All through February 2021, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the history and legacy of the Newfoundland Railway in Canada. We hope you enjoy this photo gallery of Newfoundland Railway locomotives. Only from Classic Trains! […]
Type of Train: Steam Locomotive
Remembering Newfoundland Railway trains
All through February 2021, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage and quaint perseverance of the Newfoundland Railway. This week, we are exploring Newfie trains in black and white images in this photo gallery. We hope you enjoy! […]
Logging on the Saguaro & Southwestern RR
Name: Bob Mayer Railroad Name: Saguaro & Southwestern Location: Arizona Scale: O Theme: 1950’s logging railroad Description: Logging operations in northern Arizona. […]
Logging on the Saguaro & Southwestern RR
Name: Bob Mayer Railroad Name: Saguaro & Southwestern Location: Arizona Scale: O Theme: 1950’s logging railroad Description: Logging operations in northern Arizona. […]
Grand Canyon Railway sets eight dates for steam operations in 2021
WILLIAMS, Ariz. — Steam-powered passenger trains are set to return to the Grand Canyon Railway on eight dates beginning in April 2021, with one of the railroad’s two steam locomotives powering a morning train from Williams to the Historic Village inside Grand Canyon National Park. Steam operations are scheduled for the first Saturday of each […]
Remembering New York Central locomotives
All through January 2021, Classic Trains is celebrating the majestic and mystique of the New York Central. Please enjoy this photo gallery of NYC locomotives selected from the David P. Morgan Library at Kalmbach Media. Only from Classic Trains! […]
Running a childhood American Flyer set
Name: Michael Marmer Railroad Name: D&K RR Location: Germantown, Maryland Scale: S Theme: Small town America Description: This is my childhood American Flyer Set that was for the family when it came out in 1958. I was 3 years old and I still remember it being set up and running in the house. I will […]
Running a childhood American Flyer set
Name: Michael Marmer Railroad Name: D&K RR Location: Germantown, Maryland Scale: S Theme: Small town America Description: This is my childhood American Flyer Set that was for the family when it came out in 1958. I was 3 years old and I still remember it being set up and running in the house. I will […]
Cass Scenic Railroad steam logging locomotive quintuple-header (that’s 5 at once!)
Join Trains Editor Jim Wrinn in Cass, West Virginia, in June 2020 for the re-opening of the Cass Scenic Railroad. Although the opening came amid a serious health crisis, Cass crews steamed up five locomotives and coupled them end-to-end for a quintuple-headed steam train — rare in any location in modern times. The highlight […]
Cass Scenic Railroad steam logging locomotive quintuple-header (that’s 5 at once!)
Join Trains Editor Jim Wrinn in Cass, West Virginia, in June 2020 for the re-opening of the Cass Scenic Railroad. Although the opening came amid a serious health crisis, Cass crews steamed up five locomotives and coupled them end-to-end for a quintuple-headed steam train — rare in any location in modern times. The highlight […]
Rio Grande Southern steam locomotive returned to service in Colorado
Follow along with Trains Editor Jim Wrinn as he gets a close look at Rio Grande Southern No. 20 — a newly restored narrow-gauge 4-6-0 steam locomotive now homed at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colo. Before 2020, No. 20 had not steamed since the 1950s and required more than a decade of […]
Rio Grande Southern steam locomotive returned to service in Colorado
Follow along with Trains Editor Jim Wrinn as he gets a close look at Rio Grande Southern No. 20 — a newly restored narrow-gauge 4-6-0 steam locomotive now homed at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colo. Before 2020, No. 20 had not steamed since the 1950s and required more than a decade of […]