Garden Railways News & Products for January 2021

Accucraft and MaxiTrak 1.5” scale Allchin traction engine in black paint scheme

Large scale locomotives Allchin traction engine. 1.5” scale model. Black; dark green body, red wheels, and black and white lining; and maroon body, red wheels, and black and white lining. Features copper silver solder boiler and twin flue burner. Wheel diameter: 148mm (front) and 228mm (rear). Requires gas propane/butane fuel. $3,300. April 2021. Produced by […]

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Ann Arbor Railroad locomotives remembered

4-4-2 steam locomotive

  Ann Arbor Railroad locomotives moved freight to and from docks and lake boats. See a sampling of those locomotives with this photo gallery of Ann Arbor Railroad locomotives, only from Classic Trains! If you like this gallery, you may also enjoy an article on AA’s history or an Ann Arbor passenger train photo gallery. […]

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Little Mogul on the prairie

Wabash 2-6-0 573 in Carthage, Illinois

Wabash 2-6-0 573 heads a train on the road’s Keokuk (Iowa) branch just west of Carthage, Ill., on October 18, 1953. Although the road had announced it was 100 percent dieselized, it kept three Moguls to work this line, which included a bridge over the Illinois River that could not even support SW1 diesels. Photo […]

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Member video: Garden railroad in Russia

Steam locomotive on a garden railway in Russia

Name: Ilya Krishtal Forum User Name: IlyaRussia Railroad Name: Toy garden railroad Location: Russia, Moscow region Scale: between H0 and G Theme: Garden railroad, made from a children`s toy layout. Description: I built this railroad for our small son, Krishtal Boris. Russia, Zhavoronki village, 30 km from Moscow. […]

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Member video: Garden railroad in Russia

Steam locomotive on a garden railway in Russia

Name: Ilya Krishtal Forum User Name: IlyaRussia Railroad Name: Toy garden railroad Location: Russia, Moscow region Scale: between H0 and G Theme: Garden railroad, made from a children`s toy layout. Description: I built this railroad for our small son, Krishtal Boris. Russia, Zhavoronki village, 30 km from Moscow. […]

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The Lionel Legacy 4-6-6T commuter steam locomotive

O gauge Legacy 4-6-6T locomotive by Lionel

O gauge Legacy 4-6-6T locomotive by Lionel Price: $1,099.99 Stock no.: 2031020 Features: O-31 operation, Lionel Legacy command system, Legacy and TrainMaster control, conventional or Bluetooth operation with the Lionel Universal Remote Controller or the LionChief App, can-style motor, directional lighting, rear remote-control coupler, three-speaker sound system, crew talk Low speed (Cmd): 2.11 smph Low […]

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Digest: U.S. Sugar operates steam-powered holiday train

Steam locomotive pulling train over water on a pile causeway.

U.S. Sugar fires up No. 148 for ‘Santa Express’ U.S. Sugar volunteers, joined by members of the U.S. Marine Corps and local representatives from Toys for Tots, operated its 4-6-2, No. 148, as the “Santa Express” from U.S. Sugar’s Clewiston, Fla., headquarters on on Saturday, delivering presents for children of the Florida Glades farming communities […]

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Historical society, Cumbres & Toltec reach agreement on 15-year inspection for D&RGW No. 315

Older steam locomotive pulling a train along a grassy flat area.

ANTONITO, Colo. — The Durango Railroad Historical Society and Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad will perform the Federal Railroad Administration-required 15-year inspection on D&RGW C-18 locomotive No. 18, the 2-8-0 built by Baldwin for the Florence & Cripple Creek. The work will be performed in the Cumbres & Toltec’s Antonito shops, with historical society volunteers […]

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