modifications of these locomotives. [1] As of 2023, No. In its later years of service on the GTW, the locomotive pulled numerous excursion trips hosted by local railroad clubs and the GTW. Grand Trunk Western No. Lake Superior & Ishpeming: 2-8-0 "consolidation"
Builder's Number: 58463, Cylinders (diameter x stroke in inches): 26 x 30
3523 is its Young valve gear, in which the valve mechanism drives directly off the cylinder crosshead. [1] No. At
Winterail, March 18-19: Durango & Silverton Galloping Goose Excursions 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. June 17, 1959, undoubtedly with plans to use it elsewhere than at South
These Lima-built locomotives closely resembled Nos. Carver. "Grand Trunk Western Keeps its Word." It was comprised of the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR), Intercolonial Railway (ICR) and the Canadian Northern (CNoR). The GTW gradually equipped these locomotives with disc drivers. 922 then years later renumbered #1396.
CNR Steam Locomotives - Your Railway Pictures Probably the lowliest assignment given to these engines was work train service, almost always a task relegated to obsolete or surplus power even today. President Truman was invited to attend the dedication ceremony but sent a letter expressing regrets that he could not attend. Related photos: [See Item 45. Narrow Gauge Railroad Photos, October 6-9: Nevada Northern Railway "Photo Spectacular" of course, subsequently was absorbed into the government-owned Canadian
5629 View source A postcard from the late 1960s showing No. More information: Walkersville Southern Railroad, August 26: Durango & Silverton Galloping Goose Excursions 1921), Blotting the sunStinging the eyes.The hot seeds steam undergroundstill alive.Gary Snyder (b. During the 1940s, No. 5629 was a K-4-a class 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in February 1924 for the Grand Trunk Western Railway. According to Larry D. Bell, a former GTW employee, they were built in 1911 by the Brooks works of the American Locomotive Company as cross-compound locomotives, with steam from the high-pressure cylinder on the fireman's side being reused in the low-pressure cylinder on the engineer's side. Tractive Effort: 34,669 lbs
3748 appears briefly in the Herron video/DVD Glory Machines of the Grand Trunk Western. The CNR started it's life in January 1923. 2681 poses in Middleton, Michigan, on the Greenville branch, in June 1954. 6039 at Elsdon terminal in March 1939 with boxpok wheels only on the second driving axle, while on September 21, 1941, it was reportedly caught having the boxpok wheels on the first, second, and third axles, but not on the fourth axle. In other respects these engines had specifications similar to No. More information: For surviving steam locomotives, visit the Grand Trunk Western page in Wes Barris' North American Steam Locomotive site. Builder's 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. They were converted to a "simple" locomotive (both cylinders use fresh steam) around 1926. 5629 was a K-4-a class 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in February 1924 for the Grand Trunk Western Railway. class designed by the U.S. Railroad Administration in its short-lived
18 is a class SC-4 2-8-0 "consolidation" steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1910 for the Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad (LS&I) as #11. It ran the last scheduled steam train in the United States on March 27, 1960 on its train #21 from Detroits Brush Street Station north to Durand Union Station. Jeddo Coal 0-4-0 steam locomotive #85 pulls three excursions each day - Walkersville, Ashland Train Day, May 20-21 & 27-29: Walkersville Southern Railroad Steam Trains Illinois and was in its later years the only railroad that provided
Richard Leonard's Steam Locomotive Archive - Grand Trunk Western per square inch): 200 Diameter of Drive Wheels (in inches): 69 6039, now at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania. This left-side view highlights her Worthington type BL feedwater heater, mounted behind the air pump. 6410 in this role at Bellevue, Michigan late in 1952. 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. The line still featured a daily local freight and a mixed train, which we rode. 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. 6325 rests on the bridge over the Battle Creek River in the summer of 1952, waiting for the highball to proceed westward. Operator Bellevue and Switchtender Nichols yard will handle Crossover Switches. 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 . [16] In 1985, fundraising began to restore the engine. No. In the late 1970s, Jensen moved No. Narrow Gauge Railroad Galloping Goose # 5 makes round-trips to Cascade Canyon - Durango, Colorado With cylinder dimensions of 22x28 inches, they sustained a boiler pressure of 220 pounds per square inch. Galloping Goose #5 round-trip to Cascade Canyon - Durango, Colorado Railway took delivery from the Baldwin Locomotive Works on five 4-8-2
