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The Lincoln Funeral Train debuts April 22 and 23 in Pennsylvania. Dan Cupper ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. — The steam-powered Lincoln Funeral Train is about to start operations at its new home, the Ironstone Ranch on the Stone Gables Estate. The Dave Kloke replica of Central Pacific No. 63, Leviathan, is set to run Monday and Tuesday […]
ROMULUS, N.Y. — An employee of a railcar repair firm was killed on the job Thursday when struck by a train. The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reports that 46-year-old Thomas J. Horn of Romulus was struck and pronounced dead at the scene at 10:17 a.m. Thursday, according to a Seneca County Sheriff’s Office report. Horn […]
An NJ Transit Atlantic City train arrives at Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station on March 13, 2018. Service on the Atlantic City line will resume in mid-May. Ralph Spielman ATLANTIC CITY — The long-awaited return of service on two NJ Transit lines won’t be awaited quite as long as had been anticipated. New Jersey Gov. Phil […]
A brochure outlines information on the New York City Subway’s L Train construction project. Courtesy of MTA/Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — After much debate and hand wringing, the major construction project for the New York City subway L Train is at hand. While the construction figures to bring disruptions for riders between Brooklyn and Manhattan, […]
Henrik Akesson’s N scale version of the Erie Lackawanna RR in Pennsylvania is set during the late 1960s to the mid 1970s. It’s built in a spare bedroom around the walls in a dogbone on styrofoam. It features Peco code 80 track, Digitrax DCC, and a small copy of the Starrucca viaduct kitbashed from several […]
This HO scale layout (13′ x 18′) is a point-to-point switching layout that depicts the Stifftown Branch and the first portion of the Chestnut Hill Branch of the PRR. The setting is North Philadelphia circa 1958. Since this is a prototype layout, all of the structures are scratchbuilt to better match the prototype. Key signature […]
Henrik Akesson’s N scale version of the Erie Lackawanna RR in Pennsylvania is set during the late 1960s to the mid 1970s. It’s built in a spare bedroom around the walls in a dogbone on styrofoam. It features Peco code 80 track, Digitrax DCC, and a small copy of the Starrucca viaduct kitbashed from several […]
This HO scale layout (13′ x 18′) is a point-to-point switching layout that depicts the Stifftown Branch and the first portion of the Chestnut Hill Branch of the PRR. The setting is North Philadelphia circa 1958. Since this is a prototype layout, all of the structures are scratchbuilt to better match the prototype. Key signature […]
Broadway Limited Imports N scale PRR T1 4-4-4-4 The T1 is equipped with magnetic knuckle couplers. Details like wire grab irons and train-phone system antenna add to the realism. I recently reviewed two N scale diesel locomotives from Broadway Limited Imports (BLI) featuring Paragon3 Digital Command Control (DCC) decoders with Rolling Thunder (March and May […]
Arizona Eastern Railroad E8 No. 6070, leads a Saratoga & North Creek Railway train past former Delaware & Hudson RS36 No. 5019 at the North Creek Depot in October 2011. Dan Kittay LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. — The idle tracks last used by the Saratoga & North Creek Railway in Upstate New York may see life […]
An Adirondack Scenic locomotive and train. Alex Mayes THENDARA, N.Y. — While questions remain on the fate of 34 miles of track that New York state has said it wants to remove to make a rail trail, the Adirondack Scenic Railroad is preparing for an active 2019 season. “We’re on the verge of beginning construction […]
HARTFORD, Conn. — The commissioner of Connecticut’s Department of Transportation says bar cars, once a popular feature on Metro-North’s New Haven Line, are unlikely to return any time soon. Joseph Guilietti, the DOT commissioner and a former Metro-North president, told the Hartford Courant the bar cars would only be viable if an outside vendor was […]
