No. automatic or mechanical stokers, and they were the first locomotives on Grand Trunk Western No. 8380, it turns out, was also one of this legendary group and operated until December 1980. 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. Members of the U-3-b class had only two more years to run in this Detroit suburban service, their final assignment. 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. The photo was taken during a station stop at Pontiac, Michigan, in May, 1954. Something went wrong. 6327 was, yet, another well known sister engine, No. 1980: 342-344. No. 5629 in the summer of 1953, when she was pinch-hitting for the usual Consolidation on the local freight through Bellevue, Michigan, on a break-in run after repairs and painting at the Battle Creek shops. During that time, it was leased to the Central Vermont Railway for freight service, only to become one of the very last steam locomotives to regularly operate in the state of Vermont. locomotives in the collection, this engine had its drive rods removed This broadside view of another example of the K-4-b class, 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. This group had 26x30-inch cylinders, a driver diameter of 73 inches, and a boiler pressure of 210 pounds per square inch. These Lima-built locomotives closely resembled Nos. Grand Trunk Western No. It was taken from a car pacing on a parallel highway, evidently by Tom Miller of Toledo, Ohio. Gary Thompson provided a photo by William Rosenberg of No. In August of 1923, she was renumbered #18, continuing service on the LS&I until 1962. Streamlining of steam engines for passenger service enjoyed a brief vogue in North America after diesel streamliners were introduced in the 1930s. 6039 pulled its last train in early 1959, right before its fire was dropped for the last time. subsidiary in Michigan.Canadian National Railways. Winterail, March 18-19: Durango & Silverton Galloping Goose Excursions More information: Remarks: Engine has duplex mechanical stoker, Those remaining in 1956 renumbered as follows: 3740 = 4076; 3742-3747 = 4077-4082. 2680, the "regular" on the local freight at that time. 6325 was retired in 1959 it was donated to the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, for display. 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. 6038 in commuter service. 6325 had sat in static display with very little maintenance. For more information: 8317, an ALCo product of 1924, belonged to class P-5-b; with 200 pounds of boiler pressure, she weighed 211,000 pounds and mustered 45,000 pounds of tractive force. I photographed No. the engine, which at the time was stored in St. Albans, Vermont. More information: Mikado No. 3732 was renumbered to 4068 in June 1956 to make room for diesels. She belonged to class S-3-a and was erected by American Locomotive's Schenectady works in 1918. 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. on leading and trailing trucks on the locomotive itself. 6327 is known for being the last steam engine to run in Port Huron, Michigan, as well as pulling the last steam train there. At 8380 in the yards at Durand, Michigan during the summer of 1953. In the summer of 1953 we visited the Grand Trunk Western engine terminal in Pontiac, Michigan. My photo (above, left) was used in their online promotional poster. 1941, the railroad installed cowls or smoke deflectors of various Locomotives: The Mountains. Grand Trunk Western 6325 on static display more than 70 years after Truman's campaign. 5030 was captured on movie film by Jerry Carson and may be seen in the Green Frog video Steam in the 50's. Trunk Western Railway leased No. in high-speed service. 6325 pulling a freight, and Ohio Central's ex-Canadian Pacific Railway 1293 pulling a passenger train. 8380, above. 6039 to the Central Vermont Railway, 8380 and its eleven sisters in class P-5-g were erected by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1929. can be restored to run, it should be so restored for interpretive use documented the vital statistics of Grand Trunk Western Locomotive No. 5629's endangerment spread through the local railroad community. 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. After pulling several more trips on the B&OCT, it was invited to run a trip over the GTW between Chicago and South Bend, IN in the summer of 1966. 96,577 views Nov 2, 2016 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 #632. 5030 is a Class J-3-b 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1912 for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. September 21, 1941, it had the boxpok drivers on at least the second and Detroit on Grand Trunk Western trains were in fact being hauled by an 6039 found itself on display on Vermont soil again. Lerro Photography FEBRUARY 2023. 6039 became one of the very first steam locomotives to be owned by F. Nelson Blount, and it subsequently became part of his Steamtown, U.S.A. collection for static display. 6313 was scrapped in 1960. In January 1929, the Grand Trunk Western 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. 5629 View source A postcard from the late 1960s showing No. Grand Trunk Western No. 5629 | Locomotive Wiki | Fandom In 1967 and 1968, it traveled to Baraboo, WI to pull the Circus World Museum's Schlitz Circus Train. It seems that the company had acquired a number of locomotives for scrapping, and even replaced older switchers with more recent acquisitions. 