Take a cab ride on the Livingston Model Railroad club layout, located in the old Northern Pacific depot in Livingston, Mont. The layout is generic with the exception of the town of Gardiner, Mont., which the train enters around 11:30. The Northern Pacific ran a train from Livingston, Mont., to Gardiner, Mont., until around 1955 […]
Zone & Region: Mountain West
Turbine in Weber Canyon
Union Pacific No. 51, the first unit in the road’s fleet of General Electric gas-turbine-electric locomotives, climbs east in Weber Canyon with a train out of Ogden, Utah, in mid-1952. I. W. King photo […]
Doug Tagsold’s Colorado & Southern Train 45/46 Central City Freight
This video follows train 45/46, the Central City Freight, around Doug Tagsold’s Colorado & Southern model railroad. The 15-minute video was shot and edited by operating crew member Dale Pape. […]
Doug Tagsold’s Colorado & Southern Train 45/46 Central City Freight
This video follows train 45/46, the Central City Freight, around Doug Tagsold’s Colorado & Southern model railroad. The 15-minute video was shot and edited by operating crew member Dale Pape. […]
Mountain railroading
Name: Robert Mayer Railroad Name: Robert Mayer Location: Colorado Scale: 3 Rail O Theme: Mountain railroading Description: This layout is being built by Jim Guy. The scenery, track plan and lighting make it a joy to photograph. I can’t wait until it’s completed. […]
Mountain railroading
Name: Robert Mayer Railroad Name: Robert Mayer Location: Colorado Scale: 3 Rail O Theme: Mountain railroading Description: This layout is being built by Jim Guy. The scenery, track plan and lighting make it a joy to photograph. I can’t wait until it’s completed. […]
Galloping Goose on the RGS
Rio Grande Southern Motor No. 4 — one of seven “Galloping Goose” cars the 172-mile narrow-gauge road fashioned from automobiles and light trucks in the 1930s — is northbound beside Trout Lake between Lizard Head Pass and Ophir, Colo. Otto Perry photo […]
Pikes Peak cog’s owner asks for tax breaks for rebuild NEWSWIRE
Snow still covered Pikes Peak in this June 2015 view at the summit. Brian Schmidt MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. — The owner of Colorado’s Pikes Peak Cog Railway says the iconic tourist attraction could reopen as early as 2020 if the company can strike a deal with the local community on a pair of tax breaks […]
Union Pacific confirms Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 for Ogden in 2019 and more NEWSWIRE
Big Boy No. 4014 will be in Ogden on May 10, 2019. This photo was made in Ogden in May 2014 as the dead locomotive was moved from California to Cheyenne for restoration. Trains: Jim Wrinn CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Union Pacific confirmed Thursday that Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 will be in Ogden, Utah, exactly […]
VIDEO: HO scale Leadville & Red Cliff
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The double-deck Leadville & Red Cliff RR models a modern-era main line on the lower deck and steam-era railroading on the upper deck. All the scenes on Bill Brown’s HO scale model train layout feature stunning central Colorado scenery. […]
VIDEO: HO scale Leadville & Red Cliff
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The double-deck Leadville & Red Cliff RR models a modern-era main line on the lower deck and steam-era railroading on the upper deck. All the scenes on Bill Brown’s HO scale model train layout feature stunning central Colorado scenery. […]
Trains Presents: Be the Engineer on the Nevada Northern Railway
Watch as Trains Associate Editor Steve Sweeney takes the engineer’s seat in a steam locomotive for the first time — ever — courtesy of Nevada Northern Railway. The historic Nevada railroad’s Be the Engineer program, is among the best known, but far from the only engineer or fireman program in the United States. Here’s an […]