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Analysis: Big-picture flaws in Amtrak’s latest fare sale
WASHINGTON — Amtrak is once again attempting to attract online bargain hunters by offering advance-purchase fares up to 35% off as part of its “Track Friday” sale, which runs through Monday, Dec. 2. The saving over the lowest available “saver” prices are good for travel from Dec. 9, 2019, to April 30, 2020, although discounts […]
Remembering the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
No. 3612, from D&RGW’s last group of 2-8-8-2 steam locomotives (Alco, 1927), pushes near Winter Park, Colo., in October 1956, deep twilight for Grande standard-gauge steam. Ed Gerlits History and major events of the Denver & Rio Grande Western In the American tradition, a railroad is conceived by noble men for noble purposes: to develop […]
Remembering Atlantic Coast Line Railroad freight trains
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. […]
Remembering Atlantic Coast Line Railroad freight trains
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 […]
The train that never came
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 […]
November 2019 new products from Garden Railways magazine
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 […]
New model railroad produts for the week of November 28, 2019
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 […]
Gateway to the Kettle Moraine
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. […]
Video: Woodland Scenics Static King
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. […]
Video: Woodland Scenics Static King
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. […]
