The waiting game

Looking east through the side of the 24th Street bridge in downtown Birmingham, Ala., CSX offers up a variety of EMD power. This train is waiting for clearance into the railroad’s Boyles Yard. Drew Halverson photo […]

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Green, gold, and gorgeous!

Southern Railway 2-8-2 No. 4501 pulls a National Railway Historical Society convention train on Sept. 5, 1966 from Keysville, Va., to Richmond, Va. This was among the first excursions that led to the development of Southern Railway’s famous series of annual excursions that ran between 1966 and 1994. Today, the 1911 Baldwin is under restoration […]

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A Railroader’s Work is Never Done

The conductor of train BUSW, “The Peoria Rocket,” sweeps the north switch at the Limit Yard on the edge of Peoria, Ill., as the crew, southbound on Subdivision 2 of the Iowa Interstate, prepares to interchange an empty Cedar Rapids, Iowa, coal train with the Tazewell & Peoria Railroad on Dec. 13, 2010. Steve Smedley […]

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Small & midsize track plans for O gauge trains

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40 track plans, each accompanied by a track shopping list, will equip you with the necessary information to build a midsize layout for your toy train set or complete railroad. Spark your imagination with this special issue from Classic Toy Trains magazine. Order now! […]

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