1/29/2022 -- United States Sugar 4-6-2 148, ex. Connecticut Valley Railroad Museum 148 1982, exx. Black River and Western 148, nee Florida East Coast 148, built by American Locomotive Company in 1920, during a Trains Magazine charter on the US Sugar Railroad from Clewiston to Okeelanta, Florida.
1/30/2022 -- United States Sugar 4-6-2 148, ex. Connecticut Valley Railroad Museum 148 1982, exx. Black River and Western 148, nee Florida East Coast 148, built by American Locomotive Company in 1920, during a Trains Magazine charter on the US Sugar Railroad from Clewiston to Shawnee, Florida.
3/18/2022 -- Santa Maria Valley 2-6-2 205, nee San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad 205, built by Baldwin in 1924, on a Trains Magazine charter in Lebanon, Oregon.
5/19/2022 -- Ghost Town and Calico Railroad 2-8-0 340, ex. Denver and Rio Grande Western 340 1924, exx. Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad 400 1921, exxx. Denver and Rio Grande Railroad 400 1886, nee Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company 400 "Green River", built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1881 at Knotts Berry Farm during the National Railway Historical Society convention.
7/1/2022 -- Virginia and Truckee 2-8-0 29, ex. Willamina and Grand Ronde Railway Company 680 1954, exx. Longview, Portland and Northern Railway Company 680 1922, nee Louisiana and Pacific Railway Company 252, built by Baldwin in 1916, on its regularly-scheduled run.
7/1/2022 -- Virginia and Truckee 2-8-0 29, ex. Willamina and Grand Ronde Railway Company 680 1954, exx. Longview, Portland and Northern Railway Company 680 1922, nee Louisiana and Pacific Railway Company 252, built by Baldwin in 1916, on a special run to celebrate the Great Western Steam-Up.
7/2/2022 -- Virginia & Truckee 4-6-0 25:2, ex. Hurlbut Amusements 1964, exx. Desilu Productions, Inc. 1958, exxx. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. 1947, exxxx. Virginia & Truckee Railway 25, nee Vrginia & Truckee Railroad Company 25:2, built by Baldwin in 1905, during the Great Western Steam-Up at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City.
7/3/2022 -- Western Pacific 0-6-0 165, ex. Niles Canyon Railway 165 2003, exx. Alameda County 165 1980, exxx. City of San Leandro 165 1962, exxxx. Western Pacific Railroad Company 165 1927, nee United Verde Copper Company 87, built by American Locomotive Company in 1919, at the Western Pacific Railway Museum in Portola.
7/7/2022 -- Redwood Valley 4-6-0 11 "Sequoia" built by Erich Thomsen in 1978 at Redwood Valley Railway in Tilden Park near Berkeley.
7/8/2022 -- Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad 2 truck Heisler 2 "Tuolumne", ex. Pickering Lumber Corporation (West Side Lumber 3) 1958, exx. West Side Lumber Company 3 1934, exxx. Pickering Lumber Company 3 1925, exxxx. Hetch-Hetchy & Yosemite Valleys Railway Company 3 "Thomas S. Bullock", nee Westside Flume & Lumber Company 3, built by Stearns Manufacturing in 1899, was ridden for the first time.
8/14/2022 -- Jeddo Coal Company 0-4-0ST 85 "Mack", nee A.E. Dick Construction Company 1, built by Vulcan Iron Works in 1928, visiting the Lebanon, Mason and Monroe Railroad in Lebanon, Ohio.
8/21/2022 -- Southern Railway 2-8-0 401, nee Alabama Asphaltic Limestone 401, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in December 1907, at the Monticello Railway Museum.
9/28/2022 -- Cumbres and Toltec Scenic 2-8-2 484, nee Denver and Rio Grande Western 484, built by Baldwin in 1925, during a regular excursion.
10/1/2022 -- Grand Canyon Railway 2-8-2 4960, nee Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 4960, built by Baldwin in 1923, on the first Saturday of the month when steam was used for the round trip to the Grand Canyon .
11/26/2022 -- Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad 2 truck Heisler 2 "Tuolumne", ex. Pickering Lumber Corporation (West Side Lumber 3) 1958, exx. West Side Lumber Company 3 1934, exxx. Pickering Lumber Company 3 1925, exxxx. Hetch-Hetchy & Yosemite Valleys Railway Company 3 "Thomas S. Bullock", nee Westside Flume & Lumber Company 3, built by Stearns Manufacturing in 1899.
