Hidden inside the former restaurant was a 1948 Kullman dining car that has served generations of Brattleboro diners under a succession of names and owners. Now, efforts are underway to relocate and restore the vintage diner rather than see it lost to demolition.
The not-for-profit South Dakota State Railroad Museum in Hill City is set to shut down this fall.
Ghost Town & Calico Railroad locomotives 340 and 41 are reunited after four years of restoration work in Colorado.
The council voted 4-3 to remove any funding for Naches River Bridge repairs from the transportation improvement program, and later voted 4-3 to specify that no city funding will be used for trolley infrastructure, including the tracks on Sixth Avenue.
St. Johns officials plan to demolish two historic railcars displayed near the St. Johns depot because of their condition and steep restoration costs, city officials announced this week, but will keep and restore another, and sell a fourth to a nonprofit.
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced a $25 million grant award for a railway improvement project along the railroad, according to a news release from Pa. Sen. John Fetterman’s office.
Part historical society, part restoration shop, the Midwest Railway Preservation Society is a humble operation fueled mostly by grit and passion. Still, it punches above its weight in the world of railroad enthusiasts.
