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An article about the Pennsylvania Railroad’s new Keystone train in October 1956 Trains magazine (reprinted in 2015 in Classic Trains’ special edition More Trains of the 1950s) was titled “The Ankle-View Train” because of the unusual perspective the low-profile coaches afforded their riders when stopped at high-level platforms. This scene at Newark, N.J., explains all. Pennsylvania Railroad photo […]
Louisville & Nashville converted these 43-foot flatcars for trailer-on-flatcar service in 1955 by adding rub rails and jack connections. L&N marketed its service as “TOTE,” Trailer On Train Express.The trailers are an exterior-post, 32-foot type. Louisville & Nashville photo […]
With the westbound Pocahontas in tow, Norfolk & Western J class 4-8-4 No. 611 passes the tower at South Norfolk, Va., in July 1957. The locomotive still steams occasionally for Virginia Transportation Museum in Roanoke. H. Reid photo […]
George Sebastian-Coleman’s Central New Mexico layout features both On21⁄2 and On3. Dave Frary took the photo. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from our archives, celebrating decades of model railroad heritage and excellence. […]
Currently residing in South Plainfield, N.J., an area that was once served by the Lehigh Valley RR, three-rail enthusiast Robert Gwiazda just couldn’t wait to add the Lionel No. 2122070 Lehigh Valley Asa Packer set to his roster. The streamlined 4-6-2 Pacific with Legacy command control and Odyssey II Speed Control is being checked and […]
I can. You can. We can. Chessie System reminded its employees to remain safe on the job with this sign at Barr Yard near Chicago. Jim Hediger photo […]
Large scale trains are offered in a variety of proportions, from 1:20.3 to 1:32, but they all run on no. 1 gauge track (13⁄4” between the rails). Bob and Rose Ann Bell use 1:20.3-proportion trains on their Crescent Canyon RR garden railroad. George Hall photographed the road’s 2-6-0 leading a three-car freight over a scratchbuilt […]
Montpelier & Wells River 2-8-0 No. 20, a former Boston & Maine engine, leads train 1 with a milk car behind the tender. A combine brings up the rear of the mixed train. The M&WR, which linked its namesake Vermont communities with a 44-mile route, operated six locomotives and one passenger car in 1944. William […]
S scale gained popularity during the 1940s and ’50s because of American Flyer toy trains, and the scale is still going strong today. Here we see New York Central 4-8-4 no. 6008 passing Tower SM with a milk train on Ed Loiseaux’s NYC Valley Division layout. Andy Sperandeo took the photo. Model Railroader‘s Photo of […]
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy’s Texas Zephyr, with Colorado & Southern-lettered E5 No. 9955 on the point, pauses at Pueblo on Jan. 23, 1966. The Burlington acquired control of the C&S in 1908, gaining a route from Denver to the Gulf of Mexico at Galveston, Texas, and a route from Denver north into Wyoming. Steve Patterson photo […]
Christmas means so much to Jerry and Cathy Landsman, dedicated O gaugers and builders of this terrific three-rail layout at their home in Boonsboro, Md. Electric trains are a big part of their holiday celebration, and so they’ve combined their talents to assemble this 4 x 24-foot display. Department 56 figures almost begin breathing when […]
Modeling in N scale is a great choice if you want to convey the size differential between big industry and the trains that serve them. In this scene, a hopper is being spotted at Baker Industries on Dennis Murphy’s layout in Girdwood, Alaska. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from our archives, celebrating […]
