Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Come along with an MR Video Plus crew as they visit Perry Squier’s astonishing Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern HO scale layout, featured in the 2009 issue of Great Model Railroads magazine. Perry welcomes you into his basement for a guided tour over the main […]
Union Pacific has appointed J. Scott George as director of its steam shop, currently working on the restoration of Big Boy No. 4014. Drew Halverson OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific has appointed J. Scott George as Director – Steam Shop in Cheyenne, Wyo. George was previously the director of system locomotive facilities in North Little […]
PRR J1 2-10-4 No. 6480 crests the hill in Irvington, heading east from downtown Indianapolis with a freight during the switchmen’s strike at Hawthorne Yard in the winter of 1951-52. Martin E. Biemer The winter of 1951–52 brought a new thrill for us railroad-crazy boys in the Indianapolis neighborhood of Irvington: Freight trains! Irvington, a […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
