You don’t need to go west to find the mountains. Canadian Pacific ES440AC No. 8800 is down to hardly a crawl going up and over the Niagara Escarpment on the Galt Sub between Milton and Guelph Junction, Ontario. Photo by Brandon Muir […]
Escarpment
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Tortoise and the hare
A southbound Amtrak Acela Express overtakes an outbound empty Norfolk Southern oil train on the Northeast Corridor lead by the Central of New Jersey-painted heritage unit near Elkton, Md., on Jan. 4, 2015. Photo by Michael S. Murray […]
Tread lightly
Recent heavy rains have caused standing water in many parts of central Ohio. Here, Norfolk Southern No. 5228 shoves local L55 over the former Pennsylvania Railroad “Panhandle” main line to pick up some cars at Circleville Ag, just east of downtown Circleville, Ohio. Photo by Carlos Ferran […]
Passenger service on the FC&W Railroad
Name: Trevor Park Railroad Name: Fern Creek and Western Railroad Location: Santa Cruz, CA Scale: 1:20.3 Theme: Coastal Mountain Narrow Gauge Description: Engine #3, on lease from the South Pacific Coast Railway, leads a passenger train over the Fern Creek and Western Garden Railroad between the towns of Parkston and Ericsville. Complete with station stops […]
Rail-Scale-Models acquires Laser-Cut Details line from Rusty Stumps
Rail-Scale-Models, a North Carolina-based provider of laser-cutting services and manufacturer of railroad craftsman kits, laser-cut details, and custom scale structures, has acquired the Laser-Cut Details line from Rusty Stumps Scale Models. The product line includes more than 300 items, including windows and doors, roofing material, ladders and stair stringers, fences, crates and pallets, and wall […]
10,000th
On Feb. 18, 2018, the 10,000th delivery of a Boeing 737 fuselage manufactured in Wichita, Kan., arrived in Seattle on car MTTX 971483. Note the “10,000 Deliveries” marking spray-painted ahead of the wing base. Photo by David Honan […]
MTH O gauge Alco PA-PB
PREMIER LINE O GAUGE ALCO PA-PB FROM MTH Price: $479.95 (No. 20-20843-1 powered A unit), $199.95 (20-20843-3 unpowered B unit), $249.95 (20-20844-1 unpowered A unit) Min curve: O-31 Cmd Low: 6.22 smph Cnv Low: 8.4 smph, High: 90.9 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 14 oz. Features: Cab unit has two can-style motors, ProtoSound 3.0 command […]
Woodland Scenics post office
BUILT-&-READY U.S. POST OFFICE FROM WOODLAND SCENICS Price: $129.99 (BR5864) Features: Fully assembled and decorated, illuminated interior, cardstock interior, freestanding mail box, designed for use with the Just-Plug lighting system. Back in the early 1990s, I was driving between Who-Knows-Where and Nowheresville, New Mexico. The terrain was bleak and, except for the road and utility […]
Build a universal maintenance cradle
With a modest investment in time you can make a permanent cradle useful for all aspects of train upkeep. Stan Trzoniec Too many of us rely on an old blanket or something like it when we need to place a treasured locomotive or railcar on our workbench for repair or maintenance. But you have no […]
Steaming in April snow
Name: Shawn Viggiano Railroad Name: Kittatinny Mountain Railroad Location: Wantage NJ Scale: 1:20 Theme: Backwoods logging Description: Bellflower Cricket steaming in the snow […]
Steaming in the snow
Name: Shawn Viggiano Railroad Name: Kittatinny Mountain Railroad Location: Wantage NJ Scale: 1:20 Theme: Backwoods logging Description: Live steam Regner Konrad steaming during a spring snow. […]
Summertime logging
Name: Shawn Vigggiano Railroad Name: Kittatinny Mountain Railroad Location: Wantage NJ Scale: 1:20 Theme: Backwoods logging Description: Summertime logging with live steam Regner Class A Climax and scratch built log cars and log loader. […]
