Dedicated to the restoration to operation of ex-Alaska Railroad steam locomotive #557! Please support the restoration of locomotive #557 now! Make your check to Engine 557 Restoration Company and mail to Engine 557 Restoration Company, P.O. Box 875360, Wasilla, AK 99687. You can also donate by credit card through PayPal. A PayPal account is not ...

Alaska Railroad 557 is an S160 class 2-8-0 steam locomotive built in 1944 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Transportation Corps during World War II. It was subsequently transferred to the Alaska Railroad to haul freight trains, maintenance trains, and occasional passenger trains throughout Alaska .

The Alaska Railroad's last operating steam engine was Locomotive Number 557. The s-160 class Consolidation 2-8-0 locomotives built for the United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC). between 1942 and 1945, became the largest single class of locomotives ever built in America.

We spent nearly 3 hours exploring 557 technology and the upgrades we have made. John comes from an old time manufacturing family in the Willamet Valley of Oregon. Next month we will tell you about his “MOON PROJECT”.

Our Engine 557 Board of Directors members are all actively involved in the mission of 557 Restoration. Jane Walker, Treasurer, processes bank deposits, corporate and private donations, and copies of receipts to be cross checked with the Corporate credit card.

2025年2月25日 · The boiler work on ARR #557 that started in the fall of 2012 reached a major milestone yesterday. An inspector from the FRA, Robert Franzen and Bob Gold from Steam Services of America, and the volunteers from the Engine 557 restoration crew conducted the formal hydro test of 557's boiler.

Alaska Railroad crews continued rehabilitation of the Section house spur at MP 158.5 by adding a switch and new track to connect the 557 Engine House lead. Nearly all this work is done with an excavator with a thumb on the bucket. They grip a piece of …

557 Restoration seems to drag at times, then the little pieces begin to come together to the delight of our volunteers. We invoke the advice of Ross, and forge ahead. Doug VanWingerden takes on the tough machining jobs to return damaged or worn original components to service.

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Alaska Railroad (ARR) 557 (2007-present). Notes: ARR 557 is a duplicate of Alaska Railroad 555 and 556, which were delivered in spring of 2006. The car is a single level car, and seats 68, at table-top seating, four to a table. As built, it has a small galley on the A-end of the car that is designed to serve out about 80 light meals an hour.