Union Pacific 4-8-4 Northern-type No. 844 pictured at LaSalle, Colo., in 2009. The famed locomotive made a triumphant come back in 2016 after repairs and a 1,472-day overhaul. Bruce A. Daugherty WAUKESHA, Wis. — When Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 844 returned to the rails under its own power this year, we were reminded of what […]
The Nickel Plate carried a lot of meat traffic from Chicago and other cities. Here, Berkshire No. 776, with two Swift cars at the head end, rushes a long string of meat reefers east near Vermilion, Ohio, in 1957. H. S. Ludlow photo […]
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Marc Horovitz Gauge 1, 1:20.3 scale, live-steam Heisler Accucraft 33268 Central Avenue Union City CA 94587 Price: $3,150 Website: http://accucraft.com All metal live-steam model of West Side Lumber Co. Heisler Nº 3; manual control; two double-acting D-valve cylinders; working cylinder drain cocks; reversing from cab via working Stephenson’s valve gear; hinged roof; pressure gauge; water […]
Gauge 1, 1:20.3 scale, steam-outline 2-6-0 Bachmann Industries 1400 E. Erie Ave Philadelphia PA 19124 Price: $1,250 Website: www.bachmanntrains.com Plastic and die-cast metal, steam outline, 1870s-era Baldwin 8-18 D class Mogul; all-metal gears; “plug-and-play” socket in tender for the addition of R/C or DCC control; authentic paint scheme. Dimensions: length, 26 1/2″; width, 4 1/2″; […]
A passenger train departs Waynesburg, Pa., in 1907 on the Waynesburg & Washington, a 28-mile-long, 3-foot-gauge pike that came under the control of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1885. Waynesburg University Museum collection […]
White River Lumber Co. 2-6-6-2T Mallet No. 7 hauls a train of logs near Enumclaw, Wash., in 1945. Baldwin built the locomotive in 1925. Albert Farrow photo […]
Louisville & Nashville 2-8-4 No. 1966, a class M-1 “Big Emma,” departs Winchester, Ky., with time freight 44 in September 1954. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
SPECIAL VALUE CARS: Three new cars have been added to the Menards line of O gauge rolling stock. The nos. 279-3178 Chesapeake & Ohio flatcar with die-cast metal concrete mixer and 279-3476 Pennsylvania RR flatcar with excavator. The excavator has lights and sounds that activate with the press of a button. The latest addition to […]
Servicing American Flyer’s big steamers […]
Come along as we visit the Reading & Northern and see its steam operations. Only from Trains Magazine! […]
Come along as we visit the Reading & Northern and see its steam operations. Only from Trains Magazine! […]
