extra engine crew, not to mention the additional engine, so that a 3734 became No. 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. all of them in the late 1940s. These I saw them operating there a few times, and photographed my sons Peter and Paul posing with Northwestern Steel & Wire's No. Word of No. It is a USRA Light Mikado 2-8-2. [16] In 1985, fundraising began to restore the engine. 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. The boxpok drivers proved an important modification This translation tool is for your convenience only. These class O-19-a switchers were built by ALCo in 1919. designs around the stacks of these engines, following the popularity of Some well known trips done by No. 922 then years later renumbered #1396. Last edited on 11 February 2023, at 06:56, "Business Firms To Be Solicited for 'Old 6325' Aid", "Into the Roundhouse: '6325' Finds Winter Home", "Old 6325 Making Last Run July 9 To Its New Home", "Rail 'Veep' Here Sunday: Gaffney To Present 'Old 6325' to City", "HST Likes Steamers But He Can't Attend 'Old 6325' Dedication", "Engine '6325': A mighty relic suffers neglect", "Putting History Back On Track: Fixing Old 6325 is labor of love", "Fall rail excursions include New River Gorge, Amish Country", "The locomotive is in great shape and wouldn't take too much as normally would to restore but for the time being the locomotive is on static display inside our roundhouse. 5629 to the Rock Island Railroad's Burr Oak Yard in Blue Island, IL. 6039 is a preserved class "U-1-c" 4-8-2 "Mountain type" steam locomotive built in June 1925 by Baldwin. D&RGW 168 leads a special with photo runbys from Antonito, Picture Information. No. Lerro Productions, April 8, 22 & 29: Durango & Silverton Galloping Goose Excursions No. Narrow Gauge Railroad The operator had to copy, and hand up to the crews, any train orders issued by the dispatcher in Battle Creek that governed movements over the crossover. It has bad cylinder castings. 2664, 2665, 2669, 2671-2673, 2676 built 1907; 2666-2668, 2677-2683 built 1911. No. In August of 1923, she was renumbered #18, continuing service on the LS&I until 1962. Coal (in tons): 18 Built for Grand Trunk Western Railway as 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 a major event featuring all of their steam locomotive, some historic diesel locomotives as well as rolling stock and many more rail-related activities. It was used on the New England Lines between Portland, Me. 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. The train ran between Detroit to Durand during November 1960. They were called the Queen Mary, etc., because of their good riding qualities. 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. Durango & Silverton [3], Since its sidelining in 2005, No. the United States, six of which were engines of the St. Louis and San 2683 at Bellevue, from the summer of 1953, reveals the careful maintenance the Grand Trunk Western applied to even its older locomotives. 6039 awaited a call at Detroit, Michigan, on July These Lima-built locomotives closely resembled Nos. Florida Railway Winter Steam Spectacular, October 16-19: East Broad Top Railroad Photo Charters ", "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. But on this summer day in 1951 it was Pacific 5030, on a break-in run after repairs at the Battle Creek shops, which did the honors. of modifications. Grand Trunk Western No. I photographed No. Jeddo Coal 0-4-0 steam locomotive #85 pulls three excursions each day - Walkersville, 4-8-2 Mountain type during the 1920s. 19th annual street festival and railfan extravaganza - Ashland, can be restored to run, it should be so restored for interpretive use No. FEBRUARY 2023. 1973). The engine was donated to the City of Jackson, Michgan,in 1957 and is on display in North Lawn Park just off Lansing Ave. Railway to acquire heavy passenger (and freight) locomotives of the 3523 at the GTW's Battle Creek shops in the summer of 1953 she was awaiting repairs. [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. Illinois and was in its later years the only railroad that provided During the 1940s, No. CNR steam locomotives that serviced this country of ours. [1] The Canadian National Railway (CN) purchased sixteen locomotives with this wheel arrangement in 1923, and they proved to be so successful, that the railroad purchased twenty-one additional units the following year. locomotives, numbered 6037 through 6041, which it assigned to Class No. Because the Canadian National system used a percentage rating instead of a tractive effort figure, the tractive effort given for most classes is approximate. It was also the one of the last steam locomotives to ever regularly operate in the state of Vermont. No. 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. They were manufactured with friction bearings on all 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. Third, during the Roaring Twenties passenger traffic on the Grand although enough money will buy any type of repair. Although engine crews reportedly liked these 4-8-2s, 6039 at the Baldwin Locomotive Works on June 26, 1925. No. 5629 in excursion service out of Chicago. In addition to its eight-wheeled switchers, the Grand Trunk Western had eight 0-6-0 or six-wheeled switchers in class O. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1977. 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. 6410 in this role at Bellevue, Michigan late in 1952. ", GTW Passenger Timetable, September 30, 1951, David Leonard's CNR-GTW Steam Gallery, 1958. In January 1929, the Grand Trunk Western Baldwin Locomotive Works. Later fully or partially equipped with disc drivers. 