The 611, and I believe the 1218, are safely under cover at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. Whether they’ll ever run again is anyone’s guess.
If the 614 is Ross Rowland’s engine, I believe it’s in storage. That was discussed here a while back.
T&P 610 is in storage at Palestine ,Tx. It is brought out to photo about once a yr. I think around Labor Day or sometime in the fall…The last time I saw it ,it was raining and they pulled it out to photog…Then the bottom dropped out and the whole day was a waste of time… Danny
Cotton Belt 819 is also stored or on display in some museum in Little Rock Arkansas…Where it was restored…I believe it is privately owned by the 819 Historical Soc.Anyone correct me if Im wrong…Danny
1223 and 7002 are at Strasburg somewhere. They will probably never run again however. I’d much prefer to see them restore the M1 but that won’t happen either.
CP 2839 was the engine that Southern used in their steam program. After it was returned to it’s owners, it was sold to the Nethercutt Museum in California, cosmetically restored and put on display.
The seven survivors are still at Hoyt Lakes, MN. One F9A 4211 belongs to the LSRM and will be moving back to the museum in Duluth sometime this fall. The others are awaiting Cleveland Cliffs decision on what to do with them. They have been held for a possible move of taconite chips and fines which hasn’t happened. They also moved part of the old mill to Taconite Harbor and back.
When it comes to the disposition of CB&Q #5632, Carl is right. She was cut up for scrap several years ago, and it involved a dispute over the costs of keeping her in storage.
The only other Burlington Route 4-8-4 out there that I am aware of is #5629, which is owned by the Intermountain Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society and is on static display on the grounds of the Colorado Railroad Museum. CRM had acquired 5629 in the early 1960’s. I have long dreamed of seeing the 5629 returned to operating condition, and would love to see someone at least do a mechanical study in an effort to see if she would be a good candidate for rebuilding, or if she is too far gone.
I used to be a member of the Burlington Route Historical Society, and I remember reading in a BRHS publication that the CB&Q had condemned the 5629 for some reason. It may have had something to do with her fire box, but I don’t know that for sure. The Q had converted her to burn fuel oil before they retired her.
Can’t believe no one has mentioned 3751 as of yet (or did I miss it?).
I saw her yesterday, under steam. She is kept at the Redondo Jct. shop area in Los Angeles and comes out on occasion. For the next week, she is at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal for a Educational Outreach program.
Ok, The Cotton Belt Project 819 is alive and well. She has been undergoing a rebuild these last few years. Some firebrick, paint was made availible, fuel oil as well… let’s see… all of her piping inside the boiler had to be tested and certified. I think last april she was pretty much being worked on pretty thoroughly for the cab workings etc.
I expect the engine to be steamed up for testing and perhaps released into excursion service sometime soon. Part of the problem I think is who owns the tracks, who can allow a steam engine to run on those tracks and where she can go. I think the UP, MP, Cotten Belt and whoever else is involved in that part of Arkansas will all have a say.
I expect to visit Pine Bluff Arkansas to the Project 819 in the second saturday of April of this year when they expect to have the annual train show there. I will learn more about this engine when I go on that day. I do have several pictures and videos of various shop works across several years on the computer. I dont know if it is worth digging them out to display here.
PRR 1223 I think is the 4-4-0 on the Strasburg RR. That engine has been retired and sent… uhh… remanded… nah… committed to the PRR Railroad Museum across the street and placed on display some time ago. It is my understanding that she failed her firebox and boiler tests one year in the late 80’s and had to be retired. It is one of the best engines Strasburg ever ran as far as passenger comfort and smoothness. I am recalling her with fond memories.
The BIG M1a has been costimetically (Made to look pretty) restored and cleaned up but I dont expect that monstor to ever s