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, […]
1970 “U-Boat Locomotive” Transferred to Lake Shore
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 […]
Restored Vintage Dash-7 Locomotive Displayed at GE Transportation in Erie
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 […]