Watch Trix’s no. 4014 Union Pacific Big Boy make an excursion run on the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy! […]
Trix HO scale Big Boy no. 4014
Type of Train: Steam Locomotive
Trix HO scale Big Boy no. 4014
Watch Trix’s no. 4014 Union Pacific Big Boy make an excursion run on the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy! […]
Smoke show
Union Pacific train 339, the mixed from Twin Falls, Idaho, nears its destination of Wells, Nev., in fall 1943. Locomotive 2127, a 2-8-2 of subsidiary Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co., is a class MK-1 one of 41 such engines built by Baldwin. Photo by W. B. Wolverton photo, W. H. Wolverton collection […]
Black (smoke) Friday
The engineer of Canadian National 2-8-2 3503 enjoys the breeze as he hurries a freight eastward at Lorne Park, Ont., in August 1955. […]
Member video: Last run on the Minneapolis Northern
Name: Todd Hein Location: Crystal, Minnesota Scale: O Description: This is the last run on my layout before I dismantled it for a basement remodel. This video shows a Marx set from the 1947 Sears Catalog and a Marx set from the 1957 Sears catalog. […]
Burlington high stepper
In April 1965, the Mississippi River rose enough at Savanna, Ill., to endanger diesel traction motors, but the tracks were still passable. So, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy fired up fantrip 2-8-2 Mikado No. 4960, which ferried freight and passenger trains (like the North Coast Limited, pictured) through the high water. Photo by Chicago, Burlington & […]
Freight trains of the New York, Ontario & Western Railway
Enjoy this freight trains photo gallery of the NYO&W, the November 2020 Railroad of the Month Freight trains Freight trains are the focus of this week’s Classic Trains’ salute to the New York, Ontario & Western Railway. The NYO&W is Classic Trains’ Railroad of the Month for November 2020. You might also enjoy an article […]
Wabash mogul
Just uncoupled from its train, Wabash 2-6-0 Mogul 573 looks spiffy at Keokuk, Iowa, on October 18, 1953. The locomotive resided on the railroad’s Keokuk Branch due to the Illinois River bridge at Meredosia, Ill., which was unable to support newer diesels. Photo by Don Hofsommer […]
Digest: Date, site set for trial seeking damages from Durango & Silverton for fire
Monday morning tourist railroad and preservation news: Trial seeking fire damages from Durango & Silverton to be held in Denver The trial in which the U.S. government will seek to recover $25 million from the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad for the cost of fighting a 2018 wildfire will take place in Denver, a […]
John Bush, Cumbres & Toltec president and GM, retires
CHAMA, N.M. — John Bush, president and general manager of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, is retiring after eight years overseeing the narrow gauge railroad. “John has been an incredible asset to the Cumbres & Toltec and has poured his heart and soul into the organization,” Dan Love, chairman of the Cumbres & Toltec […]
CN 6167 moved to new display site
GUELPH, Ontario — Canadian National Railways 4-8-4 locomotive No. 6167 has been moved to its new display location in Guelph’s John Galt Park. The Northern was donated to the city in 1967, Canada’s centennial year, and sat beside the main line and bus terminal until 2010, when it was moved to the south side of […]
Trix HO scale Union Pacific Big Boy no. 4014
The excitement created by Union Pacific when it brought Big Boy no. 4014 back to life can now reach your HO scale layout with this specially detailed locomotive model from Trix, the two-rail, DC subsidiary of Märklin. The prototype. Union Pacific’s 4-8-8-4 Big Boy steam locomotives are some of the most famous in the world. […]
