Athearn HO scale EMD GP39-2 Engineer’s side of the Athearn Trains HO scale EMD GP39-2 helps identify its prototype as a phase 1 version. The Athearn Genesis series models features many separate parts, including wire grab irons and eyebolts as well as see-through etched-metal rooftop fan grilles. The motor and gearboxes are mounted on a […]
Type of Train: Diesel Locomotives
Vermont Railway unveils SD70M-2 repaint NEWSWIRE
VTR SD70M-2 No. 431 on its first revenue run in Vermont Railway colors near Proctorsville, Vermont, on Jan. 11. Kevin Burkholder RUTLAND, Vt. — A shiny red-and-silver EMD SD70M-2 is the newest locomotive to be dipped into Vermont Railway System’s livery. The locomotive was released from the railroad’s Rutland shop this week as VTR No. […]
CSX to restore, paint ex-C&O SD40 for operation on Virginia short line NEWSWIRE
CSX SD40 No. 4617 rolls west through St. Albans, W.Va., with a NS EMD GP50. The locomotive would be repainted into CSX years later before ultimately being retired and sidelined at the railroad’s Cumberland, Md., shops. Chase Gunnoe CLIFTON FORGE, Va. — Chesapeake & Ohio blue-and-gold will once again haul freight through the Commonwealth of […]
PRR doodlebugs
Three Pennsylvania Railroad self-propelled motor cars (“doodlebugs”) layover near Penn Station, Baltimore, in May 1955. The cars worked commuter runs on the old Northern Central to New Freedom, Pa. Classic Trains coll. […]
How-to Library: Operate The Beer Line, Part 1 – Getting ready for operations
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Are you ready to tackle realistic model operations on your layout? Follow this all-new MRVP mini-series and you will be! Over the course of five episodes, David Popp and the MR/MR Video Plus team will use the HO scale Beer Line project layout […]
How-to Library: Operate The Beer Line, Part 2 – Setting cars for the first session
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In the second stage of preparation for our operating session, David shows how to position cars and their paperwork at the industries and tracks on our HO scale Beer Line layout. Also in this video, David looks at the various jobs on the […]
How-to Library: Operate The Beer Line, Part 3 – The Morning Yard Job
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page David has completed preparations for the Beer Line HO scale operating session. Now it’s time to start the session into motion so you can watch and learn how the car movements on the railroad fit into specific job tasks. The first job you’ll […]
How-to Library: Operate The Beer Line, Part 1 – Getting ready for operations
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Are you ready to tackle realistic model operations on your layout? Follow this all-new MRVP mini-series and you will be! Over the course of five episodes, David Popp and the MR/MR Video Plus team will use the HO scale Beer Line project layout […]
How-to Library: Operate The Beer Line, Part 2 – Setting cars for the first session
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In the second stage of preparation for our operating session, David shows how to position cars and their paperwork at the industries and tracks on our HO scale Beer Line layout. Also in this video, David looks at the various jobs on the […]
How-to Library: Operate The Beer Line, Part 3 – The Morning Yard Job
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page David has completed preparations for the Beer Line HO scale operating session. Now it’s time to start the session into motion so you can watch and learn how the car movements on the railroad fit into specific job tasks. The first job you’ll […]
Pennsylvania Railroad Geeps on the Mountain
A set of Pennsylvania Railroad GP9s climbs the east slope of Allegheny Mountain with piggyback train TT1 in September 1956. Trains magazine Editor David P. Morgan, researching a story on PRR’s Altoona–Pittsburgh operations, rides the cab of the second unit. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
F3s on Tennessee Pass
Rio Grande F3 diesels grind upgrade at Mitchell, Colo., a mile east of the summit of Tennessee Pass, in October 1947. Two steam helpers provide assistance on the 3-percent grade. L. O. Merrill photo […]