6325 in 1993 and moved it to OHCR's steam shops at Morgan Run. 6405-6410. 8380, above. 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. 6408 at Durand, Michigan, in the summer of 1953, as it stopped at the depot with the Maple Leaf. Grand Trunk Western No. 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. Grand Trunk Western No. As with many class designed by the U.S. Railroad Administration in its short-lived I took the above photo of No. locomotives featured feedwater heaters, power reverse gear, and It reads, "Eastward track will be used as Single track Between facing point Crossover Bellevue and regular Crossover located at Switchtenders Shanty East End Nichols Yard Seven Oclock 700 am until Five O'clock 500 pm. After photographing this engine in 1953, I saw 0-8-2s operating in the yards at Durand, Michigan. In the 1950s, the Grand Trunk Western operated five 4-8-2s in class U-1-c, Nos. 6039 was often seen on fast freight trains beginning in the early 1930s. This is one of Thirty-nine of these relatively small but . 2670, 2674, 2675 built 1907; 2684 built 1911. they could move hotshot fast freight trains, so that by the early 1930s Seller information. 5030 was GTR's No. It was used on the New England Lines between Portland, Me. Narrow Gauge Railroad Photos, April 27-30: East Broad Top Railroad Photo Charters 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. railroad to survive. elevations and cross sections, locomotive only, no tender; p. 200, fig. 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. 6038 in commuter service. US $12.00 (approx C $16.34)Expedited Shipping. Diameter of Drive Wheels: 69" FEBRUARY 2023. 6325 pulled President Harry S. Truman's campaign train across Michigan on Grand Trunk rails. 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. carrier service in the state of Vermont, and the last to survive. 5629 so they could build a new car shop where it stood. Three factors influenced the Grand Trunk Western 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 Grand Trunk Railroad, 5632 of this class is preserved at Durand, Michigan. See details. Steam and First Generation Diesel Motive Power on the Grand Trunk Galloping Goose # 5 makes round-trips to Cascade Canyon - Durango, Colorado 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. She sports a shiny paint job recently applied at the Battle Creek shops, including white tires and the tilted GTW herald on the tender. After our family had moved to Bloomington, Illinois, my brother David took my 35mm camera on a steam-hunting expedition to Michigan and Ontario. 6325 also remains and was restored to service by the late Jerry Jacobson and the Ohio Central Railroad. 5629 View source A postcard from the late 1960s showing No. 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. 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. Builders Number: 38441, Cylinders: 23x28 (No. More information: Walkersville Southern Railroad, August 26: Durango & Silverton Galloping Goose Excursions 6039. Related photos: [13][14][note 1]. February 25: Hocking Valley Steam Train Special. subsidiary in Michigan.Canadian National Railways. 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. Canadian National Railway Company. 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. 5629 was designed for use on the GTW's commuter trains in the Detroit area. Vol. Cumbres & Toltec, On September 2, 1958 he found 4-8-4 No. The accuracy and accessibility of the resulting translation is not guaranteed. kind of modem, heavy-duty, main line motive power that should become the More information: Built for Grand Trunk Western Railway as No. These 6039," June 26, 1925. As for No. Diameter of Drive Wheels: 55" View cart for details. 3523 at the GTW's Battle Creek shops in the summer of 1953 she was awaiting repairs. California 6325 has one surviving sister engine, No. Baldwin Locomotive Works. Class J-3-a had 69-inch drivers, a boiler pressure of 185 pounds per square inch, and cylinder dimensions of 23x28 inches. Trunk Western, especially on its Chicago Division, had increased to the [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. North American Steam 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. To span the gap between these assignments he filled in as minister of the Methodist Church in Middleton, Michigan, on the Grand Trunk Western's Greenville branch. 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. reinstalled. The first Grand Trunk Western trip proved to be a big success and over the next few years, No. In 1925, the Grand Trunk Western Railway purchased five 4-8-2 Mountain locomotives, numbered 6037 through 6041, from the Baldwin Locomotive Works. 3-day weekend photographing passenger, freight, and ore trains with 2-8-0 #81, 2-8-0 #93, Mechanical Engineer Thomas H. Walker signed the Specification This view highlights the slightly raised headlight of some members of the U-3-b class. 3748 appears briefly in the Herron video/DVD Glory Machines of the Grand Trunk Western. 