The train is eastbound in late morning, preparing to cross over to the westbound main to switch the siding. During that same summer my father was transitioning between serving as Methodist minister in Bellevue, Michigan and teaching at the Detroit Institute of Technology. No. (Train orders were sometimes called "flimsies" because of the thin paper used in making multiple carbon copies.) 163, builder's photographs of No. 5030 in the park taken in August 2015. As of 2022, No. However they could be a difficult engine for a fireman, before conversion, because they had a long firebox and did not have a stoker. The locomotive was designed to haul iron ore from the docks of Marquette, Michigan, on Lake Superior, from where the ore would be shipped to steel mills on the lower lakes. Western No. U.S.R.A. 5629's endangerment spread through the local railroad community. 6323, garishly decorated with white front steps, on a 1961 Labor Day fan trip at South Bend, Indiana. Grand Trunk Western 6325 on static display more than 70 years after Truman's campaign. Virginia [9][10] The locomotive was moved to its preservation site on July 9, 1960,[11][12] and a dedication ceremony was held on July 17. Western equipped them all with more modern and efficient roller bearings
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. Normally the local freight through Bellevue, Michigan, was headed by a Consolidation. 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. September 21, 1941, it had the boxpok drivers on at least the second and
6325 on static display at the Age of Steam Roundhouse in April 2022. As with many
With low 51-inch drivers, they had cylinder dimensions of 21x28 inches and a boiler pressure of 190 pounds. 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. 6039 was sold for $7,425 on June 17, 1959, to seafood magnate and steam locomotive enthusiast F. Nelson Blount. Unable to run the locomotive, it was placed in storage at the Amtrak yard near Union Station in Chicago while Jensen was hospitalized. The engine was donated to the City of Jackson, Michgan,in 1957 and is on display in North Lawn Park just off Lansing Ave.
7526, because of its short wheelbase, was probably used to switch some industrial trackage in Battle Creek that had sharp curves. More information: No. heavier engine was essential to eliminate the practice. It was built in 1900 by the GTR Point St. Charles Shops for the Grand Trunk Railroad as No. Coal (in tons): 18
The following year, it was moved again to North Walpole, New Hampshire, due to the increase in size of the collection of locomotives and rolling stock. GTW also had a variety of other models of steam engines including several 0-8-0 and 0-6-0 switching locomotives used to move rolling stock around rail yards. The run drew thousands of rail enthusiasts. the Grand Trunk Western Railway owned 331 miles of track in Michigan and
The run drew thousands of rail enthusiasts. 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. 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. Grand Trunk Western Railroad 4-8-2 Locomotive No. This portrait of 2-8-0 No. Railway in the United States. Gary Thompson provided a photo by William Rosenberg of No. tender. 5634 above. The People's Railway. [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. In 1984, No. No. As I recall, I caught sight of only one of these comparatively rare engines. On the GTW, it was the ultimate in modern steam power. No. As a member of the dual service U-3-b class, the 6325 handled heavy passenger and freight work for the Grand Trunk Western. photograph), but not on the fourth. Picture Information. 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. Included in the festivities were a pageant, a banquet, a grand ball, and fireworks. It pulled its first excursion train from Dennison to Columbus, Ohio on September 22 of that year. I. E. Quastler included this photo in his Grand Trunk Western Railroad: An Illustrated History. No. No. Newton: Carstens Publications, 1982: 85. Additional views from both of us appear in our Random Steam Collection. Hocking Valley Scenic Railway, March 18: Winterail The locomotive also obtained a type of cowl around smokestack for smoke control. 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.. mechanical condition should be thoroughly assessed and a decision made
Diameter of Drive Wheels: 69"
this type of locomotive in 1923 that had also proved to be very
GTW U-3-b class 4-8-4 Northern-type locomotive 6319 lead the first section of train #21 with 15 passenger cars and GTW 4-8-4 Northern 6322 pulled the second section with 22 passenger cars. As a result of this, nine employees were fired from Metra and Jensen filed a lawsuit, but ultimately lost. 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. During their careers, these engines received a number
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. Burr Oak Yard was sold to Metra Commuter Rail of Chicago, who asked Jensen to relocate 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. 6313 and 6333.
Grand Trunk Western Railroad - American-Rails.com 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. 3-day weekend photographing passenger, freight, and ore trains with 2-8-0 #81, 2-8-0 #93, Date Built: June 1925
3734 was a member of class S-3-a, built by American Locomotive Company in Schenectady to USRA light Mikado specifications similar to those of Nos. Maryland Above we see No. 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 left is a dramatic low-angle shot of 4-8-4 No. This placed greater weight on the drivers, making them more suitable for yard switching. The famous K-4-a No. acquisition of still heavier steam power, and later, diesel locomotives,
the practice on the Canadian National in an attempt to keep the smoke
D&RGW 315 leads a special with photo runbys from Antonito,
Grand Trunk Western No. 4070 | Locomotive Wiki | Fandom 3523 renumbered to 3522 in June, 1956; others presumably scrapped by then. type in the Steamtown Foundation collection.Photo by
Athern Genesis 2000 USRA 2-8-2 Light Mikado Grand Trunk Train Locomotive HO [7][1] There, it was repainted again with the smokebox becoming black again. resulted in the railroad downgrading use of the "Mountains," and they
3713.