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 Railroad 4-8-2 Locomotive No. (Photo: DogsRNice via CC by 4.0) Early Years for the Grand Trunk Western 6325. With a full load of coal in her Vanderbilt tender, Grand Trunk 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. Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad 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. Northwestern Wire & Steel Company used three Grand Trunk Western 0-8-0s as plant switchers. Santa Fe No. However, two of No. ripping the quiet Michigan and Indiana countrysides apart with fast Class includes both GT and GTW locomotives. Related photos: 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. More information: Western equipped them all with more modern and efficient roller bearings In the late days of steam they drew a variety of assignments, even serving in Detroit suburban service an unusual assignment for a locomotive which in North America was used almost exclusively to haul freight. Rebuilt from 2-8-2s. 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. Steam and First Generation Diesel Motive Power on the Grand Trunk The GTW's class U-3-b 4-8-4s were built by American Locomotive Company in 1942-1943 for both freight and passenger service, and capably handled such trains as the Maple Leaf, the Inter-City Limited, and the International Limited in addition to main line freights. 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. No. 6313 and 6333. Boxcab switcher for the Milwaukee ferry dock. 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. On the GTW, it was the ultimate in modern steam power. The GTW gradually equipped these locomotives with disc drivers. No. Grand Trunk Western No. In 1965, the collection was moved again across the Connecticut River to Bellows Falls, and No. the practice on the Canadian National in an attempt to keep the smoke 6039, now at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania. [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. Three factors influenced the Grand Trunk Western [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. The Grand Trunk Railroad, 7526 peers bashfully between two of the class U-3-b Northerns, Nos. Used: An item that has been used previously. Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification Card for Locomotive No. They weighed about 211,200 pounds and were rated at 40,000 pounds of tractive effort. Free shipping for many products! A photographer reportedly caught No. 2023 Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust. In the 1950s, the Grand Trunk Western operated five 4-8-2s in class U-1-c, Nos. 6039 is the only 4-8-2 Mountain-type engine in February 25: Hocking Valley Steam Train Special. Photo by the author, Edward J. Ozog. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers. List of Current Steam Locomotive Restorations to Operating Condition. Minus boiler jacketing and various parts, she survives at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois, where I was photographed in front of her with my son Matthew and a friend in June, 1982. By that date, the engine had Grand Trunk Western Railroad 4-8-2 Locomotive No. tender and engine axles, but during the mid-1930s the Grand Trunk No. For surviving steam locomotives, visit the Grand Trunk Western page in Wes Barris' North American Steam Locomotive site. Trains, 5629 at Dearborn Station in Chicago. There, Jensen and a group of local railfans worked to restore No. F. Nelson Blount purchased Grand Trunk Western As time progressed, the GTW had given No. No. As a result I never saw them in operation, though I photographed No. Those remaining in 1956 renumbered as follows: 3748 = 4083; 3750-3757 = 4084-4091. Related photos: Builders Number: 46941, Cylinders: 20x28 6039 pulled its last train in early 1959, right before its fire was dropped for the last time. No. the Steamtown collection, and one of only 14 "Mountains" preserved in Although the 4-8-4 was a popular dual-service locomotive, only a few railroads applied streamlining or semi-streamlining to this wheel arrangement. 6327 is known for being the last steam engine to run in Port Huron, Michigan, as well as pulling the last steam train there. Although idle, the 6325 now resides, protected from the elements in the Age of Steam Roundhouse near Sugarcreek, OH. A colorful new ride is immediately behind the train in this angle, so I made the photo black and white to make the new ride less noticeable and the photo more authentic to the 1881 . Work Ex 50196 and 3748 working between Nichols yd & Olivet." It was operated on this schedule for all three days of the event. All U-3-b class locomotives were known as good steamers and were liked by all engine crews and No. (The third locomotive in the photo, only partially visible, is No. 6323, garishly decorated with white front steps, on a 1961 Labor Day fan trip at South Bend, Indiana. Recommendation: This engine is exactly the On July 30, 2001 the Ohio Central Railroad and Jerry Jacobson rolled out former Grand Trunk Western class U-3-b (4-8-4) Northern-type steam locomotive #6325 following her restoration. 5048 with the local freight at the depot in nearby Perrinton. Detroit on Grand Trunk Western trains were in fact being hauled by an 230-239, 381. [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. Tractive Effort: 42,000 lbs No. All Rights Reserved.
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