From the archives, we’ve
compiled this CDs chronicling the sounds of a bygone era: the days when steam
locomotive survivors were being to put to work hauling excursions and on early
tourist railroads. Of the locomotive
appearing on this disc, few continue to run
today.
1. Buffalo Creek & Gauley #14 starts 65 cars at Dundon, WV -
1:58
2. BC&G 4 climbs the grade into Widen, WV - 4:46
3. Bevier & Southern 2-8-2 #4963 at Bevier, MO - 1:19
4. Bonhomie & Hattiesburg Southern 2-6-2 #250 en route to Beaumont, MS -
1:55
5. Bonhomie & Hattiesburg Southern 2-6-2 #250 en route to Beaumont, MS -
1:17
6. Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #4 works to Widen, WV, with 50 empties -
4:23
7. California Western 2-8-2 #45 at the McGinnis Ranch Trestle on a 3% grade -
4:59
8. CB&Q 2-8-2 #4960 climbing upgrade from Ottawa, IL, bound for Streator -
3:16
9. CB&Q 2-8-2 #4960 leaving Ottawa, IL, for Streator - 2:25
10. CB&Q 4-8-4 #5632 departs the LaGrange Road station in 1961 -
1:28
11. CN 4-8-4 6167 at New Hamburg, ONT, at about 70mph on May 21, 1961 -
1:13
12. East Tennessee & Western North Carolina 2-8-0 #208 en route to
Elizabethton, TN - 2:25
13. Kentucky & Tennessee 2-8-2 #10 with loads from Mine 16 - 4:07
14. Kentucky & Tennessee 2-8-2 #12 works upgrade with six coal hoppers -
2:59
15. Magma Arizona 2-8-2 #7 near Queens, AZ - 1:15
16. McCloud River 2-6-2 #25 and Yreka Western 2-8-2 #19 doubleheaded leaving
Algomah, CA - 1:55
17. Mississipian Railway 2-8-0 #76 en route to Fulton, MS - 0:52
18. Mississipian Railway 2-8-0 #77 headed for Amory, MS - 1:00
19. Mobile & Gulf 2-6-0 #97 near Brownville, AL - 1:35
20. PRR 4-4-0 #1223 departs Lehman Place on the Strasburg Rail Road -
2:42
21. Reader Railroad 2-6-2 #11 at Washington Post Road on the way to
Waterloo, AR - 2:10
22. Reading 2124 at Gardners on the Gettysburg Branch on April 30, 1960 -
1:38
23. Reading 2124 passes Emmaus, PA, at speed on May 8, 1960 - 1:13
24. Reading 2124 south of Zionsville - 1:41
25. Rockton & Rion 2-8-2 #31 tackles a momentum grade - 1:53
26. Sierra Railroad 4-6-0 #3 and 2-8-0 #28 at Sonora, CA - 1:28
27. Sierra Railroad 4-6-0 #3 and 2-8-0 #28 departs Jamestown for Tuolumne, CA -
1:04
28. Southern Railway 2-8-2 #4501 20 miles south of Richmond, VA, at the 1966
NRHS convention - 2:13
29. Southern Railway 2-8-2 #4501 at Amelia, VA, at the 1966 NRHS convention -
1:17
30. Southern Railway 2-8-2 #4501 departing Richmond, VA, at the 1966 NRHS
convention - 2:49
31. Steamtown 2-6-0 #89 and 4-6-2 #127 at Rockingham, VT - 2:45 32. Strasburg Rail Road 0-6-0
#31 passing the cemetery on Black Horse Road - 3:07 33. Yreka Western 2-8-2 #18
climbs Butcher Hill with freight - 2:56 34.
Yreka Western 2-8-2s #18 and #19 double heading Butcher Hill en route to
Montague, CA - 3:17
