This is the new part of my On30 Turtle Creek Central model railroad. […]
Member video: Turtle Creek Central part 3
Type of Train: Steam Locomotive
Member video: Turtle Creek Central part 3
This is the new part of my On30 Turtle Creek Central model railroad. […]
Norfolk & Western’s ‘Big Three’ to reunite May 31 NEWSWIRE
Left to right: J No. 600, Class A No. 1203, and Y6 No. 2123. Norfolk & Western ROANOKE, Va. – During the apex of steam on the Norfolk & Western Railway in the 1940s and 1950s, there were three classes of Roanoke-built steam locomotives that were the mainstay of operations: the Class A 2-6-6-4s, Class […]
Sydney & Louisburg photos from Jim Shaughnessy
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O gauge 2-8-2 Mikado with LionChief Plus by Lionel
O gauge LionChief Plus 2-8-2 from Lionel Price: $429.99 (no. 81295) Features: O-31 operation, can-style motor, LionChief Plus command system and remote handheld controller, Electro coupler on tender, RailSounds RC sound system, conventional running option Current production run: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Chessie System; Great Northern; Pennsylvania RR TThe 2-8-2 Mikado locomotive was a […]
Nevada museum completes restoration of 2-6-0, dedication ceremony planned NEWSWIRE
‘Glenbrook’ after its multi-year restoration. Nevada State Railroad Museum CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada State Railroad Museum will publicly unveil the completed restoration of its Baldwin 2-6-0, the Glenbrook, at a dedication ceremony later this month. The 1875-built narrow gauge, Mogul-type freight locomotive has been on the grounds of the Carson City museum since […]
Leviathan in steam
David Kloke tells Trains readers about his latest project to build a replica of President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral car in the June 2015 issue of Trains. While we wait to see that project roll on rails, we can enjoy a video showing off Kloke’s major claim to fame: a complete, operational replica of an 1860s steam […]
Leviathan in steam
David Kloke tells Trains readers about his latest project to build a replica of President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral car in the June 2015 issue of Trains. While we wait to see that project roll on rails, we can enjoy a video showing off Kloke’s major claim to fame: a complete, operational replica of an 1860s steam […]
Buffalo Creek & Gauley No. 4 to move next month NEWSWIRE
SPENCER, N.C. – Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 No. 4 will be moved from the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer to the Cass Scenic Railroad next month. The Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad will load the locomotive and parts on May 19, and deliver it to the Cass Scenic shops in Cass, W.Va., on […]
On the old Buffalo & Susquehanna
Consolidation 3127 rambles along Baltimore & Ohio’s former Buffalo & Susquehanna near West Bingham, Pa., in September 1955. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Tank engine with a tender
Even though it’s a tank locomotive (with the water tank around the boiler), Rayonier 2-6-6-2T No. 111 also sports a tender for additional water capacity. The fitting atop the stack is a Gerlinger spark arrestor. Whit Towers photo […]
West Side Heisler
West Side Lumber Co. two-truck Heisler No. 3 was one of about 600 geared locomotives produced by the Heisler Locomotive Works of Erie, Pa., between 1891 and 1941. Glenn W. Beier photo […]