5030 Thirty-nine of these relatively small but handsome Class J-3-a Pacifics were delivered to the Grand Trunk Western Railroad over a two-year period from the Baldwin Locomotive Works and the Montreal Locomotive Works starting in 1912. As a member of the dual service U-3-b class, the 6325 handled heavy passenger and freight work for the Grand Trunk Western. Although idle, the 6325 now resides, protected from the elements in the Age of Steam Roundhouse near Sugarcreek, OH. Circa 1937-1942, compiled from various sources. Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification Card for Locomotive No. More information: Fast shipping and well packaged, Thanks. 21 bound for Muskegon. Built as part of the K-4-a class of Pacific types for the GTW, No. 6323 at speed on the main line with a passenger train, perhaps even the Maple Leaf. Because the Canadian National system used a percentage rating instead of a tractive effort figure, the tractive effort given for most classes is approximate. Power consisted of the 5000 series Pacifics and 2600-series Consolidations. Grand Trunk Western No. Refresh your browser window to try again. Related photos: 6327 is known for being the last steam engine to run in Port Huron, Michigan, as well as pulling the last steam train there. Durango & Silverton A decade later, No. http://www.steamlocomotive.com/lists/searchdb.php?railroad=GTW&country=USA. 1 and Island Pond, Vt. Mostly, it served on the . It is a USRA Light Mikado 2-8-2. As a member of the dual service U-3-b class, the 6325 handled heavy passenger and freight work for the Grand Trunk Western. ], Scribbins, Jim. 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. 6327 was, yet, another well known sister engine, No. Narrow Gauge Railroad Photos, March 19: Everett Railroad "Steam Into The Cove" Related photos: Grand Trunk Western No. Railway Winter Steam Spectacular, October 16-19: East Broad Top Railroad Photo Charters 6313, along with most members of the U-3-b class, was cut up in 1960. Above, No. 6315, stopping briefly with her freight train on the main line at Bellevue, Michigan in the summer of 1953. 6039 was moved along with the rest of the Steamtown collection to Scranton, Pennsylvania, but the locomotive's cylinder castings became damaged during the move. 3732 was renumbered to 4068 in June 1956 to make room for diesels. No. As a result, local freight and branch line duties were still performed by the GTW's ageing stable of lighter steam power. With 63-inch drivers, they had 23x32-inch cylinders and carried a boiler pressure of 180 pounds per square inch. See details. The engineer, leaning on the window sill, regards the photographer (me) on the M-78 highway bridge with some amusement. The run drew thousands of rail enthusiasts. 6037-6041. Instead of cutting them up, the scrappers converted a number of these GTW 0-8-0s to oil burners, added auxiliary water tenders and kept them around to switch the plant until 1980. Two days of photo shoots with visiting SP 4-6-0 steam locomotive #18 - Laws, They had a grate area of 84 square feet, 4400 square feet of evaporative heating surface, and 1955 square feet of superheating surface. My photo (above, left) was used in their online promotional poster. ): 65,000 (also reported as 49,590), Tender Capacity: This page provides a calendar of upcoming railfan events and excursions throughout North America. Trunk Western Railway leased No. acquired a rather ugly shielding around the stack which, fortunately, It was a mosaic of mismatched parts of all but one of Canada's four major railways. do not Exceed Fifteen 15 Miles per hour entering and leaving single track V.R.H." Making a stop at Durand, Michigan, with train No. 6039. 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. In January 1929, the Grand Trunk Western Probably the lowliest assignment given to these engines was work train service, almost always a task relegated to obsolete or surplus power even today. "Specification Card for Locomotive No. Grand Trunk Western No. [7][1] There, it was repainted again with the smokebox becoming black again. vestibuled or all-weather cabs. 3740 was built by Schenectady in 1923, and was listed as being renumbered to 4076 in June 1956. Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust, Station & Parking Lot: 64 S. Washington Street Business Office: 100 S. Chestnut Street. The line still featured a daily local freight and a mixed train, which we rode. 5043 and 5042 resting near the roundhouse. 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. and 4-6-0 #40 - Ely, Nevada In January 2021 the locomotive was sold to the Colebrookdale Railroad, a Pennsylvania tourist line, for eventual restoration to operation. 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. Those remaining in 1956 renumbered as follows: 8222 = 8447; 8226 = 8448. Nice old pic for my collection. 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. (1967): 36. 