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. 5043 and 5042 resting near the roundhouse. 6039 was often seen on fast freight trains beginning in the early 1930s. 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. The low photo angle was mandated by the location, as the roadbed was on a fill and there was no way to photograph the locomotive from track level. 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. Bellows Falls, Vt.: freight as they could heading up the Maple Leaf or the 1006, and renumbered twice, before it was photographed leading a mixed train through Ontario in . However, two of No. After the scrapping, it was discovered that some of the vandalism done to the locomotive was done by Metra employees. Recommendation: This engine is exactly the Grand Trunk Western 4070 was an icon steam locomotive in passenger excursion service between 1968 and 1990. 6039 was reassigned to pulling secondary passenger trains between Detroit and Muskegon, and it last served in the late 1950s. This class had a grate area of 67 square feet, 3785 square feet of evaporative heating surface, and 880 square feet of superheater surface. [8] As of 2023, No. East Broad Top Railroad Photos. http://www.steamlocomotive.com/lists/searchdb.php?railroad=GTW&country=USA. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. 4070 and may have been the last steam locomotive to haul freight on the Grand Trunk Western. Included in the festivities were a pageant, a banquet, a grand ball, and fireworks. To order tickets click on the link below to reserve your tour slot today! Related photos: [1], No. [7][1] There, it was repainted again with the smokebox becoming black again. In its later years of service on the GTW, the locomotive pulled numerous excursion trips hosted by local railroad clubs and the GTW. More information: Walkersville Southern Railroad, May 27: Cumbres & Toltec Locomotive 315 Memorial Weekend Special It was a mosaic of mismatched parts of all but one of Canada's four major railways. 7730, the 1929 Brill boxcab unit that switched the ferry docks in Milwaukee). NPS should commission a It was a mosaic of mismatched parts of all but one of Canada's four major railways. elevations and cross sections, locomotive only, no tender; p. 200, fig. 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. Here we found J-3-a classmates Nos. Cumbres & Toltec [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. Despite a network of less than 300 miles its hotly contested Detroit - Chicago market was a vital artery for CN in reaching America's railroad capital. 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. I have a train order copied by station operator Hart at Bellevue, dated June 26, 1953, that reads: "Eastward track single track between Nichols yd [at Battle Creek] & Bellevue until 5:00 pm. The locomotive was retired by 1961, and was subsequently sold for scrap.[23][24]. They weighed 285,500 pounds and developed 40,750 pounds of tractive force. Grand Trunk Western No. 6039 was reported to have received vanadium steel main frames and boxpok driving wheels, but not all of them were applied at the same. 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. per square inch): 200 Diameter of Drive Wheels (in inches): 69 Its forte was heavy passenger and fast freight service. Durango & Silverton Photo by the author, Edward J. Ozog. Hover to zoom. 6325 in 1993 and moved it to OHCR's steam shops at Morgan Run. Narrow Gauge Railroad, Durango & Silverton 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. 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. Narrow Gauge Railroad This photo was taken in the summer of 1953. 3734 became No. 6405 heading the Inter-City Limited at the Durand depot. they could be found, in the words of the railroad's historian, "as often Santa Fe No. photograph), but not on the fourth. Grand Trunk Western No. 4070 | Locomotive Wiki | Fandom This photo is also in Quastler's Where the Rails Cross. The video was recorded at the Ohio Central's Morgan Run Shops near West Lafayette, OH. 5634 above. In the photo below, 4-8-4 No. Sponsored Links Later fully or partially equipped with disc drivers. Blount paid $7,425 for (Train orders were sometimes called "flimsies" because of the thin paper used in making multiple carbon copies.) I saw them operating there a few times, and photographed my sons Peter and Paul posing with Northwestern Steel & Wire's No. No. 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. Work Ex 50196 and 3748 working between Nichols yd & Olivet." Those remaining in 1956 renumbered as follows: 3748 = 4083; 3750-3757 = 4084-4091. At that time, the locomotive was leased to the Central Vermont Railway (CV), another American subsidiary of CN, to pull fast freight trains throughout the state of Vermont. Railway in the United States. however, before undertaking such restoration, the locomotive's 5634. The distinctive cylindrical tank of a Vanderbilt tender graced A postcard from the late 1960s showing No. report to document the use and physical history of the locomotive. No. Burr Oak Yard was sold to Metra Commuter Rail of Chicago, who asked Jensen to relocate No. Railroad photography exposition and railroadiana show - Corvallis, Oregon The Grand Trunk Western in the early 1950s had EMD road freight diesels (modified F-3s, unofficially a called F-5s), and some EMD switchers. Mechanical Engineer Thomas H. Walker signed the Specification While the "Mikes" continued to pull freight in a supporting role on the Chicago-Port Huron main line up to the 1950s, they could be more frequently found on the Detroit-Muskegon run or on other GTW lines. Narrow Gauge Railroad 3748, mentioned in the train order, in its work train duty. per square inch): 210 6039," June 26, 1925. 