In January 2020, Classic Trains is celebrating the history, heritage, and splendor of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Enjoy this photo gallery, originally published online in May 2016, as the perfect salute to the Pennsy. Return each week for another salute to the railroad of the month! See what we did last week for the PRR! […]
HO scale freight cars General American 20,000-gallon general service tank car. Alaska RR (five road numbers [two single cars and one three-pack]), Emery (white with GATX reporting marks in four numbers), GATX (black with Clean, Oil, Test & Stencil panels and Automatic Car Identification tag; black with “Service Driven” logo; and white), and Reagent Chemical […]
Name: Eric Schade Forum User Name: captain perry Railroad Name: Winnegance and Quebec Location: Phippsburg, Maine Scale: 1:13.7 Theme: Maine narrow gauge Description: Plowing snow after a December storm […]
Name: Todd Hein Location: Crystal, Minnesota Scale: O gauge Description: This video shows a Marx train from the 1940 Montgomery Wards catalog, and a train from the 1950 Sears catalog running on my Minneapolis Northern layout. […]
Name: Peter Atonna Railroad Name: Seligman and Paulden Lines Location: Paulden, Arizona Scale: O Description: Kryptonite is the only fuel found to power extraterrestrial vehicles. Here is the story about how Earth supplies it […]
Name: Peter Atonna Railroad Name: Seligman and Paulden Lines Location: Paulden, Arizona Scale: O Description: Kryptonite is the only fuel found to power extraterrestrial vehicles. Here is the story about how Earth supplies it […]
Pennsylvania Railroad class I1s 2-10-0 Decapod steam locomotive works its way around famous Horseshoe Curve with a westbound freight train in the 1940s. The train is ascending Allegheny Mountain 5 miles west of Altoona, Pennsylvania, location of the PRR’s system shops. C. E. Starr History and major events of the Pennsylvania Railroad The original Pennsylvania […]
PIKO America P-51 hopper PIKO America P-38 hopper car 2020 National convention car Accucraft C-18 Engines & rolling stock PIKO America, 4610 Alvarado Canyon Rd., Ste. 5, San Diego CA 92120 released two hopper cars as part of a new Vintage Warbird series. The P-51 Hopper (38902) features P-51 Mustang graphics, and the P-38 Hopper […]
Atlas N scale ALP-45DP locomotive performance charts Atlas N scale NJ Transit commuter train The trailer cars feature full interiors, with toilet and cab details where appropriate. Couplers are truck-mounted except at the cab end of the cab car. The cab car has operating headlight, ditch lights, and marker lights. N Scale fans of modern […]
WalthersProto HO scale EMD SD9 An HO scale General Motors Electro-Motive Division SD9 diesel is back on HO scale rails thanks to Wm. K. Walthers Inc. Part of the WalthersProto series, the model is accurately detailed and decorated for several road names. We reviewed an earlier release of the model in the December 2012 issue. […]
Rapido Trains HO Gunderson Husky-Stack The well has sockets for pins for one long or two short containers. Rapido Trains has released an HO scale Gunderson 53-foot Husky-Stack well car, with etched-metal running boards, new trucks, and factory-installed grab irons. The die-cast metal cars are accurately finished and include two individually numbered 53-foot containers. In […]
Tangent Scale Models HO scale PS-3 hopper This close-up view of the “B” end shows the many fine details applied to Tangent’s 2750 three-bay hopper. Tangent Scale Models has released its HO scale Pullman-Standard PS-3 2,750-cubic-foot-capacity three-bay hopper in seven new paint schemes. The injection-molded plastic HO scale car features prototype-specific unloading door mechanisms, handbrake […]
