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Video: O gauge Menards steam freight set by Lionel
This may be the first chain store exclusive set CTT has ever reviewed! The set is powered by Lionel’s 0-8-0 and pulls four cars decorated for the Chicago & North Western, three of them unique to Menards. See the set in action here! […]
Video: O gauge brass New Haven I-4 4-6-2 by Weaver Models
One of the best New Haven designs was the I-4 class of 4-6-2 Pacifics. The railroad and the manufacturer worked together to build an engine that could handle the heaviest passenger traffic on the line – and which could be a fill in for freight power. See this O gauge model in action! […]
Video: Bachmann Trains HO Sound Value Alco S-2
See and hear the Bachmann Trains Sound Value Alco S-2 as it switches cars on the Model Railroader train layout. You’ll also get a look at the Fox Valley Models HO scale Baltimore & Ohio M-53 wagontop boxcar. […]
Gimme shelter
A New York City Transit subway train on the 7 line rolls into the 61st St./Woodside station in Queens during a torrential downpour on June 11, 2011, while riders wait nonchalantly on the platform for the train to stop and the doors to open. Photo by Matt Van Hattem […]
Flying high
Empty CSX auto rack train Q217 rolls westbound on the Philadelphia Subdivision across the Susquehanna River as the tug boat “Captain Mac” awaits its next assignment at Perryville, Md., on June 18, 2012. Photo by Michael S. Murray […]
Watch Talgo build high speed trains
Talgo trains under construction in Milwaukee. Matt Van Hattem Go behind the scenes and watch America’s newest passenger trains come to life in the January 2013 issue of Trains magazine. We spent two years visiting Talgo’s plant in Milwaukee, documenting the assembly of the new Series 8 trainsets, which will enter revenue service on the […]
Building Model Railroader’s Winter Hill Quarry Branch, part 1
Beginning in the January 2013 issue of Model Railroader you’ll learn about the Winter Hill Branch of the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. Over the next few months you’ll can also watch video journals taken during the construction of this Model Railroader staff project. In part 1, associate editor Steve Otte gives you an overview of […]
Building Model Railroader’s HO scale Virginian Ry. part 2
Work begins on the HO scale Virginian Ry., the latest Model Railroader project layout. Managing editor David Popp starts working on benchwork for the model train layout. In this episode he’ll show you how to build benchwork legs for a model railroad. […]
Give my regards to the Broadway
A Conrail executive locomotive, E8 No. 4022, leads the eastbound Broadway Limited, train No. 40, into Chicago Union Station on April 11, 1977. Amtrak is in the midst of a motive power shortage, caused by problems with its EMD SDP40F fleet, and is leasing extra locomotives wherever it can. Photo by Gary Dolzall […]
