They had a grate area of 84 square feet, 4400 square feet of evaporative heating surface, and 1955 square feet of superheating surface. In January 1929, the Grand Trunk Western 6323 is said to be that last steam locomotive used in main line passenger service in the U.S., and made her last run under GTW ownership on September 20, 1961. 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. tender and engine axles, but during the mid-1930s the Grand Trunk Oddly, these modern drive wheels were not all These Consolidations were members of class N-4, which had several subclasses; all were built between 1906 and 1911 for the Grand Trunk Railway. Builder's no. 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. 2023 Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust. It pulled its first excursion train from Dennison to Columbus, Ohio on September 22 of that year. 5629's sister locomotives, Nos. 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. Grand Trunk Western No. By that date, the engine had I rode behind one of these locomotives on a family trip from Battle Creek, Michigan, to Chicago in the early 1950s. 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. 5629 made its debut pulling a trip over the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad, for which it was painted in B&O colors. Meanwhile, one of CN's American subsidiaries, the Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW), was struggling with the increase of passenger traffic, especially in the Chicago division, since their trains were growing longer to the point they exceeded their 4-6-2 "Pacific" types' hauling capacities. Railroad No. 6039 is one of only seven Michigan and controlled by the Grand Trunk Railroad of Canada, by 1920 ripping the quiet Michigan and Indiana countrysides apart with fast 5633, displays the web-spoke drivers that seem to have been applied only to this member of the trio. NPS should commission a [13][14][note 1]. No. of modifications. 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. ", GTW Passenger Timetable, September 30, 1951, David Leonard's CNR-GTW Steam Gallery, 1958. As of 2022, No. 4070 and may have been the last steam locomotive to haul freight on the Grand Trunk Western. No. 16 (Dec. 1955): 18-20. Ashland Train Day, May 20-21 & 27-29: Walkersville Southern Railroad Steam Trains commuter rail service in and around Detroit. 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. As with many the railroads were briefly nationalized during and just after World War Related photos: In the summer of 1953, as mentioned above, a crane was working on the westbound track near Bellevue, and trains were being diverted to the eastbound main between Bellevue and Nichols Yard in Battle Creek. acquisition of still heavier steam power, and later, diesel locomotives, No. and Island Pond, Vt. Mostly, it served on the . No. During the 1940s, No. 76 (Former GTW 8376) in May, 1977. Builder: BaldwinLocomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The GTW P-5 0-8-0s were sharing duties with diesel switchers as early as the late 1930s. This portrait of 2-8-0 No. 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. National Railways, which thereafter controlled the Grand Trunk Western Sugar Express, February 25: Hocking Valley Steam Train Special Alco 2-6-0 steam locomotive #11 powers a 27-mile round-trip excursion from I. E. Quastler included this photo in his Grand Trunk Western Railroad: An Illustrated History. U.S. Sugar 4-6-2 #148 leads excursions from Sebring and Lake Placid, Florida. 5030 had been involved in a notorious train wreck, that of the "Knights Templar Special" on June 5, 1923. Proud queens of Grand Trunk Western's steam passenger fleet were the six 4-8-4s in class U-4-b, Nos. Used: An item that has been used previously. This broadside view of another example of the K-4-b class, No. The CNR system U-1-a through U-1-e classes had the "Indirect" or "reverse" configuration of the Walschaerts valve gear. Circa 1937-1942, compiled from various sources. Several groups, including the Illinois Railway Museum and the Mid-Continent Railway Museum, stepped in to try and save it, but soon realized it would be too costly since it could no longer move on its own wheels. [Photograph of No. Some well known trips done by No. SHREVEPORT HOUSTON & GULF RAILROAD 4-6-0 #5 ORIGINAL CAMDEN TEXAS LOGGING PHOTO (#404179167035). It has bad cylinder castings. No. 5629 was subsequently moved to a spur track in Hammond, IN that Jensen had rented from the Grand Trunk. Durango & Silverton The Grand Trunk Western made two other notable 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. 