1/20/2023 -- United States Sugar 4-6-2 148, ex. Connecticut Valley Railroad Museum 148 1982, exx. Black River and Western 148, nee Florida East Coast 148, built by American Locomotive Company in 1920, during a Bart Jennings charter on the US Sugar Railroad from Clewiston to Okeelanta, Florida.
3/12/2023 -- Santa Maria Valley 2-6-2 205, nee San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad 205, built by Baldwin in 1924 on the Santiam Excursion train in Lebanon, Oregon.
4/27/2023 -- East Broad Top 2-8-2 16 built by Baldwin in 1916, during a Pete Lerro charter in Orbisonia, Pennsylvania.
4/28/2023 -- East Broad Top 2-8-2 16 built by Baldwin in 1916, during a Pete Lerro charter in Orbisonia, Pennsylvania.
5/5/2023 -- Cass Scenic Railroad Shay 11, ex. moved to Campo in 1983, exx. Pacific Southwest Railway Museum at San Diego, California 1967, exxx. transferred Feather River Railway Company 3 at Feather Falls, California 1939, exxxx. Feather River Pine Mills 3 1927, nee Hutchinson Lumber Company 3 at Oroville, California built by Lima in 1923 and Cass Scenic Railroad Shay 5, ex. Midwest Raleigh, Inc. 5 1960, exx. Mower Lumber Company 5 1942, exxx. West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company 5 1927, exxxx. Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk River Railroad 5 1010, exxxxx. West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company 5 1909, nee Greenbrier & Elk River Railroad 5, built by Lima Locomotive Works in 1905, during the Cass Scenic 60th Anniversary railfan event.
5/17/2023 -- Virginia and Truckee 2-8-0 29, ex. Willamina and Grand Ronde Railway Company 680 1954, exx. Longview, Portland and Northern Railway Company 680 1922, nee Louisiana and Pacific Railway Company 252 built by Baldwin in 1916, at the Virginia and Truckee Railroad during the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society convention.
5/17/2023-- Virginia & Truckee 4-6-0 25, ex. Hurlbut Amusements 1964, exx. Desilu Productions, Inc. 1958, exxx. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. 1947, exxxx. Virginia & Truckee Railway 25, nee Virginia & Truckee Railroad Company 25:2, built by Baldwin in 1905, at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City, during the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society convention.
6/3/2023 -- Steamtown 0-6-0 26, ex. Mad River and Nickel Plate Railroad Museum 26, exx. Jackson Iron and Steel 3 1948, nee Baldwin Locomotive Works 26, built by the company in 1929, during their regular short steam excursion.
6/15/2023 -- Cass Scenic Railroad three truck shay 2, ex. Cass Scenic Railroad 2 1970, exx. Railway Appliance Research Limited 114 at North Vancouver, British Columbia 1964, exxx. Western Forest Industries 5 1946 at Honeymoon Bay, British Columbia, exxxx. Lake Logging Company 5 1943 at Cowichan Lake, British Columbia, exxxxx. Mayo Lumber Company 4 at Paldi, British Columbia, nee built for stock by Lima Locomotive Works in 1928, on the Greenbrier Express from Cass to Durbin, West Virginia.
6/17/2023 -- Youngstown Steel Heritage Museum 0-4-0T 58, ex. Crown Metal Products Company 58 1968, nee Jones & Laughlin Steel, built by H.K. Porter in 1937 at the J&L Narrow Gauge Railroad in Youngstown, Ohio.
6/18/2023 -- Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 765, built by Lima Locomotive Works in 1944, during the Tri-State Steam Excursion from Eldon, Ohio to Hillsdale, Michigan.
9/4/2023 -- United States Sugar 4-6-2 148, ex. Connecticut Valley Railroad Museum 148 1982, exx. Black River and Western 148, nee Florida East Coast 148, built by American Locomotive Company in 1920, was one of the 2023 National Railway Historical Society convention events.
9/15/2023 -- Abilene and Smoky Valley 4-6-2 3415, nee Santa Fe 3415, built by Baldwin in 1919, during the inaugural Dak Dillon photo charter from Abilene to Enterprise, Kansas.
