An A-B-A set of Union Pacific F3 diesels leads a westbound freight along the Snake River 4 miles west of Glenns Ferry, Idaho, in the late 1940s or early ’50s. Henry R. Griffiths Jr. photo […]
Union Pacific along the Snake River
Era: 1946 - 1970
Troop train in the Sierras
A Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 leads a long string of troop sleepers on snowy Donner Pass in the mid-1940s. Pullman-Standard built 2,400 of the boxcar-like sleepers between October 1943 and May 1946. Classic Trains coll. […]
Walthers Mainline 60-foot Pullman-Standard bulkhead flatcar
Walthers Mainline 60-foot Pullman-Standard bulkhead flatcar Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: $34.98 Era: 1968+ (varies depending on paint scheme) Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218, 414-527-0770, walthers.com Walthers 60-foot Pullman Standard bulkhead flatcar features: 8′ 6″ tall bulkheads with bolt attachment details Detailed brake gear with piping 70-ton roller-bearing trucks 33″ […]
Locomotives we didn’t get for Christmas
Trains and Christmas go hand-in-hand, and many of us had some special railroad-related gifts on our wish list, but instead of a wish list, this is a list of the locomotives we didn’t get for Christmas. These models either have never been mass-produced in our preferred scale or have not been produced in a decade […]
The Lionel 2065 Hudson, ‘hair curler’ and all
The Lionel 2065 Hudson is not uncommon, and it isn’t particularly valuable. What makes it so important to me is all that I remember because of it. This middle-of-the-road Lionel steamer from my youth has left me with so many wonderful memories. I was born in January 1953, and my brother Steve came along 4 […]
Lionel American Flyer GP7 returns in new road names
The Lionel American Flyer GP7 is one of those classic locomotives to build your S gauge railroad around. This release of FlyerChief GP7s is from the Lionel 2021 Volume 2 catalog and has engines for the Burlington Northern, Chesapeake & Ohio, Lehigh Valley, and Wabash railroads plus two sets. One is a Texas & Pacific […]
TW Trainworx Company House kits
TW Trainworx Company House kits might be an ideal way to add structures to your layout. They are laser-cut and have easy to follow directions. If you’ve never built a building like this before, they might just move you beyond the track, power, and trains stage. Really, that’s all you need to participate in the […]
Santa Fe reefer block
A Santa Fe 4-8-4 powers a long string of new Santa Fe Refrigerator Department reefers near Winslow, Ariz., in the mid-1940s. Santa Fe photo […]
Santa Fe Hi-Level step-down coach
Santa Fe Hi-Level step-down coach A passenger ascends the central stairway into the upper level of one of the Santa Fe’s 1956 double-deck Hi-Level coaches. The low window beyond the man standing shows that this is one of the “step-down” cars with an end stairway for access to standard-height cars. Santa Fe photo […]
P&LE Berkshire
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 2-8-4 No. 9401 leads a southbound freight through the station at Beaver, Pa., in June 1948. The seven P&LE Berkshires, delivered in May and June 1948, were Alco’s last steam locomotives. Richard J. Cook photo […]
Tangent Scale Models releases first O scale model
Tangent Scale Models releases first O scale model Tangent Scale Models released its first O scale model, the General American 1928-design 6,000-gallon three-compartment tank car. The brass model, produced in the Republic of Korea by SamModel, is available in O scale and Proto:48 versions. Road names include Cosden & Co. Petroleum Products, Tulsa, Okla. (1929+), […]
NOUPT’s Clara Street tower
F. C. Jones works the model board inside brand-new Clara Street tower, part of the project that produced New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in 1954. James G. La Vake photo […]