6315. Grand Trunk Western No. Steam Grand Trunk Western was one of the last U.S. railroads to employ steam locomotives. 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. Peering over her shoulder is K-4-a Pacific No. They featured enclosed or vestibule cabs similar to those on GTW's 4-8-4s and 4-8-2s, and also introduced the exhaust steam injector in place of the feedwater heater of the K-4-a class. 6327 is known for being the last steam engine to run in Port Huron, Michigan, as well as pulling the last steam train there. Below is a July, 1954 view of No. Gordon Chappell, A Canadian National Railways folio locomotive diagram sheet Lerro Photography The locomotive was retired by 1961, and was subsequently sold for scrap.[23][24]. [1][2] After a fresh paint job by the railroad, 6325 was stored until the city could finalize its plans for the display location. The distinctive turreted rooftop of the historic Durand depot pokes skyward behind U-3-b 4-8-4 No. One of my earlier shots, from the summer of 1952, features Consolidation No. Above we see No. the practice on the Canadian National in an attempt to keep the smoke Those remaining in 1956 renumbered as follows: 3748 = 4083; 3750-3757 = 4084-4091. More information: 6039 was sold for $7,425 on June 17, 1959, to seafood magnate and steam locomotive enthusiast F. Nelson Blount. 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. 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. named Eilenberger recorded Engine No. I took the above photo of No. Below is a broadside shot of 0-8-0 switcher No. 3734 became No. These engines weighed 224,100 pounds and exerted a modest (by later standards) 33,756 pounds of tractive effort. All or some of the N-4-d and N-4-d class were built as cross-compounds and converted to simple operation around 1926. The Southern Pacific's Daylights and the Norfolk & Western's Class J series were outstanding examples. light Mikado design; class includes 15 GT and 25 GTW locomotives. Lerro Photography 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. After World War II, the GTW started investing into diesel locomotives, which would take over most of the high-priority assignments. 4083 in the 1956 renumbering. Related photos: Grand Trunk Western Railroad 4-8-2 Locomotive No. With little volunteers, low money and no place to call home, the Greater Battle Creek foundation was through. (It was used in Quastler's Where the Rails Cross, mentioned above.) Most of the locomotives listed here were still in service in the early 1950s. ], National Railway Historical Society Bulletin, Vol. 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. 2124. 6323 is on display at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. In failing health, Jensen was unable to do so and took Metra to court. More information: National Railway. 6325 moved for the first time under its own power in forty-two years. She was sent to the scrapyard in 1959. At right is a postcard published early in the diesel era, still showing one of the 6400s stopped at Durand with a Montreal-Chicago train. . Condition: Although ostensibly in good U.S.R.A. 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 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. 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. - 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). 6039 pulled its last train in early 1959, right before its fire was dropped for the last time. 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. [1] As of 2023, No. 6039 from the Canadian National Railway Company for his When new, these locomotives had been assigned to passenger service on the Chicago-Port Huron main line, but by the time my family was living in Michigan their main territory was the Detroit-Muskegon line. Others, such as the surviving No. More information: Grand Trunk Western No. 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. 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. Remarks: Engine has duplex mechanical stoker, 0-6-0 steam locomotive #3 leads two trips from Nelsonville, Ohio. 6040 in Detroit on September 2, 1958, as shown below. Grand Trunk Western was one of the last U.S. railroads to employ steam locomotives. type in the Steamtown Foundation collection.Photo by Burr Oak Yard was sold to Metra Commuter Rail of Chicago, who asked Jensen to relocate 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. The first Grand Trunk Western trip proved to be a big success and over the next few years, No. 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). Diameter of Drive Wheels: 69" In the late 1970s, Jensen moved No. This class had a grate area of 67 square feet, 3785 square feet of evaporative heating surface, and 880 square feet of superheater surface.