Diameter of Drive Wheels (in inches): 73 Lerro Photography As I recall, I caught sight of only one of these comparatively rare engines. the very least, it should be restored for use as a static exhibit; Card on No. As a result I never saw them in operation, though I photographed No. 5030-5048 were built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1912 for GTW's predecessor, the Grand Trunk Railway; No. 3734 heading a westbound local freight in my village of Bellevue, Michigan, in the autumn of 1952. 6325 rests on the bridge over the Battle Creek River in the summer of 1952, waiting for the highball to proceed westward. Grand Trunk Railway 1516 Canadian National Railways 5288 Whyte System Type: 4-6-2 "Pacific" Class: J-7-b Builder: Montreal Locomotive Works Date Built: 1918 Builder's Number: 60483 Cylinders (diameter x stroke in inches): 24 x 28 Boiler Pressure (in lbs. 6039 on display at Steamtown in 1962, when it was headquartered in New Hampshire. Maryland 6323 at Durand, Michigan, in May, 1954, while it was temporarily separated from the Maple Leaf so diesel switcher 7904 (visible behind 6323's tender) could switch a car for the Detroit connection. In the Steamtown Foundation files. In failing health, Jensen was unable to do so and took Metra to court. Sponsored Links ], National Railway Historical Society Bulletin, Vol. Florida 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. Normally the local freight through Bellevue, Michigan, was headed by a Consolidation. 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. the United States as a result of the great success of an engine of that Railroad succeeded the Grand Trunk Western Railway. D&RGW #315, May 28: Cumbres & Toltec Locomotive 168 Memorial Weekend Special Virginia 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. But it wasn't until 1998 that restoration efforts began and on July 31, 2001, No. Railroad No. 6039 was reassigned to pulling secondary passenger trains between Detroit and Muskegon, and it last served in the late 1950s. Peering over her shoulder is K-4-a Pacific No. The dimensions of the K-4-a class were similar to those of the later K-4bs, except that their boiler pressure was only 200 pounds. No. Here is a copy of a train order issued by the Battle Creek dispatcher on June 26, 1953, to the engineer of the work crane, No. (It was used in Quastler's Where the Rails Cross, mentioned above.) As a member of the dual service U-3-b class, the 6325 handled heavy passenger and freight work for the Grand Trunk Western. 6039 gets meticulously taken care of while occasionally being moved around for public display with occasional night photo sessions taking place around it. By 1857, the Grand Trunk had a total of 849 miles of track in operation and rostered a fleet of 197 locomotives. I photographed No. Water (in gallons): 13,575. 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. Because the Canadian National system used a percentage rating instead of a tractive effort figure, the tractive effort given for most classes is approximate. 6315, stopping briefly with her freight train on the main line at Bellevue, Michigan in the summer of 1953. 6039," June 26, 1925. Tractive Effort: 42,000 lbs The distinctive cylindrical tank of a Vanderbilt tender graced More information: The Grand Trunk Western owned six of them; another user of the 0-8-2 was the Illinois Central. No. Maryland 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 . More information: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad 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. Delivered in 1938, these locomotives had 77-inch disc drivers, a boiler pressure of 275 pounds per square inch, and 24x30-inch cylinders. [8] As of 2023, No. 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. tender. My photo (above, left) was used in their online promotional poster. locomotives, numbered 6037 through 6041, which it assigned to Class of modifications. There, Jensen and a group of local railfans worked to restore No. 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. A decade later, No. As with many The People's Railway. Scenic Expeditions into the Secret Valley. Out of service since 1990, she is undergoing restoration in Cleveland. As a member of the dual service U-3-b class, the 6325 handled heavy passenger and freight work for the Grand Trunk Western. 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. In the late 1970s, Jensen moved No. served on passenger runs between Detroit and Muskegon. do not Exceed Fifteen 15 Miles per hour entering and leaving single track V.R.H." Grand Trunk 3415 in 1954 in Quebec Province. In its later years of service on the GTW, the locomotive pulled numerous excursion trips hosted by local railroad clubs and the GTW. 3713. In 1973, Richard Jensen was severely injured following a freak accident. 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. 