Bound for Blackwater Canyon

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WM 2-8-0s 824 and 840 darken the sky at Elkins, W.Va., as they push a coal train east. Ahead 25 miles is Hendricks, where more helpers will be added for the Blackwater Canyon grade. George C. Corey It is a hot summer morning in Hendricks, W.Va. The time is early July 1944. I am 7 […]

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Computer desktop wallpaper from Great Model Railroads 2020

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Great Model Railroads 2020 is packed with articles, photos, tips, tricks, and track plans from 10 incredible layouts. As an online bonus this month, registered members of ModelRailroader.com can download images from all 10 featured model train layouts, sized appropriately for computer desktop images. Click on the links at left to download this image sized […]

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New model trains for the week of September 26, 2019

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Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale General Electric U30C diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives General Electric U30C diesel locomotive. New road numbers: Rock Island (red and yellow with speed lettering), Chessie System (Chesapeake & Ohio reporting marks), Chicago & North Western (green and yellow with herald on cab and road number on hood, two numbers), […]

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Can you read the numbers?

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A Santa Fe GP30 shoves loaded hoppers onto the coal track at Monolith Cement. The crew has already pulled the empty hoppers and spotted them on the adjacent track. They’ll soon be on their way back to the mine in Utah. Roen Kelly photo About once a year, a debate will flare up on one […]

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New model trains for the week of September 19, 2019

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HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70M diesel locomotive. CSX (dark blue and yellow with boxcar herald in two road numbers), Norfolk Southern (Thoroughbred scheme with Positive Train Control antennas and primer gray, both with flared radiators in three numbers each), Progress Rail (CSX patchout, three numbers), Southern Pacific (as-delivered scheme, four numbers), and Union Pacific […]

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