The 2011 Season is finished and thus begins the work of preparing for 2012.  Engine 40 has completed it's annual inspection and has ...

3025 was out of the shop for a few minutes this afternoon. The tender was filled with coal and some firewood was put on board. We are gettin...

We reached a major milestone in the rebuilding of No. 3025 this afternoon, raising the locomotive nearly 5 feet, sliding the wheels under i...

April 5, 2011, Wayne Hebert Looks Over His Work 3025 has slid in and out of the shop several times in the last month. The final step in maki...

December 29, 2010 Engineer Ken Blandina & Fireman Jim Miller There has been a lot of babbling about our No. 97 being "retired...

VIVID DRAGON Why would a standard 20 foot shipping container be considered "blog worthy"? OK it has a nea...

Scott Painting Coach 1001 Readers with long memories may recall that back in 2006, Wayne Hebert began the tedious process of repairing the ...

I n November 2010, “Your Hand on the Throttle” will celebrate Engine 97’s last run . . . until it’s rebuilt per federal regulations! Periodi...

3025 Boiler and Firebox As an enhancement to our annual "A Day Out With Thomas" (TM) event, this year we opened up one side of th...

Ninety years ago this month, in August 1920, Steam Engine No. 40 was built by the AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY, at their Brooks Works in Dun...