10/15/2023-- Durango and Silverton 2-8-2 476, nee Denver and Rio Grande Western 476, built by American Locomotive Company in 1923, and Durango and Silverton 2-8-2 473, nee Denver and Rio Grande Western 473, built by American Locomotive Company in 1923, at Granite Point, Milepost 465.78, on the first of the two-day K28 100th Anniversary Excursion.
10/16/2023--Durango and Silverton 2-8-2 476, nee Denver and Rio Grande Western 476, built by American Locomotive Company in 1923, at the Goblin Fire location, Milepost 480.50, on the second of the two-day K28 100th Anniversary Excursion.
10/16/2023 -- Durango and Silverton 2-8-2 473, nee Denver and Rio Grande Western 473, built by American Locomotive Company in 1923 also at the Goblin Fire location, on the second of the two-day K28 100th Anniversary Excursion.
10/19/2023 -- Cumbres and Toltec Scenic 4-6-0 463, nee Denver and Rio Grande 463, built by Baldwin in 1925, at Cascade Trestle, milepost 319.95, during a two-day Dak Dillon charter from Antonito to Cascade Trestle and return.
10/20/2023 -- Cumbres and Toltec Scenic 4-6-0 168, nee Denver and Rio Grande Western 168, built by Baldwin in 1883, at the top of Whiplash Curve, milepost 296.8, on the second of a two-day Dak Dillon Charter from Antonito to Osier and return.
1/13/2024 -- Hardaway Contracting Company 0-4-0T 5, ex. Georgia Agrirama Park 5 1976, exx. Hall Carmichael 5 1973, exxx. donated to Kings Mountain State Park in 1963, exxxxx. Little Palmetto Railroad 2609 1963, exxxxxx. Winding Gulf Coal Company in 1923, exxxxxx. Rinehart & Dennis, nee Hardaway Contracting Company 5, built by Vulcan Iron Works in 1923, was ridden during a visit to the Georgia Museum of Agriculture in Tifton, Georgia.
5/18/2024 -- Durango and Silverton 2-8-2 480, nee Denver and Rio Grande Western 480, built by Baldwin in 1925, on a Dak Dillon photo charter. This runby at the Cement Wall, milepost 476.50.
5/20/2024 -- Colorado Railroad Museum 2-8-2 491, nee Denver and Rio Grande Western 2-8-2 491, built by the railroad in 1928, at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, during a Dak Dillon charter.
8/27/2024 -- At the 2024 National Railway Historical Society convention, I rode behind Canadian National 2-6-0 89, ex. Green Mountain Railroad Corporation 89 1965, exx. Edaville Corporation 1961, exxx. Canadian National Railway Company 911 1923, exxxx. Grand Trunk Railway 911 1919, nee Grand Trunk Railway of Canada 1009, built by Canadian Locomotive Company in 1910.
10/8/2024 -- Valley Railroad 2-8-2 40, ex. Aberdeen and Rockfish 40, exx. Birmingham Rail and Locomotive dealer, exxx. Southern Pacific, exxxx. Minarets and Western 1922, nee Portland, Astoria and Pacific 101, built by American Locomotive Company's Brooks Locomotive Works in 1921, during a Dak Dillon charter on the Valley Railroad in Essex, Connecticut.
10/9/2024-- Valley Railroad 2-8-0 97, ex. Vermont Railroad 97 1964, exx. Stephen D. Bogen 97 1963, exxx. Birmingham and Southern 200 1926, nee constructed for stock by American Locomotive Company in 1923, on the second day of the Dak Dillon charter on the Valley Railroad in Essex, Connecticut.
4/4/2025 -- Pacific Coast Railroad 2-4-0 2 "Roger Linn", nee Lehigh Stone Company 800, built by the Vulcan Iron Works in 1922, during a Dak Dillon charter on the Pacific Coast Railroad in Santa Margarita, California.
4/4/2025 -- Pacific Coast Railroad 0-6-2T 3 "Melodia", nee Barker and LePine Sugar Cane Company in LaFourche Crossing, Louisiana, built by H.K. Porter in 1897, during a Dak Dillon charter on the Pacific Coast Railroad in Santa Margarita, California.
