The boiler for White Pass & Yukon 2-8-0 No. 61. Stockton Locomotive Works Stathi Pappas works on White Pass & Yukon 2-8-0 No. 61 at his shop in Antonito, Colo. Stockton Locomotive Works ANTONITO, Colo. — Stathi Pappas is a busy guy. As assistant general manager at the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic, Pappas has the […]
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MTH 4-6-2 streamlined engine Price: $499.95 (No. 20-20683-1) Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: 4.5 smph Cnv Low: 4.8 smph High: 57.9 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 6 oz. Features: A can-style motor, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, smoke unit, coil coupler on tender Current-production road names: Canadian National, Chicago & North Western, New Haven, […]
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Union Pacific Big Boy-type 4-8-8-4 No. 4004 as it appeared in a Cheyenne, Wyo., park in 2013. The City of Cheyenne is paying to cosmetically restore the locomotive during 2018. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn CHEYENNE, Wyo. — On Monday, Nov. 27, the Cheyenne City Council approved full funding for the cosmetic restoration of Big Boy No. […]
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The Bachmann Sound Value HO scale Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 models one of the most famous steam locomotives in North Amerida. Watch no. 611 as she chuffs along the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy main line with a railfan special in tow. […]
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The Bachmann Sound Value HO scale Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 models one of the most famous steam locomotives in North Amerida. Watch no. 611 as she chuffs along the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy main line with a railfan special in tow. […]
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While on vacation in Europe, David and his wife, Ingrid, spent an October weekend seaside on the West Somerset Ry., a 21-mile preserved line in southern England. They were there for the Fall Steam Gala and saw eight operating steam locomotives, many of which they share with you in this short video. To learn more […]
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While on vacation in Europe, David and his wife, Ingrid, spent an October weekend seaside on the West Somerset Ry., a 21-mile preserved line in southern England. They were there for the Fall Steam Gala and saw eight operating steam locomotives, many of which they share with you in this short video. To learn more […]
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Baltimore & Ohio’s Detroit-bound Cincinnatian, just pulling out of Deshler, Ohio, is missing its usual streamlined Pacific on this July 1956 day, but 4-6-2 5316 is a worthy substitute. Don Wood photo […]
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Duluth & Northeastern 2-8-0 No. 27 is at Cloquet, Minn., bound for Saginaw with empty log flats in August 1962. The 11-mile line was all-steam until 1964. A sister to this engine, D&NE 28, was recently reactivated by the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. Russ Porter photo […]
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Charlie Conway spends the day with the engine crew on the Mount Rainier Railroad, a former logging route in Washington state. Through the lenses of Charlie’s multiple HD cameras you will get to see just what it takes to run and maintain a working steam locomotive! […]
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Charlie Conway spends the day with the engine crew on the Mount Rainier Railroad, a former logging route in Washington state. Through the lenses of Charlie’s multiple HD cameras you will get to see just what it takes to run and maintain a working steam locomotive! […]
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Time freights 209 and 212 of the Winston-Salem Southbound Railroad meet at Eller, N.C., in 1956. Reflective of the 95-mile WSS’s two owners, Mikado 827 (right) is a former Atlantic Coast Line engine with a Norfolk & Western tender. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
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