Three Krauss-Maffei ML-4000 diesel-hydraulic locomotives lead an eastbound train over Blue Mountain Road on Mike Danneman’s N scale Denver & Rio Grande Western. Mike, who lives in Arvada, Colo., also took the photo. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from our archives, celebrating decades of model railroad heritage and excellence. […]
As the mechanic at Hitch’s Garage tends to a disabled car, an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe NW2 rumbles past with a switch run. Jay Miller took the photo on Chuck Hitchcock’s HO scale Argentine Industrial District. You can read more about Chuck’s layout in the February 2007 issue of Model Railroader magazine. Model Railroader‘s […]
Retired Model Railroader Managing Editor Jim Kelly remains active in honing his N scale skills and craftsmanship. The result has been the fourth incarnation of his Tehachapi Pass layout. Set in 1985, both the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe and Southern Pacific traverse the 2% grade between Bakersfield and Tehachapi, Calif., with the famous Tehachapi […]
Between 1961 and 1963, author John Pryke spent 1,500 hours scratchbuilding this New Haven class R-3a 4-8-2 steam locomotive. The model won first prize at the 1964 National Model Railroad Association model contest. Carl Nelson photo Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from our archives, celebrating decades of model railroad heritage and excellence. […]
Ken Kirkwood sent in this photo of an unfortunate golfer who hit her ball into a really big sand trap. Ken, of Yucaipa, Calif., took the photo on his freelanced Ma & Pa K layout. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from our archives, celebrating decades of model railroad heritage and excellence. […]
As railfans snap photos of two recently delivered Midwest Valley SD60Fs, Missouri, Kansas & Quincy Alco C-420 No. 6421 switches a chemical plant on the track above. The scene is on Gary Hoover’s old MK&Q layout. Gary also took the photo. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from our archives, celebrating decades of […]
The Lower Paxton & Northern engine terminal is a bustling place this morning. With two locomotives on the ready tracks, the hostler is set to fill the tender of the third engine with water. Bob Santos of Harrisburg, Pa., photographed the action on his indoor 1:24-proportion large scale layout. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day […]
Canadian Pacific Alco RS3 No. 8400 leads a local into North Newport, Vt., on Neil Schofield’s HO scale Connecticut River Line layout. Neil added several detail parts to the Alco, a Kato model, so it would match the prototype. Lou Sassi took the photo. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from our archives, […]
The Sail & Rail is a popular spot with sailors, railroaders, and dock workers on the south side of Milwaukee, Wis. Like many of the buildings on the late John Franzen’s 28 x 28-foot no. 1 gauge (1:29 and 1:24 proportion) layout, the corner tavern represents an actual Milwaukee business. William Zuback took the photo. […]
Soo Line double-sheathed caboose no. 573 marks the end of a passing freight. Dave Rickaby photographed the train on the Rhinelander (Wis.) Railroad Association’s HO scale Pelican Rapids, Roosevelt & Satuit layout. The model railroad features the operations of several former railroads that ran in the Badger State. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features […]
Southern Alberta Rail Electro- Motive Division F45 no. 101, the railroad’s oldest active unit, is paired up with a modern SD70MAC on a westbound freight near Crowsnest, British Columbia, Canada. Grant Eastman of Calgary, Alberta, took the photo on his N scale layout. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from our archives, celebrating […]
With snow-capped mountains in the background, Denver & Rio Grande Western GP35 no. 3042 brings a Denver-bound local freight past Little Lake. The scene, photographed by Lou Sassi, is on Frank Czubryt’s O scale Denver Union Terminal layout. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from our archives, celebrating decades of model railroad heritage […]
