South Australian Railways No. 520, a 4-8-4 Northern-type 520-class steam locomotive traverses track in Australia in 1994. Toy-maker Mattel is introducing “Shane,” a new friend of Thomas the Tank Engine, based on the locomotive. Courtesy: Peter Michalak MOUNT BAKER, Australia — More promotional pictures released by Mattel reveal that one of the new characters soon […]
Watch as Southern Railway 2-8-0 No. 630 charges the Southern’s loops of western North Carolina! See steam plumes and hear the exhaust bark as it does only on mountain railroad lines! Only from Trains. […]
Watch as Southern Railway 2-8-0 No. 630 charges the Southern’s loops of western North Carolina! See steam plumes and hear the exhaust bark as it does only on mountain railroad lines! Only from Trains. […]
Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 Steve Glischinski MINNEAPOLIS — Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 will steam again this spring, pulling a 300-mile round trip over BNSF Railway from Minneapolis to Duluth, Minn., on June 4 and 5. The Minneapolis-based nonprofit Friends of the 261 owns the locomotive. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the […]
With some very good guidance from Tim Shackleton and Mick Bonwick on the Missenden Abbey weathering course, Andrew Thompson says he managed to get rid of the shiny plastic look from a Rivarossi Big Boy. Seen here on the test track, sound dubbed on from various recordings of Challenger 3985. […]
With some very good guidance from Tim Shackleton and Mick Bonwick on the Missenden Abbey weathering course, Andrew Thompson says he managed to get rid of the shiny plastic look from a Rivarossi Big Boy. Seen here on the test track, sound dubbed on from various recordings of Challenger 3985. […]
A crane lifts the boiler off the frame of Northwest Railway Museum’s former Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. No. 108 a 2-6-6-2T Mallet-type locomotive. The museum is “deaccessioning” the locomotive. It is now on its way to the Black Hills Central Railroad in South Dakota. David Honan SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Another big steam locomotive is headed toward restoration. […]
Southern Pacific Daylight 4-8-4 No. 4449 at Bend, Ore., in October 2012. The fog horn is at the top of the smokebox on the fireman’s side, or the right, as you look at the engine. Alex Mayes Q I was watching a video about the Southern Pacific Daylight 4-8-4 No. 4449, and I noticed that […]
Bachmann HO scale two-truck Climax The Climax locomotive model features die-cast metal construction and an operating backup light. Die-cast metal construction and a prototypical mechanism highlighted the Bachmann HO scale two-truck Climax back when I reviewed it in the February 2006 Model Railroader. The geared logger is back and now includes a factory-installed Digital Command […]
Name: sam parfitt Forum User Name: sa Railroad Name: none Location: n/a Scale: 3 rail Theme: contemporary engines Description: 3rd rail NP Z-8 4-6-6-4 challenger. The best sound that I’ve ever heard coming from a model steam engine. […]
A cast Boxpok driver for a yet-to-be-built Pennsylvania T1 replica: No. 5550. The Pennsylvania Railroad T1 Steam Locomotive Trust says this is the first boxpok driving wheel cast in decades. Pennsylvania Railroad T1 Steam Locomotive Trust HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Railroad T1 Steam Locomotive Trust is passing a new milestone. The non-profit organization cast its […]
Name: sam parfitt Forum User Name: sa Railroad Name: none Location: n/a Scale: 3 rail Theme: contemporary engines Description: 3rd rail NP Z-8 4-6-6-4 challenger. The best sound that I’ve ever heard coming from a model steam engine. […]
