Canadian Pacific Train Master No. 8905 at ExpoRail in Montreal, Quebec. Jim Wrinn Train Master •YEARS BUILT: 1953-1956 •MANUFACTURER: Fairbanks-Morse •OPERATED ON: Canadian National; Canadian Pacific; Central of New Jersey; Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; Pennsylvania Railroad; Reading; Southern; Southern Pacific; Virginian; Wabash •NAMES: Train Master, H-24-66 •QUANTITY: 127 •HORSEPOWER: 2,400 •KNOWN FOR: Poor performance at […]
A Union Pacific gas-electric turbine locomotive at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. Jim Wrinn Gas-electric turbines •YEARS BUILT: 1938-1962 •MANUFACTURERS: Partnerships between General Electric & Alco; GE, Baldwin & Lima; Westinghouse & Baldwin •OPERATED ON: Chesapeake & Ohio, Norfolk & Western, Pennsylvania, Union Pacific •NAMES: Jawn Henry on N&W; Blue Goose for Westinghouse, […]
Canadian Pacific Evolution series ES44AC No. 8888 in Wisconsin. Jim Wrinn Evolution series •YEARS BUILT: 2003-present •MANUFACTURER: General Electric •OPERATED ON: Most North American Class I freight railroads •NAMES: ES40DC, ES44DC, ES44AC, ES44C4, ET44AC, ET44C4 •QUANTITY: 7,325 as of Dec. 31, 2017 •HORSEPOWER: 4,400 •KNOWN FOR: Primary freight locomotive of the early 21st century in […]
U25B No. 3100 calls Orange Empire Railway Museum home. Jim Wrinn U25B •YEARS BUILT: 1959-1966 •MANUFACTURER: General Electric •OPERATED ON: Santa Fe, Burlington, Chesapeake & Ohio, Erie Lackawanna, Great Northern, Louisville & Nashville, Milwaukee Road, New York Central, New Haven, Pennsylvania Railroad, Frisco, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, Rock Island, Wabash •NAME: U-boat •QUANTITY: 478 •HORSEPOWER: […]
Union Pacific U50 No. 45 at Kearney, Nebraska, in September 1970. Francis Wiener, T. Hoffman Collection U50 •YEARS BUILT: 1963-1965, 1969-1971 •MANUFACTURER: General Electric •OPERATED ON: Union Pacific, Southern Pacific •NAMES: U50 and U50C; nicknames, Twin Diesels, Double Diesels, Whirlybirds, Choppers, Stalkcutters, Rock Crushers •QUANTITY: 66 •HORSEPOWER: 5,000 •KNOWN FOR: Large cab with curved nose; […]
Amtrak’s Auto Train prepares to leave Lorton, Va., on January 29, 2020. Bob Johnston WASHINGTON — As Amtrak reduces frequencies in the Northeast and consults with its state partners about reductions on regional corridors, the country’s coronavirus situation is leading to atypical traffic on the Auto Train route, and having at least a temporary impact […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD60M diesel locomotive. Burlington Northern (four road numbers), BNSF Ry. (Cascade Green patchouts in two numbers, Heritage II and Heritage III schemes in one number each), Canadian Pacific (without gold beaver herald in two numbers, with herald in one number), Norfolk Southern (Thoroughbred scheme, three numbers), and Union Pacific (as-delivered […]
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All this month — March 2020 — Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, history, and images of the Clinchfield Railroad. Please enjoy this photo gallery of images from the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include Clinchfield diesel- and steam-powered freight trains through time. You might also enjoy this Clinch history […]
When he needed a few deciduous trees for his HO scale layout, Robert Pethoud turned to a tried-and-true method – hand-twisting armatures from florist’s wire. Coating the trunks in a mix of plaster and glue realistically simulates bark. All photos by Robert Pethoud. Fig. 1 Big and small. Robert used 30AWG florist’s wire for the […]
Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Pennsylvania RR GG1 electric locomotive HO scale locomotives Pennsylvania RR GG1 electric locomotive. Pennsylvania RR (Dark Green Locomotive Enamel with brown roof, five gold leaf stripes, and Futura or Roman lettering in three numbers each; Dark Green Locomotive Enamel with broad buff stripe and Roman lettering in two numbers; and […]
In March 2020, Classic Trains is celebrating the history, heritage, and splendor of the Clinchfield Railroad. Enjoy this photo gallery, selected from the David P. Morgan Library collections, as the perfect salute to the Clinchfield. Return each week for another salute to the railroad of the month! See what we did last week for the […]
