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Four F7s ease a train of refrigerator cars around one of the many curves on the original line between Supai and Welch, Ariz., in a 1950s publicity photo. The road’s 1960 line change between Williams Junction and Crookton avoided this tough stretch. Santa Fe photo […]
An usher at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal carries luggage and whistles for a cab at the depot’s taxi stand in the mid-1950s, when NOUPT was new. James G. La Vake photo […]
Illinois Central 4-8-2s pass at speed on the double track near Gilman in September 1954. Engine 2539 is southbound, 2418 northbound; both are on freight. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
New York Central 4-8-2 3008 looks across the turntable at the Cincinnati Union Terminal roundhouse one evening in September 1954. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Louisville & Nashville FP7 571 had not been long out of EMD’s plant at La Grange, Ill., when it breezed through London, Ky., with Cincinnati–Knoxville local No. 29 on May 25, 1952. Ed Theisinger photo […]
Sharing the joys of toy trains at Christmas […]
The second Super C test run set a record with a 34-hour 35-minute run from Chicago to Los Angeles in January 1968. Crane operators had the first trailer on the ground about a minute after arrival. Santa Fe photo […]
Name: CPR Montreal Terminals Division Layout owner: Ian Stronach Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 11′-6″ x 22′-0″ Prototype: Canadian Pacific Ry., Montreal Terminals Division Locale: Montreal Era: September 1968 Style: around the walls Mainline run: 72 feet Minimum radius: 30″ (main), 16″ (spur) Minimum turnout: no. 6 (main), no. 5 (yards) Maximum grade: 21⁄2 percent Benchwork: […]
Name: Morristown & Erie RR, Western Division Layout owner: Frank Baker Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 18′-0″ x 33′-6″ Prototype: freelanced Locale: New England, Pittsburgh, and Pacific Northwest Era: 1940s to 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 480 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 23⁄4 percent Benchwork: L girder Height: 43″ to 53″ […]
Name: Rio Grande Southern, Lizard Head Division Layout owner: Gregg Condon Scale: HOn3 (1:87.1 proportion, 3-foot gauge) Size: 17 x 40 feet Prototype: Rio Grande Southern RR Locale: Southwestern Colorado Era: September 1947 Style: walk-in Mainline Run: 125 feet Minimum Radius: 20” Minimum Turnout: no. 4 Maximum Grade: 3 percent Benchwork: open grid Height: 42″ to 56″ […]
Union Pacific 2-8-8-0 3530 is near Pleasant Valley, Idaho, with time freight 655 in the late 1940s or early ’50s. Sixty-four cars back, another 2-8-8-0 pushes on the rear. Henry R. Griffiths Jr. photo […]
In September 1954, New York Central 2-8-2 1305 wades through the weeds on a branch line extending from East Alton to Hillsboro in southwestern Illinois. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
