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A thrilling 90 mph steam locomotive ride - MSNA thrilling ride on a high-steed steam locomotive is featured in this article from June 1950 Trains Magazine by then-Editor David P. Morgan. Engineer Valentine Ureda pulls up the drop seat within ...
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Woodstown Central steam locomotive sidelined - MSNWoodstown Central Railroad steam locomotive No. 9, an Alco 0-6-0, suffered an overheated journal on its central axle during the 12 p.m. excursion on April 18. The railroad’s mechanical team ...
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Trains on MSNMid-Continent announces details on July 12 return of No. 1385The Mid-Continent Railway Museum’s rescheduled “homecoming” ceremony for its Chicago & North Western Ten-Wheeler, No. 1385, ...
It became the second-largest builder of steam locomotives in the country and the largest exporter of diesel locomotives in the world.
The Big Boy is a product of a crew called the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) and it was only in production for three years during the Second World War (1941 - 1944).
By the time ALCO, the Schenectady-based maker of steam locomotives, realized diesel power was the wave of the future, it was too late.
Last week Alco’s directors, for the first time in Alco’s 31 years, passed the preferred dividend, the last dividend that was being paid by the country’s three locomotive companies.
SCRANTON, Pa. — An iconic diesel locomotive made its return to Scranton Friday. The American Locomotive Company (ALCO) PA Passenger locomotive known as the Nickel Plate (NKP) 190 has spent the ...
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