Locomotives - Steamtown National Historic Site - National Park Service Grand Trunk Western Locomotive No.
6039 from the Canadian National Railway Company for his
[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. 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. 3734 heading a westbound local freight in my village of Bellevue, Michigan, in the autumn of 1952. Athearn Genesis G9013 USRA 2-8-2 . 6405 was the last of the U-4-b class to remain in service. Lerro Photography Weight on Drivers: 146,550 lbs. Weight on Drivers: 189,360 lbs.
Grand Trunk Western 6325, Part of Truman's Whistle-Stop Campaign vanadium steel main frames, boxpok drive wheels, and a Vanderbilt
All U-3-b class locomotives were known as good steamers and were liked by all engine crews and No. 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. 78 erected in 1938, the GTW's first diesel switcher (not counting No. North American Steam
Steamtown Foundation, n.d. (ca. No. 6039 awaited a call at Detroit, Michigan, on July
Making a stop at Durand, Michigan, with train No. Date Built: 1910
More information: Walkersville Southern Railroad, May 27: Cumbres & Toltec Locomotive 315 Memorial Weekend Special Viewed from the
6039 was reported to have received vanadium steel main frames and boxpok driving wheels, but not all of them were applied at the same. Diameter of Drive Wheels (in inches): 73
Class: SC-4
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. 0-6-0 steam locomotive #3 leads two trips from Nelsonville, Ohio In the photo below, 4-8-4 No.
Richard Leonard's Steam Locomotive Archive - Grand Trunk Western Roster ], Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice, 8th ed. Then at 5 pm, it pulled a special 3-hour excursion to the OHCR Morgan Run steam shops for tours. The locomotive was mainly designed to haul freight trains, but also did occasional passenger service whenever possible. No.
Grand trunk locomotive Stock Photos and Images - Alamy 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. 6039 is a preserved class "U-1-c" 4-8-2 "Mountain type" steam locomotive built in June 1925 by Baldwin. It was comprised of the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR), Intercolonial Railway (ICR) and the. This page provides a calendar of upcoming railfan events and excursions throughout North America. 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. There, Jensen and a group of local railfans worked to restore No. In addition to its eight-wheeled switchers, the Grand Trunk Western had eight 0-6-0 or six-wheeled switchers in class O. No. More information: 8346 of class P-5-e was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1927 and weighed 211,200 pounds. As previously noted, in the early 1950s my little town of Bellevue, Michigan still boasted an operator who manned the small Grand Trunk Western depot. 5629 at Dearborn Station in Chicago. As a member of the dual service U-3-b class, the 6325 handled heavy passenger and freight work for the Grand Trunk Western. Boiler Pressure: 190 psi
Rebuilt from 2-8-2s. Both of these Battle Creek terminal photos appear in I. E. Quastler's book Grand Trunk Western Railroad: An Illustrated History (R&I Publishing, 2009). 6405-6410. S-19802 from the railway's Purchasing Department in Montreal, Quebec, on
Blount paid $7,425 for
Built for Grand Trunk Western Railway as No. After our family had moved to Bloomington, Illinois, my brother David took my 35mm camera on a steam-hunting expedition to Michigan and Ontario. Photo by the author, Edward J. Ozog. http://www.steamlocomotive.com/lists/searchdb.php?railroad=GTW&country=USA. - eBay Money Back Guarantee - opens in a new window or tab, EARLY PHOTO of GRAND TRUNK RAILROAD 4-4-0 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE #1699 in 1920's, Report this item - opens in new window or tab, WEATHERFORD MINERAL WELLS & NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD TEXAS & PACIFIC RR PHOTOS (#125696411586), ATCHISON TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILROAD DEPOT SYLVIA KANSAS COPY OF EARLY PHOTO (#125787026165). 8380 at the Illinois Railway Museum. US $12.00 (approx C $16.34)Expedited Shipping. 209, 'Trevithick'. reinstalled. Three factors influenced the Grand Trunk Western
Steam locomotive profile: 2-6-0 Mogul | Classic Trains Magazine My brother, David Leonard, photographed No. With 63-inch drivers, they had 23x32-inch cylinders and carried a boiler pressure of 180 pounds per square inch. Proud queens of Grand Trunk Western's steam passenger fleet were the six 4-8-4s in class U-4-b, Nos. A postcard from the late 1960s showing 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. They ended their days in Detroit suburban passenger service, and can be seen in this role on the Herron video/DVD Glory Machines of the Grand Trunk Western. Work Ex 50196 and 3748 working between Nichols yd & Olivet." Her front end, the paint chipped by impacts from roadbed debris, testifies to the high-speed service of which these engines were capable. As for No. Until the mid-1950s the GTW's passenger service was still entirely steam-operated, with the exception of the Detroit-Port Huron motor train. [1], No.
