Aster’s live-steam British Railways Standard Class 4-6-0 5MT Accucraft Talyllyn Railways Dolgoch 0-4-0T PIKO America DB IV BR 360 Diesel Switcher Engines & rolling stock Accucraft, 3260 Central Ave, Union City CA 94587, is selling Aster’s live-steam British Railways Standard Class 4-6-0 5MT in 1:32 scale. The engine is brass and stainless steel construction and […]
How to host an open house: What fun is a garden railroad if you can’t share it with others? An open house is where you get to show off your creation to fellow garden railroaders, tell them of your triumphs and tribulations, and hear their stories as well. How hard can it be, right? All […]
Click on the links at left to download this image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Southern Pacific No. 2, the Sunset Limited, races through Wellton, Ariz., on Ron Mei’s HO scale Sunset Route. Featured in the August 2019 Model Railroader, this 58 x 68-foot layout celebrates SP and other southwestern railroads in the 1950s. […]
Sharing our railroads with others is perhaps one of the most rewarding aspects of garden railroading. Andy, age three, knows the way, even without the sign. Kevin Strong If a train is running, kids will follow it. Here, a K-27 leads a parade of young future railroaders around the yard. At least they’ll sleep well. […]
An Alaskan passenger train runs on the track at the Colorado Railroad Museum. The locomotives and cars are from the collection of CMRM volunteer Bob Wandell. […]
This video show solutions for driving gates and dumpers. […]
An Alaskan passenger train runs on the track at the Colorado Railroad Museum. The locomotives and cars are from the collection of CMRM volunteer Bob Wandell. […]
This video show solutions for driving gates and dumpers. […]
WE RECOMMEND contacting the layout proprietor in advance to confirm that schedules and fees haven’t changed, and to find out whether the facility is accessible to handicapped visitors. ALABAMA Foley Railroad Museum, City of Foley Museum Archives 125 E. Laurel Ave., 36535 Phone: 251-943-1818 Website: foleyrailroadmuseum.com Open: Tue., Thur., Sat. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. […]
MIAMI — Positive train control issues will delay Miami’s Tri-Rail commuter service from starting operations at Virgin Trains USA’s MiamiCentral station before the end of the year, as had been anticipated. Miami Today reports that Virgin Trains host and parent Florida East Coast Railway is still awaiting government certification for its PTC system, and that […]
Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 on a test run in Cheyenne, Wyo., on May 2, 2019. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn Q: How were the Big Boys originally delivered to Union Pacific? — David Kuntz, Salt Lake City A: The exact original routings of the Big Boys have been lost to history, but we have […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe diesel locomotive. Union Pacific (“Powered by our people” scheme). One road number. Light-emitting-diode headlights and front and rear ditch lights, removable cab roof secured with magnets, and commemorative box. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $249.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound decoder, $339.98. December […]