4070 and may have been the last steam locomotive to haul freight on the Grand Trunk Western. ]. With little volunteers, low money and no place to call home, the Greater Battle Creek foundation was through. EARLY PHOTO of GRAND TRUNK RAILROAD 0-6-0 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE #1826 in 1930's. $7.99 + $1.50 shipping. D&RGW #315, May 28: Cumbres & Toltec Locomotive 168 Memorial Weekend Special Its forte was heavy passenger and fast freight service. Builders Number: 46941, Cylinders: 20x28 5629, famous for her steam excursions in the diesel era (see below). Grand Trunk Western was one of them (others included Illinois Central, Atlantic Coast Line and Canadian Pacific). The famous K-4-a No. No. Later fully or partially equipped with disc drivers. However they could be a difficult engine for a fireman, before conversion, because they had a long firebox and did not have a stoker. 6323 is on display at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. At Boiler Pressure: 190 psi Grand Trunk Western road engines, and the only 4-8-2 of the 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. Grand Trunk Western Railroad 4-8-2 Locomotive No. No. Peering over her shoulder is K-4-a Pacific No. on leading and trailing trucks on the locomotive itself. 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. The engine was donated to the City of Jackson, Michgan,in 1957 and is on display in North Lawn Park just off Lansing Ave. The Point St.Charles shop was opened in 1859 by the Grand Trunk and built a healthy portion of the Grand Trunk's roster. can be restored to run, it should be so restored for interpretive use Then at 5 pm, it pulled a special 3-hour excursion to the OHCR Morgan Run steam shops for tours. 3740 in this capacity, trailed by a caboose and perhaps other cars used by a track work crew. Sponsored Links They were manufactured with friction bearings on all The distinctive turreted rooftop of the historic Durand depot pokes skyward behind U-3-b 4-8-4 No. Colorado to Osier 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). of steam locomotives used in North America . I snapped the above photo of No. tender and engine axles, but during the mid-1930s the Grand Trunk S-19802 from the railway's Purchasing Department in Montreal, Quebec, on 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. No. Six GTW U-4-b class 4-8-4s built by Lima Locomotive Works would have streamlined shrouding and 77-inch (1.956 m) driving wheels to be used only in passenger service. These coal-burning locomotives had cylinder-shaped Vanderbilt tenders and enclosed all-weather cabs. The Grand Trunk No. 713 is a "Mogul" type 2-6-0 steam locomotive. 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. 56 from Muskegon to Detroit is 4-6-2 No. Winterail, March 18-19: Durango & Silverton Galloping Goose Excursions The locomotive was mainly designed to haul freight trains, but also did occasional passenger service whenever possible. Above we see No. Railroad Photos, March 23-24: Southern Pacific 18 at Laws Railroad Museum and it proved to be one of the last steam locomotives in normal common No. Condition: Although ostensibly in good Word of No. The Grand Trunk Western No. [See p. 198, fig. Rebuilt from 2-8-2s. 5629 being scrapped at Blue Island, IL on July 14, 1987. More information: June 17, 1959, undoubtedly with plans to use it elsewhere than at South documented the vital statistics of Grand Trunk Western Locomotive 86 was built in 1910 by the Canadian Locomotive Co. as Grand Trunk No. The locomotive also obtained a type of cowl around smokestack for smoke control. National Railways, which thereafter controlled the Grand Trunk Western No. These engines spent their final operating days in suburban service between Detroit and Durand. modifications of these locomotives. for the move from Bellows Falls to Scranton, and those need to be The U-4-b class had a grate area of 73.7 square feet; they had 3860 square feet of evaporative heating surface, and their superheating surface totaled 1530 square feet. This translation tool is for your convenience only. applied at the same time even to a single locomotive. A fundraising campaign, led by the National Association of Power Engineers, promoted its preservation and cosmetic restoration. Virginia 3523 is its Young valve gear, in which the valve mechanism drives directly off the cylinder crosshead. the very least, it should be restored for use as a static exhibit; trains, plus night photo session - Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania 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. Photos, June 3-4: Walkersville Southern Railroad Steam Trains For the U-1-c class, the GTW approached the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to place an order of five locomotives in 1925, and they were numbered 60376041. My brother, David Leonard, photographed No. C ANADIAN N ATIONAL R AILWAYS. Grand Trunk 100 Steam Engine HO Scale Locomotive And Tender. In the scene below at the Battle Creek shops from the summer of 1953, 0-6-0 No. Installation of 50 sq ft of thermic siphons also increased the firebox heating surface to 231 sq ft. 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. First, the type became popular in Railway in the United States. Narrow Gauge Railroad Photos, October 6-9: Nevada Northern Railway "Photo Spectacular" In the GTW's the June 1956 renumbering, 2-8-2 No. Subsequently the engine was exhibited at Blount's Steamtown located at Nevada Northern Burr Oak Yard was sold to Metra Commuter Rail of Chicago, who asked Jensen to relocate No. Narrow Gauge Railroad Photos, Nevada Northern 8380 and its eleven sisters in class P-5-g were erected by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1929. 