Grand Trunk Western Model Train Locomotives - Hobbylinc The first Grand Trunk Western trip proved to be a big success and over the next few years, No. It was taken from a car pacing on a parallel highway, evidently by Tom Miller of Toledo, Ohio. Alco 2-6-0 steam locomotive #11 powers a 27-mile round-trip excursion from 6039 was often seen on fast freight trains beginning in the early 1930s. Refresh your browser window to try again. 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. 8380 in the yards at Durand, Michigan during the summer of 1953. Grand Trunk Western No. On September 2, 1958 he found 4-8-4 No. These engines weighed 224,100 pounds and exerted a modest (by later standards) 33,756 pounds of tractive effort. Due to poor ballast conditions the train jumped the tracks a mile west of Durand, Michigan. Nice old pic for my collection. Builders Number: 46941, Cylinders: 20x28
S-19802, Montreal, Quebec, June 17, 1959.". The piping and jacketing were removed so that the underlying asbestos could be safely disposed of. The 4-6-2 or Pacific type was considered a passenger engine by most North American railroads, but several lines used older classes of Pacifics in light freight service. 5629 at Dearborn Station in Chicago. 6039.
Grand Trunk Western 6039 - Wikipedia The engineer, leaning on the window sill, regards the photographer (me) on the M-78 highway bridge with some amusement. All Rights Reserved. 6037-6041. She was the last of three K-4-b class Pacifics built for the Grand Trunk Western by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1929. 6039 at Elsdon engine terminal in
CNR and Grand Trunk Railway Steam Locomotives - Your Railway Pictures the United States as a result of the great success of an engine of that
Narrow Gauge Railroad (It was used in Quastler's Where the Rails Cross, mentioned above.) 50196 was a self-propelled Burro crane used in track work.) [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. 5631 at Durand in the summer of 1953, handling the same train as No. ], National Railway Historical Society Bulletin, Vol. Grand Trunk Western No.
Grand Trunk 6325 Restoration Rollout (Ohio Central Railroad) The K-4 Pacifics were a variation of the USRA light Pacific design; they had 67 square feet of grate area, an evaporative heating surface of 3340 square feet, and 795 square feet of superheating surface. Beaudette, Edward H. Central Vermont Railway: Operations in the
Grand Trunk Western 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.
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. Railroad Photos, March 23-24: Southern Pacific 18 at Laws Railroad Museum 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. No. The GTW and CNR class U-4 locomotives exemplify, to a degree, the "upside-down bathtub" look in streamlining, as opposed to the "bullet-nose" style of the examples mentioned above. 8318 poses with Electro-Motive type SC switcher No. USA. 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! Tom Golden photo. side, the opening between the spokes was circular, rather than
third axles (and possibly the first, which is obscured in the
Everett D&RGW #315, May 28: Cumbres & Toltec Locomotive 168 Memorial Weekend Special It seems that the company had acquired a number of locomotives for scrapping, and even replaced older switchers with more recent acquisitions. locomotives featured feedwater heaters, power reverse gear, and
This photo is also in Quastler's Where the Rails Cross. Durango & Silverton However, two of No. 21 bound for Muskegon. Grand Trunk Western - Locomotive No. The photo was taken during a station stop at Pontiac, Michigan, in May, 1954. Edmunds: Pacific Fast Mail, 1977: 4-9,
Built in February 1942 by the American Locomotive Company (Alco), 6325 was one of 25 4-8-4 "Northern" type locomotives in the Grand Trunk Western's U-3-b class. Although idle, the 6325 now resides, protected from the elements in the Age of Steam Roundhouse near Sugarcreek, OH. The Southern Pacific's Daylights and the Norfolk & Western's Class J series were outstanding examples. Metra told Jensen that he could move it to a nearby connection with the Iowa Interstate Railroad, but they would not assist him in moving it. This broadside view of another example of the K-4-b class, No.
Steamtown NHS: Special History Study - nps.gov 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 . His letter was read publicly at the ceremony. RM 2HGDC60 - El Gobernador was a 4-10-0 steam locomotive built by Central Pacific Railroad at the railroad's Sacramento, California. Class K-4-b had been preceded in 1924 by the five locomotives in class K-4-a from American Locomotive Company, which lacked the vestibule cab. 6313 in the next photo. 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).
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