O gauge Premier line 0-4-0 from MTH Price: $699.95 (no. 20-2601-1) Min Curve: O-31 Cmd Low: 1.8 smph Cnv Low: 2.2 smph High: 44 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 4 ounces Features: Die-cast metal construction, can-style motor, ProtoSound 2.0 command and sound system, two remote couplers, dual headlights, die-cast metal trucks and couplers Current road […]
Union Pacific 4-8-4 Northern-type No. 844 pictured at LaSalle, Colo., in 2009. The famed locomotive is set to arrive in Memphis, Tenn., in steam on Oct. 22. Bruce A. Daugherty OMAHA — Union Pacific says its 4-8-4 No. 844 steam locomotive will cross the Mississippi River to Memphis, Tenn., on Oct. 22 and cross back […]
We call dibs on the first Martian railroad. pic.twitter.com/YaGUnbpvhO — Union Pacific (@UnionPacific) September 28, 2016 MARS (the planet) — Union Pacific called “dibs” this week on building the first Martian railroad. The surprise announcement came just hours after SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk unveiled his dreams of building a fleet of spaceships to put […]
FULL SCREEN Brandon Townley A Loram crew sprays water to prevent fires from forming, following the rail-grinding process on Norfolk Southern’s Sandusky District in Chatfield, Ohio. FULL SCREEN David Honan Westbound manifest train M-LAUPAS passes through this dramatic scene on Montana Rail Link’s 4th Subdivision at Hope, Idaho, on Aug. 31, 2014. FULL SCREEN Mitch […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In the November 2016 Model Railroader contributing editor Pelle Søeborg shows his technique for weathering modern-era freight cars. Check out the coal train in this video run through on his first modern-era Union Pacific model railroad. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In the November 2016 Model Railroader contributing editor Pelle Søeborg shows his technique for weathering modern-era freight cars. Check out the coal train in this video run through on his first modern-era Union Pacific model railroad. […]
No summertime blues for host Drew Halverson this year! That’s because he managed to begin his summer of trackside treks with a day trip to the Windy City. Upon arrival in West Chicago, Ill., Drew, Kent, Ben, and special guest Kevin P. Keefe, chased Union Pacific freight and a parade of Metra commuter trains along […]
No summertime blues for host Drew Halverson this year! That’s because he managed to begin his summer of trackside treks with a day trip to the Windy City. Upon arrival in West Chicago, Ill., Drew, Kent, Ben, and special guest Kevin P. Keefe, chased Union Pacific freight and a parade of Metra commuter trains along […]
Price: $79 Manufacturer Bachmann Trains 1400 E. Erie Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19124 www.bachmanntrains.com Era: 1930s to 1980 Comments: Looking to add a night train to your N scale passenger fleet? Bachmann Trains has released a ready-to-run N scale heavyweight coach with factory-installed overhead interior lighting. The model is an N scale version of the HO […]
The Walthers Mainline HO scale Plymouth ML-8 switcher is available with a SoundTraxx Digital Command Control (DCC) motor decoder with a CurrentKeeper capacitor cluster. Small switchers such as the Plymouth ML-8 toiled away for decades at various trackside industries and railroad shops. Walthers is releasing an HO scale model of a Plymouth ML-8, and I […]
Running left-handed per C&NW practice, E-class Pacific 1634 skirts Lake Monona as she departs Madison with the evening local to Chicago. Frank Rogers Back in the days when there were enough railroad companies to make train-watching really interesting, Madison, Wis., was served by three: the Milwaukee Road, the Chicago & North Western, and the Illinois […]
Two blue end caps for bearings made by Amsted Rail’s Brenco Inc. appear on a freight car truck at the Union Pacific’s Butler Yard in Wisconsin. Steve Sweeney Q What is the significance of the blue paint that I see on the rotating bearing caps on freight car wheelsets? – Tito Porfiri, Olney, Md. A […]
