North East, PA. —CSX/MCVX #7764, a 1970 Erie-built General Electric U36B locomotive has been transferred to Lake Shore Railway Historical Society. The 3,600 horsepower, four-axle locomotive was originally built for Seaboard Coast Line Railroad as #1776. Soon after, it was renumbered to 1813 to make the 1776 spot available for the “Bicentennial 1776” locomotive painted […]
C&O #8272 Arrives at Lake Shore Railway Museum in North East, PA.
NORTH EAST, PA. — Lake Shore Railway Historical Society is pleased to announce that CSX-donated locomotive C&O #8272 has completed the final leg of its journey, arriving safe and sound at the Lake Shore Railway Museum in North East, PA. The journey included Huntington, West Virginia, Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio, Erie, Pennsylvania and the GE […]
C&O 8272 General Electric Dash 7 Locomotive Visits Home
The journey of C&O 8272 has been a long and winding road – in more ways than one! From the quiet arrival to the shops in Huntington, WV, to its arrival at Downing Avenue Yard in Erie. Delays in departure, a brief delay due to a lightning struck signal near Attica Junction, Ohio, a mysterious […]
Lake Shore Railway Historical Society Receives Restored Vintage General Electric Dash-7 Locomotive
NORTH EAST, PENN. — Lake Shore Railway Historical Society is pleased to announce it has received a donation of a restored Chesapeake & Ohio “Chessie Cat”-era locomotive, C&O #8272, courtesy of CSX Transportation, Inc. The 1980 Erie-built General Electric B30-7 locomotive, CSX #5554 (retired in 2009), received cosmetic restoration and has been returned to its […]