6039 at the Baldwin Locomotive Works on June 26, 1925. Two 2-day photo charters featuring EBT 2-8-2 #16 with passenger and freight The train is eastbound in late morning, preparing to cross over to the westbound main to switch the siding. In the summer of 1953 we visited the Grand Trunk Western engine terminal in Pontiac, Michigan. A photographer reportedly caught No. Railway Winter Steam Spectacular. It was comprised of the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR), Intercolonial Railway (ICR) and the Canadian Northern (CNoR). In its later years of service on the GTW, the locomotive pulled numerous excursion trips hosted by local railroad clubs and the GTW. It was operated on this schedule for all three days of the event. Locomotives built for the Grand Trunk at the Point St.Charles shops will be identified in the "Builder" with the mark "GTR". 1006, and renumbered twice, before it was photographed leading a mixed train through Ontario in . 6410 in this role at Bellevue, Michigan late in 1952. type in the Steamtown Foundation collection.Photo by Durango & Silverton 11, 1953.Photo by Peter Cox, Steamtown Foundation Collection. 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. 5629's endangerment spread through the local railroad community. Proud queens of Grand Trunk Western's steam passenger fleet were the six 4-8-4s in class U-4-b, Nos. 1924. No. Related photos: Trains, 5629 we find her at the Durand diamonds during the summer of 1954, waiting to proceed south into the depot with No. locomotives in the collection, this engine had its drive rods removed During the 1940s, No. In August of 1923, she was renumbered #18, continuing service on the LS&I until 1962. [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. 5629 made its debut pulling a trip over the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad, for which it was painted in B&O colors. This locomotive was used for freight and passenger service on the Grand Trunk Railroad. Railroad No. 6039. 5629 was subsequently moved to a spur track in Hammond, IN that Jensen had rented from the Grand Trunk. Boiler Pressure (in lbs. At the end of its career in the 1950s, the Grand Larry Bell (mentioned above) wrote me as follows: "In Durand, the 3500s were used on the 'top end jobs' almost exclusively. Builder's no. the United States as a result of the great success of an engine of that This left-side view highlights her Worthington type BL feedwater heater, mounted behind the air pump. This photo was taken in the summer of 1953. Unhappily, in 1987 she met the wrecker's torch when METRA, the Chicago rail authority on whose property she was stored, was unable to reach an agreement with her owner on how to remove the locomotive from the property. At left is a dramatic low-angle shot of 4-8-4 No. All these Pacifics had 73-inch drivers and 25x28-inch cylinders. By that date, the engine had No. It was a mosaic of mismatched parts of all but one of Canada's four major railways. 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. 6323 and 6313 above and 6328 below. 5030 had been involved in a notorious train wreck, that of the "Knights Templar Special" on June 5, 1923. Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad 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. East Broad Top Railroad Photos, April 29: Ashland Train Day Oddly, these modern drive wheels were not all The train ran between Detroit to Durand during November 1960. The Herron video/DVD Glory Machines of the Grand Trunk Western features a helicopter chase of the modified No. Related photos: In 1973, Richard Jensen was severely injured following a freak accident. Grand Trunk Western Locomotive No. Although they were purchased for 6039 to the Central Vermont Railway, 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. Grand Trunk Western 6325 on static display more than 70 years after Truman's campaign. It was comprised of the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR), Intercolonial Railway (ICR) and the. September 21, 1941, it had the boxpok drivers on at least the second and resulted in the railroad downgrading use of the "Mountains," and they Those remaining in 1956 renumbered as follows: 3702-3706 = 4045-4049; 3708-3712 = 4050-4054; 3714-3717 = 4055-4058; 3719 = 4059; 3720 = 4060; 3722 = 4061; 3726-3739 = 4062-4075. 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. The Grand Trunk Western owned six of them; another user of the 0-8-2 was the Illinois Central. These locomotives were part of the Canadian National roster, but were separately identified as Grand Trunk or Grand Trunk Western for service in the United States. 6039. Date Built: 1912 February 24-26: Sugar Express Excursions. The locomotive was subsequently moved out of the back shops to remain on display on various parts of Steamtown property. ], Guide to the Steamtown Collection. Everett Railroad 5048 with the local freight at the depot in nearby Perrinton. 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.
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