Texas & Pacific ended regular steam operations in 1952. When Red River flooding near Boyce, La., became too deep for diesels to wade through in 1957, T&P borrowed a 2-8-2 from the Fort Worth & Denver to haul trains in the high water. In January 1958, T&P bought a different FW&D Mike, No, 410, and […]
The Coalton Junction Mine is one of several coal operations found on the Allegheny & Lackawanna Southern. Today, a pair of Alco RS-1 diesel locomotives are busy switching cars at the mine. Lionel Strang of Midhurst, Ont., Canada, took the photo on his HO scale layout. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from […]
One of the two Electro-Motive E6A diesels that together were known on the Milwaukee Road as “Famous 15” rests between runs at an unidentified location. The E6s’ superb performance and availability in Hiawatha service earned them the nickname. Tevis Freeman photo […]
The mountains of Virginia and West Virginia provide a picturesque backdrop for trains on Dudley Ross’s freelanced Chesapeake & Ohio layout. In this scene, C&O 2-6-6-2 no. 1530 brings a string of loaded coal hoppers down from the mine. Bernard Kempinski photographed the N scale scene. You can see more photos of Dudley’s layout in […]
Montana, Wyoming & Southern 2-8-0 No. 12 poses for a photo as it switches a caboose. The tall-stacked, well-kept Consolidation joined the railroad’s roster in 1924. W. H. Bunney photo […]
While Canadian National serves Waupaca, Wis., today, on David Leider’s HO layout the Soo Line is still going strong in the central Wisconsin community. Here, Soo 2-8-0 no. 474, one of two class F-10 locomotives on the roster, spots a Baltimore & Ohio wagontop boxcar at a local industry. David Popp took the photo. Model […]
In 1951 Great Northern received from ACF six remarkable observation-lounge cars to re-equip the Empire Builder. Named for mountains along the train’s route, the cars featured extra-deep windows for better scenery-viewing. GN photo […]
A Union Pacific mail train, with 4-8-4 no. 842 on the point, hustles through Dale Junction. The four Harriman head-end cars are resin kits from Southern Car & Foundry, and the UP diner is a brass model by Soho. The HO scale scene is on Mike Brock’s UP Sherman Hill layout. Mike, of Merritt […]
Louisville & Nashville RS3 150 passes “Big Emma” 2-8-4 1980 at Baileys, Ky., in July 1954. The Berkshire will couple to the rear of the RS3’s freight for the climb over Emanuel Hill. W. A. Akin Jr. photo […]
The cows are in the pasture, the sun is shining, and there’s not a cloud in the sky – it’s a gorgeous morning in rural New England. The crew aboard this Boston & Maine train is taking in all of nature’s glory from the cab of F7A no. 4265, seen here pulling a milk train […]
A massive Norfolk & Western class A 2-6-6-4 dwarfs workers in the road’s yard at Roanoke, Va., in 1954. W. A. Akin Jr. photo […]
Spectacular wooden trestles are numerous on the Monida & Yellowstone. George Hall caught an M&Y two-truck Shay bringing a short train over the trestle near South Fork on Claude and Cindy Leglise’s 1:22.5-proportion garden railroad. The freelanced railroad was featured in the June 2004 issue of Model Railroader. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features […]
