All this month, October 2020, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the legacy and heritage of the Pacific Electric Railway. This week, we’re featuring the motley mix of electric, diesel-electric, diesel-mechanical, and steam locomotives that all operated on the Pacific Electric in Southern California. If you like this photo gallery, you might also like a […]
This trio of Rapido HO Alco FAs strut their stuff around the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
This trio of Rapido HO Alco FAs strut their stuff around the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy. […]
Various BNSF Railway yard switchers sit in storage at Galesburg, Ill., in October 2010, waiting for their next assignment. Photo by William B. Cecil […]
Norfolk Southern GP59 No. 4610, the railroad’s original heritage unit, sits at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga for Railfest 2011 on Sept. 3. The locomotive has since been repainted. Photo by Bradley Bates […]
Norfolk Southern SD70ACe No. 1068, the Erie-painted heritage unit, leads train No. 301 from Decatur, Ill., to St. Louis, Mo. on Feb. 12, 2014. The train is seen at Stonington, Ill., on the former Wabash main line. Photo by Bruce Bird […]
Credit the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy for building the first modern-day dome car. The “Silver Dome,” built from a coach, debuted in 1945. Photo by Burlington Route […]
Rio Grande Scenic Railroad steam excursion led by ex-Lake Superior & Ishpeming 2-8-0 No. 18 heads west in Monte Vista, Colo., on Aug. 2, 2008. William Diehl […]
A Great Plains setting highlight this HO scale model railroad built by contributing editor Pelle Søeborg. The layout was featured in the May 2017 issue of Model Railroader. Take a cab ride along the main line and check out the spectacular scenes. […]
A Great Plains setting highlight this HO scale model railroad built by contributing editor Pelle Søeborg. The layout was featured in the May 2017 issue of Model Railroader. Take a cab ride along the main line and check out the spectacular scenes. […]
Trains magazine celebrates Grand Central Terminal’s 100th anniversary in our February 2013 issue with a comprehensive look at America’s most famous railroad station, from its planning and construction a century ago, and the thwarted attempts to place a skyscraper above it in the 1960s, to the incredible restoration work completed in recent decades that has […]
Perched high on a hillside on a lonely but breathtakingly beautiful stretch of Interstate 80 just outside of Echo, Utah, must be the best rest stop in America – for railfans. With a sweeping view of the rough, red, sandstone cliffs of Echo Canyon, frequent trains on Union Pacific’s original transcontinental route, and convenient benches […]
