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Tenth Locomotive added to Lake Shore Railway Museum’s “Locomotives that our parents and grandparents built collection.”

November 22, 2019 by Alex Hummel

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, […]

Filed Under: GE Locomotives, Historic Locomotives, Lake Shore Railway Museum

CSX Pride in Service to make a big show in northwestern Pennsylvania

October 2, 2019 by Alex Hummel

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, […]

Filed Under: GE Locomotives, Lake Shore Railway Museum

1970 “U-Boat Locomotive” Transferred to Lake Shore

August 21, 2018 by Ray Grabowski

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 […]

Filed Under: GE Locomotives, Historic Locomotives Tagged With: CSX Transportaion, MCVX, U-Boat, U36B

C&O #8272 Arrives at Lake Shore Railway Museum in North East, PA.

June 16, 2017 by Ray Grabowski

GE Dash 7 locomotive at the Lake Shore Railway Museum

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 […]

Filed Under: GE Locomotives, Historic Locomotives Tagged With: C&O, Chessie Cat, Dash 7, GE locomotives

Restored Vintage Dash-7 Locomotive Displayed at GE Transportation in Erie

May 31, 2017 by LSRHS Webmaster

Restored GE Dash-7 Chessie Cat on private display at GE

The restored GE Dash-7 locomotive painted in its “Chessie Cat” livery is on temporary private display at GE Transportation’s Erie, PA facility. The following is the joint official press release from the Lake Shore Railway Historical Society, CSX Transportation and GE Transportation: NORTH EAST, PA. — Lake Shore Railway Historical Society, in cooperation with CSX […]

Filed Under: GE Locomotives, Historic Locomotives Tagged With: C&O, Chessie Cat, Dash 7, GE locomotives

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September 8th thru October 29th:
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For all days listed above: 12 Noon until 4PM
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