MTH HO scale DM&IR 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone The MTH HO scale DM&IR Yellowstone features many separately applied detail parts. One of the last giants of the steam era, a Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 “Yellowstone,” comes to life in HO scale complete with sound, smoke, and pulling power that does its prototype proud. The MTH […]
ScaleTrains.com HO scale UP water tenders Both ends of the ScaleTrains.com tenders feature independently controlled lights. Union Pacific’s steam excursion program began almost as soon as the use of regular steam power ceased on the railroad in 1960. Over the years, the UP has operated FEF-3 4-8-4 no. 844 and Challenger 4-6-6-4 no. 3985 in […]
BLI N scale PRR class M1b 4-8-2 steam locomotive Broadway Limited Imports N scale Pennsylvania RR class M1a 4-8-2 steam locomotive Detailed and smooth-running steam locomotives are cause for celebration among N scalers. They’re even more so when the engines in question feature onboard Digital Command Control (DCC) and sound. That’s the case with the […]
Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 844 acts as a shop switcher to place 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 on a turntable at the railroad’s Cheyenne, Wyo., shops in July. Hayley Enoch CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Two weeks after Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 844’s successful excursion for the 2016 Cheyenne Frontier Days, the railroad says that the Heritage Operations team […]
Watch video clips of SP 2-10-2s, Daylight 4-8-4s, cab-forwards, and more from the Herron Rail Video program Glory Machines Vol. 1. […]
Watch video clips of SP 2-10-2s, Daylight 4-8-4s, cab-forwards, and more from the Herron Rail Video program Glory Machines Vol. 1. […]
On West Virginia’s Cass Scenic Railroad, engine crews with three Shay locomotives signal each other with whistles for moves and stops. Steve Sweeney Q In the days of steam, when railroaders didn’t have radios or other one-to-one communication, how did the engineer on the lead locomotive communicate to the engineers in the “helper” locomotives as […]
AMARILLO, Texas — City officials in Amarillo have voted to sell one of the city’s largest museum pieces — an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 2-10-4 steamer. The city has owned the locomotive, known as the Madam Queen, since shortly after the railroad retired the engine in the 1950s. According to the Amarillo Globe-News, city […]
Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 844 rolls south through northern Colorado Thursday on its way to Denver. Hayley Enoch photo Denver, Colo. — Today, the hills and valleys in northern Colorado echoed with the long-awaited sound of whistles and pistons as Union Pacific’s flagship steam locomotive, 4-8-4 No. 844, made its first public excursion in almost […]
Follow along Editor Jim Wrinn’s June 2016 photo charter on the Cass Scenic Railroad! See and hear historic geared locomotives working in the amazing mountain scenery of West Virginia. Only from Trains Magazine! […]
Follow along Editor Jim Wrinn’s June 2016 photo charter on the Cass Scenic Railroad! See and hear historic geared locomotives working in the amazing mountain scenery of West Virginia. Only from Trains Magazine! […]
Allen Harper, owner and chief executive of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, speaks at length about the former Denver & Rio Grande Western narrow gauge route that his tourist railroad operates over between Durango and Silverton, Colo. […]
