Illinois by David W. DeVault", Steamlocomotive.com webpage on the GTW 4-8-4's, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grand_Trunk_Western_6325&oldid=1138723189, This page was last edited on 11 February 2023, at 06:56. Blount wanted the locomotive to be shipped to Wakefield, Massachusetts to be exhibited at the Pleasure Island amusement park, but it ended up being put in storage in St. Albans, instead. A member of class S-3-c outshopped by American Locomotive in 1924, she was assigned No. freight as they could heading up the Maple Leaf or the 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). At least twenty-three, including #5030, were later equipped with new boilers with substantial changes, including a 24% reduction in the small tube count from one hundred and eighty-one to one hundred and thirty-nine. Grand Trunk Western: 4-6-2 "Pacific" Builders Number: 38441, Cylinders: 23x28 American railroad owned by the government of Canada. North American Steam 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. . Retired in 1959, No. The main visible difference between the CNR and GTW classes was the design of the air intake ahead of the stack. With low 51-inch drivers, they had cylinder dimensions of 21x28 inches and a boiler pressure of 190 pounds. Vol. Keep up to date on news and upcoming events. [1] In 1984, the locomotive was moved along with every other locomotive in the Steamtown collection from Bellows Falls to Scranton, Pennsylvania, where the name would late be changed to Steamtown National Historic Site under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service. 6039 4-8-2, Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works, June 1925. (It was used in Quastler's Where the Rails Cross, mentioned above.) The Grand Trunk Western No. Both of these engines were scrapped in 1960. Five people lost their lives in the accident. documented the vital statistics of Grand Trunk Western Locomotive C ANADIAN N ATIONAL R AILWAYS. Nevada Northern [1], During the 1920s, the 4-8-2 "Mountain" type became increasingly famous with various class 1 railroads in North America for proving their worth in pulling fast passenger trains and heavy freight trains. The locomotive was subsequently moved out of the back shops to remain on display on various parts of Steamtown property. Detroit on Grand Trunk Western trains were in fact being hauled by an More information: Canadian National Railway Company. 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. The distinctive turreted rooftop of the historic Durand depot pokes skyward behind U-3-b 4-8-4 No. 5629 at Dearborn Station in Chicago. . Nos. Colorado to Osier By 1857, the Grand Trunk had a total of 849 miles of track in operation and rostered a fleet of 197 locomotives. [4][1], As good as these locomotives were, however, the GTW had acquired larger locomotives to help pull the longer trains, such as the "Confederation" class 4-8-4s. Steam Grand Trunk Western was one of the last U.S. railroads to employ steam locomotives. Railroad photography exposition and railroadiana show - Corvallis, Oregon Tractive Effort: 42,000 lbs The GTW P-5 0-8-0s were sharing duties with diesel switchers as early as the late 1930s. [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. Sponsored Links 1973). No. 6038 in commuter service. No. For more information: greatly improved lateral strength and rim stiffness. Above, at Bellevue, Michigan in the summer of 1952, we see 2-8-2 No. 6325 on static display at the Age of Steam Roundhouse in April 2022. 6039, which operated on Canadian National's American Third, during the Roaring Twenties passenger traffic on the Grand June 17, 1959, undoubtedly with plans to use it elsewhere than at South that its restoration for operation may not be fiscally within reason, 5629 stands as one of the biggest tragedies in steam locomotive preservation. Railroad succeeded the Grand Trunk Western Railway. 8380, above. In addition he would regularly report to the dispatcher the passing of all trains past the Bellevue depot on this busy stretch of railroad. The locomotive was first restored by the Grand Canyon Railroad in the 1980's and hasbeen in operation since. 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. 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. and Island Pond, Vt. Mostly, it served on the . It was comprised of the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR), Intercolonial Railway (ICR) and the. 5629 View source A postcard from the late 1960s showing No. 6325 remains in the museum's collection. Santa Fe No. 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. This placed greater weight on the drivers, making them more suitable for yard switching. 3748, mentioned in the train order, in its work train duty. 3734 became No. D&RGW 315 leads a special with photo runbys from Antonito, Its role in history is what saved it from the scrapper's torch. 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. 58463, Cylinders: 26 x 30, Drive Wheels: 73, Weight on Drivers: 231,370, Boiler Pressure: 210, Tractive Effort: 49,590. 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. She has been displayed at R. A. Greene Park in Jackson, Michigan, as seen in the view on the right adapted from Google Maps, August 2017. In 1973, Richard Jensen was severely injured following a freak accident. Related photos: On the GTW, it was the ultimate in modern steam power. Grand Trunk Western - Locomotive No. 6039 was sold for $7,425 on June 17, 1959, to seafood magnate and steam locomotive enthusiast F. Nelson Blount. To order tickets click on the link below to reserve your tour slot today! In this preview video we take a look at its histo. the practice on the Canadian National in an attempt to keep the smoke Refresh your browser window to try again. 5629 was placed in storage at Durand, MI. Purchased in 1993 by Jerry Jacobson of the Ohio Central Railroad, the locomotive sat in storage for six years until being restored to operating condition on July 31, 2001, for use on excursion trains across the Ohio Central System. 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. Tractive Effort (in lbs. Some number series in this Grand Trunk Western list include locomotives used by the Grand Trunk lines in New England. FEBRUARY 2023. It was retired from revenue service in 1957 and later restored to operating condition for excursion service in 1991 by the San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society. Virginia $75.00 + $22.45 shipping. The first Grand Trunk Western trip proved to be a big success and over the next few years, No. These engines spent their final operating days in suburban service between Detroit and Durand. 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. Hollidaysburg to Martinsburg, PA Locomotive No. do not Exceed Fifteen 15 Miles per hour entering and leaving single track V.R.H."
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