163, builder's photographs of No. commuter rail service in and around Detroit. 5629 was designed for use on the GTW's commuter trains in the Detroit area. Trunk Western, especially on its Chicago Division, had increased to the tender and engine axles, but during the mid-1930s the Grand Trunk Diameter of Drive Wheels: 69" Illinois and was in its later years the only railroad that provided [4], Because of its historical significance, when No. No. 2681 poses in Middleton, Michigan, on the Greenville branch, in June 1954. Grand Trunk Western No. 8318 poses with Electro-Motive type SC switcher No. 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. 21 bound for Muskegon. 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. His letter was read publicly at the ceremony. Third, during the Roaring Twenties passenger traffic on the Grand D&RGW #315, May 28: Cumbres & Toltec Locomotive 168 Memorial Weekend Special Foss, Charles R. Evening Before the Diesel: A Pictorial History of No. 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. This locomotive also has a "cowcatcher" pilot, whereas most members of the U-3-b class had the cast steel pilot as shown on No. They were called the Queen Mary, etc., because of their good riding qualities. 6400-6404 of parent Canadian National. 4083 in the 1956 renumbering. Tractive Effort: 34,669 lbs It also appeares on the back cover of the Spring 2022 issue of The Semaphore, magazine of the Grand Trunk Western Historical Society. reported to have received vanadium steel main frames and "boxpok" drive extra engine crew, not to mention the additional engine, so that a Refresh your browser window to try again. 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. [Article includes photograph of sister Narrow Gauge Railroad Photos, March 19: Everett Railroad "Steam Into The Cove" No. tender. 3523 at the GTW's Battle Creek shops in the summer of 1953 she was awaiting repairs. 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. Related photos: 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. trains, plus night photo session - Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania . 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. Condition: Although ostensibly in good Then at 5 pm, it pulled a special 3-hour excursion to the OHCR Morgan Run steam shops for tours. This translation tool is for your convenience only. type in the Steamtown Foundation collection.Photo by With 63-inch drivers, they had 23x32-inch cylinders and carried a boiler pressure of 180 pounds per square inch. The new tender allowed for more coal and water to be transported which meant the train did not have to stop as often to replenish its supply. designs around the stacks of these engines, following the popularity of No. 50196 was a self-propelled Burro crane used in track work.) Two days of photo shoots with visiting SP 4-6-0 steam locomotive #18 - Laws, [16] In 1985, fundraising began to restore the engine. 6328 taking on a fresh load of coal at the GTW's Milwaukee Junction terminal in Detroit, and snapped this transparency. Class includes both GT and GTW locomotives. 6039, now at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Retired in 1959, the locomotive was donated for display to the City of Battle Creek, Michigan where a failed restoration attempt left 6325 in danger of being scrapped. Nevada Northern 6325 on static display at the Age of Steam Roundhouse in April 2022. Making a stop at Durand, Michigan, with train No. Steam Grand Trunk Western was one of the last U.S. railroads to employ steam locomotives. trains, plus night photo session - Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania More information: Boiler Pressure: 200 psi Passenger power consisted of 4-8-4s, 4-8-2s and 4-6-2s and even a 2-8-0 in mixed train service on the Greenville branch; in the last days of steam some 2-8-2s were used in Detroit suburban service. 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. although enough money will buy any type of repair. Builders Number: 46941, Cylinders: 20x28 locomotives, numbered 6037 through 6041, which it assigned to Class As a result, local freight and branch line duties were still performed by the GTW's ageing stable of lighter steam power. 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. With cylinder dimensions of 22x28 inches, they sustained a boiler pressure of 220 pounds per square inch. Edaville Railroad at South Carver, Massachusetts, on Sales Order No. Tom Golden photo. 5629 so they could build a new car shop where it stood. Today, the story of GTW No. Everett Railroad Water (in gallons): 13,575. third axles (and possibly the first, which is obscured in the [1] No. of course, subsequently was absorbed into the government-owned Canadian All U-3-b class locomotives were known as good steamers and were liked by all engine crews and No. Sugar Express, February 25: Hocking Valley Steam Train Special

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