Ann Arbor Railroad freight trains and car ferries were the life blood of this Michigan-based shortline railroad, which is Classic Trains’ Railroad of the Month for December 2020. We hope you enjoy each of these freight train images from the David P. Morgan Library at Kalmbach Media. If you enjoy this gallery, you may […]
The open hood doors on the left side of a Southern Pacific GP9 reveal the locomotive’s 567C diesel engine, main generator, and auxiliaries. Photo by EMD […]
A green-and-white E6 A-B duo leads the Southern Railway’s northbound Crescent through reverse curves on the north side of Atlanta in March 1947. Photo by R. D. Sharpless […]
Question: I have six freshly painted brass O scale auto racks that I need decals for. I’ve found some TTX flatcar sets that might be close. Do auto racks have special letters before or after the reporting mark different from those on a regular TTX flatcar? – Tom Champley, Oregon, Ill. Answer: Yes. Each type […]
On a frigid February 10, 1951, four Hudson River ferries are in the slips of the Lackawanna Railroad’s Hoboken terminal. The photo was made from a fifth DL&W boat heading out into the icy river for a trip to Manhattan. Photo by Edward Theisinger […]
East Broad Top car M-1 was assembled in 1927 by EBT’s shops at Mount Union, Pa., from a kit of parts supplied by the J. G. Brill Co. The gas-electric combine has operated occasionally since EBT’s reopening as a tourist line in 1960. Photo from Classic Trains collection […]
Jacksonville Terminal Co., a relatively new manufacturer that’s been making a name for itself with a line of N scale intermodal containers, is now offering its first freight car, a modern, 100-ton, double-stack well car. The die-cast-metal N scale car features etched-metal end platforms, separately applied brake gear, and body-mounted knuckle couplers. Prototype and model. […]
A General Electric (GE) Dash 8-40CM has joined the growing lineup of N scale diesel locomotives from Rapido Trains. The six-axle road unit features a plastic body; separate, factory-applied wire grab irons; and body-mounted couplers. The prototype. In the late 1980s, Canadian National enlisted General Electric to produce a variant of the Dash 8-40C better […]
Whether you’re a Rivet Counter or an Operator, ScaleTrains.com has an SD45 for you. These HO scale models are available now with every last detail installed, or just the highlights, and with dual-mode sound decoders, or as direct- current models with a provision to add your favorite Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. General Motors’ Electro-Motive […]
A great snowstorm buried the Denver & Rio Grande Western’s narrow-gauge line east of Chama, N.Mex., a few days after Christmas 1951. On January 12, 1952, a work train engaged in clean-up work eased over the 408-foot trestle west of Osier, Colo. Photo by John Norwood […]
Tuscan-red E8s roll the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Chicago–New York Juniata beneath the George Westinghouse Bridge, which carried the Lincoln Highway over Turtle Creek Valley east of Pittsburgh, in the mid-1950s. Photo by Ralph E. Hallock […]
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