1944 steam locomotive #2926 can now operate on Rail Runner lines south of Albuquerque! I can't wait to see this! The locomotive was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1944. It was (and is again) a Class-2900 steam locomotive with a wheel arrangement of 4-8-4 (“Heavy Mountain”-type).
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Santa Fe 4-8-4 steam locomotive No. 2926 will now be able to stack up additional mainline miles. The locomotive’s owner and operator, New Mexico Heritage Rail, announced that the New Mexico Department of Transportation approved expanded access along the Rail Runner Express commuter corridor out of Albuquerque.
According to a press release, the expanded access was finalized through an amendment to the existing joint-use agreement between NMDOT, Rio Metro (Rail Runner), and NMHR. No. 2926’s operations along the ex-ATSF Transcontinental main line has now grown from 2.7 miles — in downtown Albuquerque to reach the Rail Yard facility — to 40 miles between Bernalillo and Los Lunas, N.M. https://www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...-operate-along-40-miles-of-mainline-trackage/
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Santa Fe 4-8-4 steam locomotive No. 2926 will now be able to stack up additional mainline miles. The locomotive’s owner and operator, New Mexico Heritage Rail, announced that the New Mexico Department of Transportation approved expanded access along the Rail Runner Express commuter corridor out of Albuquerque.
According to a press release, the expanded access was finalized through an amendment to the existing joint-use agreement between NMDOT, Rio Metro (Rail Runner), and NMHR. No. 2926’s operations along the ex-ATSF Transcontinental main line has now grown from 2.7 miles — in downtown Albuquerque to reach the Rail Yard facility — to 40 miles between Bernalillo and Los Lunas, N.M. https://www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...-operate-along-40-miles-of-mainline-trackage/
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