4-6-2 Pacific type and 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotives also built by Baldwin and Alco in the 1920s and 4-6-0 Ten-Wheelers built around 1900 began in mainline service but later were eventually both found mostly on branch lines and mixed train service. This photo is also in Quastler's Where the Rails Cross. Since No. No. Occasionally the 6400s were seen on freight trains, especially on break-in runs after overhauling at the Battle Creek shops. Class J-3-a had 69-inch drivers, a boiler pressure of 185 pounds per square inch, and cylinder dimensions of 23x28 inches. More information: U.S.R.A. They developed 52,457 pounds of tractive effort and weighed 382,700 pounds. exhibit at the Pleasure Island amusement park. The locomotive was mainly designed to haul freight trains, but also did occasional passenger service whenever possible. 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. [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. It was also the one of the last steam locomotives to ever regularly operate in the state of Vermont. 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. 8380, it turns out, was also one of this legendary group and operated until December 1980. Two 2-day photo charters featuring EBT 2-8-2 #16 with passenger and freight It pulled its first excursion train from Dennison to Columbus, Ohio on September 22 of that year. headed to abide by the timetables, a costly practice that required an Although they were purchased for In the scene below at the Battle Creek shops from the summer of 1953, 0-6-0 No. 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. 0-6-0 steam locomotive #3 leads two trips from Nelsonville, Ohio Durango & Silverton The famous K-4-a No. Steamtown Foundation, n.d. (ca. Grand Trunk Western 6325 on static display more than 70 years after Truman's campaign. 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). More information: 5043 and 5042 resting near the roundhouse. 6039. wheels. Tom Golden photo. 5629 in excursion service out of Chicago. documented the vital statistics of Grand Trunk Western Locomotive Picture 1 of 1. trains, plus night photo session - Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania Mid-Twentieth Century. light Mikado design; class includes 15 GT and 25 GTW locomotives. NPS should commission a Whyte System Type: 4-8-2 Mountain No. Date Built: June 1925 5629's sister locomotives, Nos. 3523 at the GTW's Battle Creek shops in the summer of 1953 she was awaiting repairs. [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. [3], Since its sidelining in 2005, No. The CNR system U-1-a through U-1-e classes had the "Indirect" or "reverse" configuration of the Walschaerts valve gear. In addition he would regularly report to the dispatcher the passing of all trains past the Bellevue depot on this busy stretch of railroad. September 21, 1941, it had the boxpok drivers on at least the second and This is one of Thirty-nine of these relatively small but . ]. extra engine crew, not to mention the additional engine, so that a Grand Trunk Western Railroad 4-8-2 Locomotive No. Winterail, March 18-19: Durango & Silverton Galloping Goose Excursions Grand Trunk Western No. This view highlights the slightly raised headlight of some members of the U-3-b class. 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. condition, this engine reportedly has bad cylinder castings, which means railroad to survive. This translation tool is for your convenience only. [1] No. Free shipping for many products! Many of these pieces, including the bell and headlight, survive today in private collections around the country. Submit Your Event. Above, at Bellevue, Michigan in the summer of 1952, we see 2-8-2 No. 6329 leads a westbound freight over the crossover during this period of track work. Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification Card for Locomotive No. She heads train No. The Herron video/DVD Glory Machines of the Grand Trunk Western features a helicopter chase of the modified No. Subsequently the engine was exhibited at Blount's Steamtown located at I. successful, to the extent that Canadian National bought another 21 in Today, the story of GTW No. Galloping Goose #5 round-trip to Cascade Canyon - Durango, Colorado Additional views from both of us appear in our Random Steam Collection. subsidiary in Michigan.Canadian National Railways. Nos. the railroads were briefly nationalized during and just after World War Colorado to Osier [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. 6039, the only tender of this Northwestern Wire & Steel Company used three Grand Trunk Western 0-8-0s as plant switchers. Sent to CNR or GT after delivery of U-3-b class. 6038 and specifications. 6039. Blount paid $7,425 for they could be found, in the words of the railroad's historian, "as often 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. Illinois and was in its later years the only railroad that provided 7526 peers bashfully between two of the class U-3-b Northerns, Nos. the United States, six of which were engines of the St. Louis and San Boxcab switcher for the Milwaukee ferry dock. 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 Grand Trunk Western (GTW) was one of three notable U.S. properties owned by Canadian National (others being Central Vermont and Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific). She was sent to the scrapyard in 1959. With a locomotive weight of 403,000 pounds and a combined engine-and-tender length of 96 feet, the U-3-b class was still one of the smaller types of 4-8-4s used on the North American railway system. Railroad Photos, March 23-24: Southern Pacific 18 at Laws Railroad Museum It has bad cylinder castings. 