“CSX Paints C30-7 Locomotive for KSHC”

April 25, 2022

CSX has cosmetically restored rare C30-7 diesel locomotive for Kentucky Steam Heritage

Huntington, West Virginia — This week, the CSX Huntington, West Virginia shops will roll out another freshly painted locomotive, as is done routinely by the Jacksonville, Florida-based Fortune-500 transportation company. On Monday, however, their most recent rendering is a homage to a vanishing era in American railroading; a cosmetically restored General Electric C30-7, a locomotive that ruled the rails in Appalachia over three decades ago.

For the complete story, click here: https://www.kentuckysteam.org/post/csx-paints-c30-7-locomotive.

News courtesy of Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation.

---

Rock on Trains © 2022, Tom Rock + T.D.R. Productions. All rights reserved. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from Tom Rock is strictly prohibited.

“The Little River Railroad Museum”

Video courtesy of Dream Poet via YouTube.

---

Rock on Trains © 2022, Tom Rock + T.D.R. Productions. All rights reserved. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from Tom Rock is strictly prohibited.

Depot Doings: LaCrosse, IN / Benton Harbor, MI / Breckinridge, MI / Greenville, MI / Newaygo, MI / Barboursville, WV / Marlinton, WV

Featured Chesapeake & Ohio depots on the blog this month are those in Indiana, Michigan, and West Virginia:

C&O Depot – LaCrosse, IN – 10/11/75 (Credit: Gary Stuebben)

C&O Depot – Benton Harbor, MI – 6/9/73 (Credit: John Strombeck)

C&O Depot – Breckinridge, MI – 5/81 (Credit: Dennis Schmidt)

C&O Depot – Greenville, MI – 5/5/83 (Credit: Dennis Schmidt)

C&O Depot – Newaygo, MI – 11/6/86 (Credit: Gary Stuebben)

C&O Depot – Barboursville, WV – 8/2/84 (Credit: Kermit Geary)

C&O Depot – Marlinton, WV – 6/79 (Credit: Gary Stuebben)

All photos courtesy of Old Time Trains.

---

Rock on Trains © 2022, Tom Rock + T.D.R. Productions. All rights reserved. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from Tom Rock is strictly prohibited.

NC&StL’s #576 Update: “Nashville Steam Reaches Goal, Sets Record for Fundraising”

NASHVILLE, Tennessee – Efforts to restore Nashville’s historic steam locomotive to operation were boosted by a record-breaking, year-end fundraiser that raised $200,000 total. With over $26,000 raised on Giving Tuesday alone and an additional $74,000 raised between November 2021 and January 2022, the non-profit organization successfully met a $100,000 matching grant with $100,000 in donations.

For the complete story, click here: https://www.nashvillesteam.org/2022/02/nashville-steam-reaches-goal-sets-record-for-fundraising/.

News courtesy of The Nashville Steam Preservation Society, Inc.

---

Rock on Trains © 2022, Tom Rock + T.D.R. Productions. All rights reserved. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from Tom Rock is strictly prohibited.

“Progress at Michigan Central Station”

Video courtesy of WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7 via YouTube.

---

Rock on Trains © 2022, Tom Rock + T.D.R. Productions. All rights reserved. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from Tom Rock is strictly prohibited.