Western Maryland Scenic 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 in the shop last September at Ridgeley, W.Va. Trains: Jim Wrinn CUMBERLAND, Md. — Western Maryland Scenic Railroad Executive Director John Garner in a video update posted Wednesday said the railroad’s restoration of Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 is proceeding at a pace now that the line will […]
Type of Train: Steam Locomotive
Work preparing Nashville 4-8-4 to move speeds along NEWSWIRE
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway No. 576 is seen here minutes after it was moved out of its shed Wednesday morning, Jan. 9. Ralcon Wagner NASHVILLE — After months of anticipation, railroad historians and steam preservationists watched as Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway 4-8-4 No. 576 was carefully moved onto a temporary track […]
Cass to add track, rare operating Climax locomotive NEWSWIRE
CASS, W.VA. — In a sign that years-long projects are nearing an end at West Virginia’s famous Cass Scenic Railroad, the logger-turned tourist hauler has announced plans to resume service on the former Chesapeake & Ohio line to Durbin, W.Va., and will inaugurate it in September with a type of geared engine that has never […]
NC&StL 576’s trip out of the park begins Jan. 7 NEWSWIRE
No. 576’s move is set for Jan. 13, but prep work begins Monday. Trains: Jim Wrinn NASHVILLE – No. 576’s slumber is just about over. On Monday, crews from a moving company will get started at Centennial Park, preparing to haul Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis 4-8-4 No. 576 from its home since 1953 to […]
‘Leviathan’ to play role of Lincoln Funeral Train locomotive
Leviathan will get a new role in Pennsylvania this spring. Trains: Jim Wrinn ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. — Good bye Central Pacific No. 63, Leviathan! Hello Pennsylvania Railroad No. 331. The operating 4-4-0 replica of one of the locomotives in the first transcontinental railroad 150 years ago is being redecorated to represent the PRR engine that pulled […]
CSX donates turntable to Tennessee town as part of No. 576 restoration NEWSWIRE
WATERTOWN, Tenn. – CSX Transportation has donated a turntable to a small community in Tennessee that could eventually be used by Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway 4-8-4 No. 576, under restoration in nearby Nashville. Earlier this week, Historic Watertown Inc. announced that it had secured the donation of a surplus turntable from CSX. The […]
A camera car for the Stockton and Copperopolis
This video shows scenes on Don Ball’s Stockton & Copperopolis model railroad taken by a camera car he built. The camera used is a Prime RX made by Replay. […]
A camera car for the Stockton and Copperopolis
This video shows scenes on Don Ball’s Stockton & Copperopolis model railroad taken by a camera car he built. The camera used is a Prime RX made by Replay. […]
Niles Canyon Railway will host ‘Skookum’ during celebration of the first transcontinental railroad NEWSWIRE
Skookum will run in Oregon once more before relocating to California. Martin E. Hansen SUNOL, Calif. — After Trains Magazine’s photo charter in Oregon in March, Skookum No. 7, the “never say die” 2-4-4-2 that was left for dead in 1955 in a Washington forest and resurrected earlier this year at Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, […]
The Bellflower Cricket on a cold day
Name: Shawn Viggiano Railroad Name: Kittatinny Mountain Railroad Location: Wantage, NJ Scale: 1:20.2 Theme: Logging Description: Bellflower live steam Cricket on a cold day […]
Bachmann N Sound Value Baldwin 2-8-0
Bachmann N Sound Value Baldwin 2-8-0 It was only a few months ago – in the September 2018 issue – that we last reviewed a Baldwin 2-8-0 steam locomotive from Bachmann. But that was an HO scale model. Bachmann’s new Consolidation is an N scale model. This freight hauler is well detailed, nicely decorated, and […]
The Bellflower Cricket on a cold day
Name: Shawn Viggiano Railroad Name: Kittatinny Mountain Railroad Location: Wantage, NJ Scale: 1:20.2 Theme: Logging Description: Bellflower live steam Cricket on a cold day […]