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. 3734 became No. In 1948, locomotive No. Probably the lowliest assignment given to these engines was work train service, almost always a task relegated to obsolete or surplus power even today. No. 6039 is one of about 17 Grand Trunk 56, her Muskegon-Detroit train. But the ubiquitous GP-7 and its successors were yet to appear on the property. 5629 being scrapped at Blue Island, IL on July 14, 1987. Grand Trunk Western: 4-6-2 "Pacific" 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. It was comprised of the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR), Intercolonial Railway (ICR) and the Canadian Northern (CNoR). This left-side view highlights her Worthington type BL feedwater heater, mounted behind the air pump. Eventually, Metra had finally had enough and contracted with the Erman-Howell Division of the Luria Brothers Scrap Company to dispose of No 5629. Steamed up for the first time in October 1961, No. roundhouse. acquisition of still heavier steam power, and later, diesel locomotives, Carver. [5][1], After sitting in storage for a few months, No. Cumbres & Toltec [16] In 1985, fundraising began to restore the engine. I photographed No. 3523 renumbered to 3522 in June, 1956; others presumably scrapped by then. The Grand Trunk Railroad, After the new shiny black sheet of boiler jacketing was replaced, Steamtown's boilermaker, Mark St Aubin, took two and a half days to reassemble the piping. Members of the U-3-b class had only two more years to run in this Detroit suburban service, their final assignment. Its role in history is what saved it from the scrapper's torch. 6323 is on display at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. in high-speed service. USA. 2681 poses in Middleton, Michigan, on the Greenville branch, in June 1954. The locomotives shown here belonged to class N-4-d. 6329 during the summer of 1953, including the one below in which the 4-8-4 pauses just east of Bellevue with an eastbound movement. [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. 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. 4083 in the 1956 renumbering. No. 6325 moved for the first time under its own power in forty-two years. They had 51-inch diameter driving wheels, weighed 215,150 pounds, and exerted 49,691 pounds of tractive effort. As a result of this, nine employees were fired from Metra and Jensen filed a lawsuit, but ultimately lost. F. Nelson Blount purchased Grand Trunk Western 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. ], Guide to the Steamtown Collection. 159. A photographer reportedly caught No. 6405 was the last of the U-4-b class to remain in service. 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. all of them in the late 1940s. Coal (in tons): 18 5629 View source A postcard from the late 1960s showing No. Between 1923 and 1930, the GTW purchased a total of fifty-nine 4-8-2 locomotives for their roster, and they were classified as U-1-as, U-1-bs, U-1-cs, U-1-ds, and U-1-es, designed by the GTW's Chief Mechanical Engineer of the time Thomas H. Walker. Ashland Train Day, May 20-21 & 27-29: Walkersville Southern Railroad Steam Trains 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). the Grand Trunk Western Railway owned 331 miles of track in Michigan and Fast shipping and well packaged, Thanks. My brother, David Leonard, photographed No. East Broad Top Railroad Photos, April 29: Ashland Train Day This photo appears in I. E. Quastler's book Where the Rails Cross: A Railroad History of Durand, Michigan, published in September 2005. 6328 met the torch in Chicago in 1960. See details. Note: The accuracy and accessibility of the resulting translation is not guaranteed. 5030 had been involved in a notorious train wreck, that of the "Knights Templar Special" on June 5, 1923. In 1946, the 6325 gained notoriety for pulling United States President Harry S. Truman's election campaign train through the state of Michigan. 6325, had the headlight centered on the smokebox front. During the 1940s, No. 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. Date Built: 1910 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. tender and engine axles, but during the mid-1930s the Grand Trunk 6039 found itself on display on Vermont soil again. reinstalled. 11, 1953.Photo by Peter Cox, Steamtown Foundation Collection. 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. 6039 was reported to have received vanadium steel main frames and boxpok driving wheels, but not all of them were applied at the same. 32, No. 5629 was placed in storage at Durand, MI. 6039 was also one of the very first steam locomotives to be a part of the Steamtown collection, and the only locomotive in the collection with a 4-8-2 wheel arrangement. In the view below we see No. 6315. Bellows Falls, Vt.: No. Click to enlarge. 