All this month — November 2019 — Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, history, and images of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Please enjoy this photo gallery of images from the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include ACL diesel- and steam-powered freight trains through time. You might also enjoy this […]
Michigan Central’s elusive train to Joliet, Illinois, approaches the Maple Street crossing in Matteson, Illinois, in mid-1968. Ralph Eisenbrandt photo, Paul Jaenicke collection In the mid-1960s, I attended a parochial school in the far south Chicago suburb of Matteson, Illinois, that bordered on the Joliet branch of the New York Central. Old-timers in town referred to it […]
The Train Department Heisler LGB tender with sound LGB starter track set Accucraft, 3260 Central Ave, Union City CA 94587, has announced Talyllyn Railway’s locomotive No. 1 “Talyllyn” in 1:29 scale. The live-steam 0-4-0ST engine will be butane fired and available in 32mm and 45mm versions. Each version is available in three different colors: TR […]
Athearn Trains HO scale EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD40-2 diesel locomotive. Norfolk Southern (Maersk Sealand, Operation Lifesaver, and horsehead silhouette, one road number each), Rock Island (red and yellow with italic lettering, four numbers), and Union Pacific (Desert Victory, one number). Vinyl m.u. hoses, bi-directional light-emitting-diode headlights, and see-through cab […]
A recently “discovered” Soo Line Railroad silent movie from 1919 featuring glimpses of how Colleywood / Maryville Junction looked 100 years ago. Video shot by Radio Trains. […]
Static grass is an effective way to add realism to model railroad scenery. Follow associate editor Steve Otte as he demonstrates the Static King applicator and other new static grass products from Woodland Scenics. […]
Static grass is an effective way to add realism to model railroad scenery. Follow associate editor Steve Otte as he demonstrates the Static King applicator and other new static grass products from Woodland Scenics. […]
A recently “discovered” Soo Line Railroad silent movie from 1919 featuring glimpses of how Colleywood / Maryville Junction looked 100 years ago. Video shot by Radio Trains. […]
An image from the movie The Polar Express showing the “Know It All Kid” and a smaller image of the voice actor behind the character, Eddie Deezen. Warner Bros. via B&O Railroad Museum BALTIMORE — On Sunday, Nov. 24, the B&O Railroad Museum welcomes the “Know-It-All Kid”, Eddie Deezen, from The Polar Express movie. Eddie […]
In the January 2020 issue, Donald M. Deuell described how he modified plans from a 1950s Model Railraoder article so he could add an operating spout to an HO scale wood water tower. See a PDF version of this by clicking here. […]
Click on the links at left to download this image sized appropriately for your computer screen. It’s early summer, 1939, and a pair of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Electro-Motive Division E1 diesel locomotives lead crack passenger train Super Chief on Ray Miecko’s HO scale layout. Click on the links below to download the image […]
Enjoy this commercial-free replay of MRVP’s inaugural live-streaming event (November 9th at 11a.m.) from Trainfest 2019 at the Wisconsin State Fair Park near Milwaukee, Wisconsin! David Popp, Cody Grivno, and Steve Sweeney, hosted segments highlighting activities and displays (model and prototype) at the show, interviews with Kalmbach contributors, and new product presentations from various vendors/manufacturers. (Note–please […]
