Beyond the raised hat in the foreground, SP’s L. P. Hopkins, Utah Gov. Herbert Maw, and UP’s E. C. Schmidt stand with the just-removed “Last Spike,” undoing 73 years of history. Often called “Promontory Summit,” the location was simply “Promontory” to SP and in the Official Guide. Classic Trains collection Removing the Transcontinental Railroad’s last […]
HO scale locomotives Norfolk Southern SD60E diesel locomotive. GoRail (one road number), Honoring First Responders (one number), and thoroughbred scheme (six numbers). Prototype-specific details; light-emitting-diode headlights, deck-mounted ditch lights, number boxes, and ground lights above front truck; and detailed cab interior. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM connector for Digital Command Control decoder, $219.98; with dual-mode […]
A northbound Amtrak Acela tiptoes through the turnouts, exiting high-level Track 20, passing K Tower at Washington Union Station. Doug Riddell Author and retired Amtrak engineer and company photographer Doug Riddell (left) and former Amtrak President Joseph Boardman pose at an inaugural train event in 2009. Doug Riddell A friend of mine asked for advice […]
Today, Promontory Summit is home to the recreated Golden Spike Historic Site, home for two replica 4-4-0s: Union Pacific No. 119, shown, and Central Pacific Jupiter. Jim Wrinn Most school children learned that the Transcontinental Railroad was completed May 10, 1869, at “Promontory Point,” where the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific met, and where […]
A Big Boy, Two Challengers, and 100 Cars travel from Quartz Mountain Summit to Lakeview at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum’s February, 2019 Extreme Trains event. Video submitted by Bill Rogers. […]
Check out this video of Giorgio Calzoni’s N scale Monolith Valley RR in Bologna, Italy. […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP40-2 diesel locomotive. Conrail (blue in three road numbers, Reading Co. patchout in two numbers); CSX (dark blue and yellow, three numbers); Denver & Rio Grande Western (black and orange); Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (orange); Grand Trunk Western (red, white, and blue); Reading Co. (green and yellow, three numbers); and […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Cody has the Chicago & North Western HO scale commuter cars disassembled, so it’s over to the spray booth he goes to prep them for re-lettering. Follow along as he shares his proven tips and techniques for working with water-slide decals. […]
Transcontinental Railroad financial troubles After just 18 years of operation, there had been so many irregularities and so much concern over the Union Pacific’s ability to repay its federal loans that in 1887 Congress created the United States Pacific Railroad Commission to investigate the finances and structure of all the major railroads initially described as […]
UP crews built a switchback to reach a tunnel during construction. In many ways, the work done on the transcontinental railroad were feats of ingenuity and engineering. Union Pacific Importance of The Transcontinental Railroad In the 1850s, major railroad projects were viewed as projects for the public good, in much the same way we justify […]
Union Pacific directors pose at the 100th Meridian, 247 miles west of Omaha, Neb. There were still many miles to go to reach Ogden, Utah. Library of Congress collection Many railroads have had their share of drama and intrigue, but it is hard to recall another railroad with the narrative complexity and heroic scale of […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Electro-Motive Division GP38 and GP40 diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP38 and GP40 diesel locomotives. New paint schemes. GP38: Conrail (American Revolution Bicentennial scheme in one road number, blue with white sill stripe in two numbers) and Bangor & Aroostook (dark blue and gray). GP40: Georgia RR […]
