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MTH 4-6-6-4 Challenger locomotive
Type of Train: Steam Locomotive
Trains’ Top 10 railroad stories of 2014 NEWSWIRE
Once known for mainline steam excursions, the NRHS has struggled to find relevance in the Internet age. David Honan 10. The once-mighty National Railway Historical Society appears to be running out of steam. A hotly contested election and a failed reorganization plan brought attention to the venerable organization, but in the end the status quo […]
MTH RailKing 4-6-6-4 Challenger
Features: O-31 operation, die-cast metal construction, two can-style motors, smoke unit, wireless tether, ProtoSound 3.0 sound and command system, coil coupler on tender Length: Frame 25½ inches Die-cast metal construction Smoke unit Directional lighting MTH ProtoSound 3.0 sound and command system Coupler-to-coupler: 25½ inches Two can-style motors When I received this O gauge model, it […]
CB&Q Northern at Mendota
Burlington Route 4-8-4 No. 5621 on a westbound freight clatters across the Illinois Central diamonds at Mendota, Ill., as it slows for a coal and water stop in September 1954. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Colorado steam photos from Stan Kistler
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Reassembled 2-4-4-2 ‘Skookum’ again upright after nearly 60 years NEWSWIRE
The reassembled ‘Skookum’ rests at the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad shops near Tillamook on Tuesday morning. Martin E. Hansen TILLAMOOK, Ore. – A unique logging locomotive is again whole – and upright – after a highway trip the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad shops in coastal Tillamook this week. Decades after it rolled over in the […]
Pennsy P5a in the snow
Pennsylvania Railroad P5a electric 4737 brings a freight into Philadelphia from the west after a heavy snowfall in early 1958. The motor is passing the station at Overbrook, easternmost of the suburban stops on the Main Line to Paoli. Aaron G. Fryer photo […]
Frisco heavy 2-8-2
The Frisco’s 4200-series Mikados of 1930 were among the most powerful 2-8-2s on any railroad. They were rated at 68,500 lbs. tractive effort — 78,100 lbs. with booster — and could wheel fast freights at 50 mph. Frank E. Ardrey photo […]
Video: Broadway Limited Imports HO scale PRR H10s 2-8-0
This HO scale Pennsylvania RR class H10s from Broadway Limited Imports features the firm’s Paragon2 Digital Command Control sound decoder and synchronized puffing smoke. Watch the HO scale 2-8-0 Consolidation-type steam locomotive as it hauls freight on the Model Railroader staff’s club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
Video: Broadway Limited Imports HO scale PRR H10s 2-8-0
This HO scale Pennsylvania RR class H10s from Broadway Limited Imports features the firm’s Paragon2 Digital Command Control sound decoder and synchronized puffing smoke. Watch the HO scale 2-8-0 Consolidation-type steam locomotive as it hauls freight on the Model Railroader staff’s club layout, the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
Niagara on the run
New York Central 4-8-4 Niagara 6023 is near the end of its short life as it rambles through Millbury Junction, Ohio, (7.5 miles east of Toledo) with nine-car mail-and-express train X-78 in September 1955. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
MTH RailKing Pennsylvania RR 2-10-0
O gauge RailKing 2-10-0 by MTH Price: $459.95 (no: 30-1626-1) Features: O-42 operation, can-style motor, smoke unit, coil coupler on tender, ProtoSound 3.0 sound and command system, wireless drawbar Current road names: Pennsylvania RR with three road numbers The Pennsylvania RR’s answer to the challenge of always having one more mountain to climb, might well […]