4/5/2025 -- United States Army 2-6-2T 5240, a homebuilt engine using frames from a Davenport and modified as a 2-6-0 from stock gear, built by Davenport Locomotive Works in 1918, during a Dak Dillon charter on the Norgrove Railway in Arroyo Grande, California.
4/5/2025 -- Norgrove Railway 0-4-0T 8, built by Orenstein & Koppel in 1938, during a Dak Dillon charter on the Norgrove Railway in Arroyo Grande, California.
7/14/2025 -- One of the 2025 National Railway Historical Society convention events was an excursion with Little River Railroad 4-6-2 110, built by Baldwin in 1911, from Coldwater to Quincy, Michigan, where it met Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 765, built by Lima Locomotive Works in 1944, and the locomotives were swapped for the rest of the journey to Hillsdale then Montgomery, Indiana.
7/16/2025 -- Another NRHS convention event was at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan, where Hecla and Torch Lake Railroad 0-6-4T 3 "Torch Lake", nee Calumet and Hecla Mining 518, built by Mason-Bogie in 1873, powered the train around the grounds.
7/18/2025 -- During a visit to Crossroads Village in Flint, Michigan, we rode Huckleberry Railroad 4-6-0 152, ex. Huckleberry Railroad 2 1975, exx. Keystone Light Railway Company 2 1974, exxx. Camino, Cable and Northern 2 1963, exxxx. Antelope and Western 2 1951, exxxxx. M. Davidson Scrap Company at Stockton 1946, exxxxxx. transfer to United States Army 152 at Skagway, Alaska, exxxxxxx. Alaska Railroad 152, nee Alaska Engineering Commission 152, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1920.
7/19/2025 -- Hesston Steam Museum provided us with an opportunity to ride a new steam engine, namely Hesston and Galena Creek 2-6-0 2, ex. donated to LaPorte County Historical Steam Society, Inc. 1988, exx. moved to Hesston 1988, exxx. moved to Cicero, Illinois 1964, exxxx. sold to Elliott Donnelley at Hill City, South Dakota 1961, exxxxx. Cia. Agricola de Guatemala 1, nee Cia. Agricola de Guatemala 55 at Bananera, Guatemala, built by H.K. Porter in 1920.
7/19/2025 -- Also at Hesston Steamn Museum, we rode behind Kiddieland Limited 4-6-4 "Challenger", built by Wagner & Sons in 1938.
7/20/2025 -- Southern Railway 2-8-0 401, nee Alabama Asphaltic Limestone 401, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in December 1907, at the Monticello Railway Museum.
8/16/2025 -- Cumbres and Toltec Scenic 2-8-2 484, nee Denver and Rio Grande Western 484, built by Baldwin in 1925, during a Dak Dillon charter on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad to celebrate the K36 100th Anniversary. This charter was from Cumbres to Antonito.
8/17/2025 -- Cumbres and Toltec Scenic 2-8-2 484, nee Denver and Rio Grande Western 484, built by Baldwin in 1925, and Cumbres and Toltec Scenic 2-8-2 488, nee Denver and Rio Grande Western 488, built by Baldwin in 1925, during a Dak Dillon charter on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad to celebrate the K36 100th Anniversary. This charter was from Antonito to Cumbres Pass.
9/4/2025 -- Durango and Silverton 2-8-2 476, nee Denver and Rio Grande Western 476, built by American Locomotive Company in 1923, from Durango to Silverton on the pre-conference excursion of the 2025 Heritage Rail Alliance conference.
9/6/2025 -- Durango and Silverton 2-8-2 476, nee Denver and Rio Grande Western 476, built by American Locomotive Company in 1923, from Durango to Cascade Canyon during the 2025 Heritage Rail Alliance conference.
9/7/2025 -- Cumbres and Toltec Scenic 2-8-2 488, nee Denver and Rio Grande Western 488, built by Baldwin in 1925, from Chama to Osier on the post-conference excursion of the 2025 Heritage Rail Alliance conference.
10/5/2025 -- J. Neils Lumber Company Shay 5, ex. Mid-Continent Railway Museum 5 1964, exx. Elliott Donnelley 5 1964, exxx. Klickitat Log and Lumber Company 5, exxxx. St. Regis Paper Company 5 1957, nee J. Neils Lumber Company 5, built by Lima Locomotive Works in 1929, during the Steam into Fall event at Illinois Railway Museum.
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