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Grand Trunk Western 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. As a member of the dual service U-3-b class, the 6325 handled heavy passenger and freight work for the Grand Trunk Western.
Ogle Winston Link [1] (December 16, 1914 – January 30, 2001), known commonly as O. Winston Link, was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photography and sound recordings of the last days of steam locomotive railroading on the Norfolk and Western in the United States in the late 1950s.
Louisiana Steam Train Association, Jefferson, LA: Operational. Last surviving locomotive built in Louisiana. Asserted to be the only operating steam locomotive in Louisiana. MD-01 Chesapeake and Ohio 1309: 2-6-6-2: 1949 built Western Maryland Scenic Railroad: Last-built of BLW's Class 1 mainline locomotives, it pulled coal trains.
GTW U-3-b class 4-8-4 Northern-type locomotive 6319 led 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. Steam was used on some freight trains until 1961. [5] [13] [14] A 1909 photograph of a Grand Trunk Western locomotive and crew at the Durand, Michigan roundhouse
The train ran between Detroit to Durand during November 1960. The locomotive was retired by 1961, and was subsequently sold for scrap. No. 6327 was, yet, another well known sister engine, No. 6327 is known for being the last steam engine to run in Port Huron, Michigan, as well as pulling the last steam train there. No. 6327 was among the last ...
A steam test on the boiler was conducted in June 2022. [35] After the steam test, work remained on the superheater, cab and boiler jacketing before the engine could return to service. [32] By October 2022, boiler jacketing and paint work on the cab were completed for public display during the annual Friends of the East Broad Top Reunion. [22]
The GTW assigned No. 5629 to pull passenger trains in their Chicago Division between Port Huron, Michigan, and Chicago, Illinois. [ 6 ] [ 9 ] After the railroad received U-3-b class 4-8-4s in 1942, No. 5629 was reassigned to pull freight and commuter trains in the GTW's Detroit Division between Detroit and Muskegon .
Galloping Goose is the popular name given to a series of seven railcars (officially designated as "motors" by the railroad), built in the 1930s by the Rio Grande Southern Railroad (RGS) and operated until the end of service on the line in the early 1950s. They were derived from full-sized automobiles.