North East, PA. — A 1943 ex-military forty-five(45) ton “centercab” switcher locomotive becomes #10 in the “locomotives that our parents and grandparents built collection” of General Electric locomotives at Lake Shore Railway Museum. Built in 1943 as serial number 17851 and assigned to McChord Army Air Field (now McChord Air Force Base) south of Tacoma, […]
CSX Pride in Service to make a big show in northwestern Pennsylvania
Following in the 2017 footsteps of C&O “Chessie” locomotive #8272, the THREE recently christened “CSX Pride in Service” locomotives are scheduled to visit the hallowed erecting halls and grounds of Erie Wabtec/GE where they were built. They will then move to Lake Shore Railway Historical Museum in North East, PA, for public display on Saturday, […]