922 then years later renumbered #1396. A member of class S-3-c outshopped by American Locomotive in 1924, she was assigned No. However, this was later removed for proving to be ineffective. These 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. 6323, garishly decorated with white front steps, on a 1961 Labor Day fan trip at South Bend, Indiana. 6039 is a preserved class "U-1-c" 4-8-2 "Mountain type" steam locomotive built in June 1925 by Baldwin. Its forte was heavy passenger and fast freight service. Something went wrong. The locomotive was subsequently moved out of the back shops to remain on display on various parts of Steamtown property. 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. [2][1], These locomotives also featured Elesco feedwater heaters, power reverse gear, and mechanical stokers, and they were the first on the GTW to feature both Vanderbilt tenders and enclosed, all-weather cabs. In other respects these engines had specifications similar to No. 16 (Dec. 1955): 18-20. [See Item 45. Second, the parent Canadian National Railways had purchased 16 of Due to poor ballast conditions the train jumped the tracks a mile west of Durand, Michigan. Around this time, the Rock Island was on the verge of bankruptcy, and in March 1980, the railroad shut down for good. 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. 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. 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. No. National Railway. 6039 to the Central Vermont Railway, [6][1] The locomotive was also repainted with a light grey smokebox and a solid black number plate, and it was put on display at North Walpole in front of Maine Central 2-8-0 No. For more information: 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. California 1930). "Specification Card for Locomotive No. The grate is 50.62 sq ft and total heating surface is 3,003 sq ft including 578 sq ft superheating. No. 6039 at Steamtown, Bellows Falls, More information: Hocking Valley Scenic Railway. The GTW gradually equipped these locomotives with disc drivers. Grand Trunk Western was one of them (others included Illinois Central, Atlantic Coast Line and Canadian Pacific). 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. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers. of steam locomotives used in North America . More information: Gary Thompson provided a photo by William Rosenberg of No. [5][6] The city finalized plans for the locomotive's display location on Hall street across from the train station in May 1960. Have one to sell? Other steam locomotives in GTW's fleet at the time included the Mikado type 2-8-2s built by Baldwin Locomotive Works and Alco primarily used in mainline freight service. Since double-headers would be a more costly practice, a larger locomotive was needed for the railroad's roster. 5629 at Dearborn Station in Chicago. Edmunds: Pacific Fast Mail, 1977: 4-9, Grand Trunk Western - Locomotive No. Grand Trunk Western was one of the last U.S. railroads to employ steam locomotives. 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. In stepped Jerry J. Jacobson of the Ohio Central Railroad System (OHCR) who purchased No. An unusual feature of No. No. With 3,600 passengers holding tickets train #21 had to be run in two sections (as two separate trains) to accommodate the excess of passengers. Railway Winter Steam Spectacular. With a full load of coal in her Vanderbilt tender, Grand Trunk Weight on Drivers: 189,360 lbs. Jeddo Coal 0-4-0 steam locomotive #85 pulls three excursions each day - Walkersville, Unable to run the locomotive, it was placed in storage at the Amtrak yard near Union Station in Chicago while Jensen was hospitalized. ], Scribbins, Jim. 6037-6041. 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. 5629, famous for her steam excursions in the diesel era (see below). 6313 in the next photo. However, returning No. Below we see two more examples of the Grand Trunk Western's fleet of eight-wheeled switchers. attempt to standardize designs of all American steam locomotives when In 1967 and 1968, it traveled to Baraboo, WI to pull the Circus World Museum's Schlitz Circus Train. For surviving steam locomotives, visit the Grand Trunk Western page in Wes Barris' North American Steam Locomotive site. Built for Grand Trunk Western Railway as No. Western Railroad, 1938-1961. 7526, because of its short wheelbase, was probably used to switch some industrial trackage in Battle Creek that had sharp curves. 163, builder's photographs of No. At the end of its career in the 1950s, the Grand 4070 was then acquired by the Midwest Railway Preservation Society for use on its Cuyahoga Valley Line. 3732 at the engine terminal in Battle Creek in August, 1956. With 63-inch drivers, they had 23x32-inch cylinders and carried a boiler pressure of 180 pounds per square inch. In January 2021 the locomotive was sold to the Colebrookdale Railroad, a Pennsylvania tourist line, for eventual restoration to operation. Widespread use of the 2-8-2 wheel arrangement originated with a group of locomotives built by Baldwin in 1897 for the Nippon Railway of Japan, hence the name Mikado for this type of locomotive.
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