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Remembering Atlantic Coast Line passenger trains
In November 2019, Classic Trains is celebrating the history, heritage, and splendor of the Atlantic Coast Line. Enjoy this photo gallery, originally published online in June 2019, as the perfect salute to the Atlantic Coast Line. Return each week for another salute to the railroad of the month! See what we did last week for […]
Trains Photo Contest 2019 winners: Go West!
FULL SCREEN Photo by Bryan Bechtold Runner-up: To appreciate the daunting task of the transcontinental railroad builders, you need only go west to Wyoming. The modern Union Pacific Railroad remains tested by the same vast landscape that challenged the pioneers. In a scene repeated for 150 years, a manifest train climbs out of Rock River, […]
Trainfest 2019 show report
HO scale locomotives General Electric U28 and U28CG diesel locomotives. Road names to be announced. All-new tooling; etched-metal grills; steam generator details on U28CG; separate, factory-applied detail parts; prototype-specific headlight placement; and metal knuckle couplers. Direct-current and Digital Command Control versions will be offered. Pricing and release date to be announced in January 2020. Master […]
Trains Photo Contest 2020: In the City
2019 Grand Prize: Ben Duncan This photograph captures my perceptions of American westward expansion. It creates a tension between ideas of East and West, past and future, static and dynamic, confinement and freedom. Taken on my first visit to the western United States, it depicts the Sumpter Valley Railroad, which runs close to one of […]
O gauge CupolaCam caboose from Lionel
O gauge CupolaCam caboose from Lionel Price: $124.99 (no. 85072) Features: O-31 operation, camera mounted in cupola, interior illumination, die-cast trucks and couplers, camera on/off and reset controls. Current production: Burlington Northern, Chessie System, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Pennsylvania RR, Reading, Santa Fe, and Union Pacific. As kids, we would hold our heads down close to […]
MBTA board votes for electrification of some commuter rail lines
BOSTON — The board that oversees the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has outlined its vision for the future of the agency’s commuter rail service. At a Monday meeting, the Fiscal and Management Control Board unanimously approved a series of resolutions supporting a plan to electrify some MBTA commuter lines and offer greatly increased train frequencies. […]
Video: Fleischmann/Roco Z21 WLANMaus throttle
The WLANMaus is an easy-to-use wireless WiFi throttle from Roco/Fleischmann that works with the firm’s Z21 Digital Command Control (DCC) system. Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala shows you some of the features of this DCC throttle in this quick demo. […]
Video: Fleischmann/Roco Z21 WLANMaus throttle
The WLANMaus is an easy-to-use wireless WiFi throttle from Roco/Fleischmann that works with the firm’s Z21 Digital Command Control (DCC) system. Model Railroader senior editor Dana Kawala shows you some of the features of this DCC throttle in this quick demo. […]
New model trains for the week of November 7, 2019
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Electro-Motive Division GP38-2 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP38-2 diesel locomotive. New paint schemes: Reading & Northern (green and yellow), GATX Locomotive Group (blue and black), Providence & Worcester (brown and orange), Kansas City Southern (Southern Belle scheme), and New Hampshire Northcoast (green, black, and yellow). New […]
Remembering the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
There is no mistaking Atlantic Coast Line boss Champ Davis’ favorite color — Royal Purple — as E6 No. 518 nears Cascade Road leaving greater Atlanta for Waycross, Ga., with local train 101 in Oct. 1958. David W. Salter The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was true to its name: it linked an important string of […]
