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Get desktop wallpaper for the HO scale Piedmont Southern RR. Click on the links below to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Download the 1600 x 900 image Download the 1600 x 1000 image Download the 1600 x1200 image […]
HOMEWOOD, Ill. — Shovels were out Monday, manned for the cameras by masked Amtrak, Metra, and civic officials that helped arrange $29 million of federal and local funding that will enhance the original 1923 Illinois Central Homewood, Ill., facility with features that make it completely accessible to passengers with disabilities. Construction began in July on […]
By G. Mac Sebree History of the Pacific Electric Railway By any standard, the Pacific Electric was the largest interurban electric railway in the United States. It boasted more than 1,000 miles of track and had 1,000-plus cars. It played a major role in building up the vast open areas surrounding Los Angeles. The cities […]
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The opportunity to gain carload traffic was the main reason Canadian Pacific acquired 481-mile regional railway Central Maine & Quebec, which was once a part of the railway’s historic shortcut from Montreal to the Atlantic at Saint John, New Brunswick. The CMQ — which links the Montreal area with Irving-owned short lines […]
All through September 2020 Classic Trains editors celebrate the history, legends, and grandeur of the Great Northern Railway. This month, we hope you enjoy a photo gallery of GN steam locomotives, electric locomotives, and diesel locomotives through time. You might also enjoy this history article; a photo gallery of passenger trains or Great Northern […]
HO scale locomotives Southern Pacific classes AC-4 and AC-5 4-8-8-2 Cab-Forward steam locomotives. Both classes offered in fantasy Daylight scheme, with black boiler with Southern Pacific lettering in two numbers, and with gray boiler with Southern Pacific Lines lettering. One number per scheme unless noted; also available painted but unlettered (AC-4 with black boiler and […]
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Watch Lionel’s O gauge Kansas City Southern Legacy SD70ACe diesel locomotive in action, and then read a complete review of the model in the November 2020 issue of Classic Toy Trains magazine! […]
Watch Lionel’s O gauge Kansas City Southern Legacy SD70ACe diesel locomotive in action, and then read a complete review of the model in the November 2020 issue of Classic Toy Trains magazine! […]
O GAUGE RAILKING IMPERIAL 4-8-8-2 BY MTH Price: $799.99 Stock no.: 30-1823-1 Features: O-31 operation, two can-style motors, ProtoSound 3.0 Command and sound system, smoke unit, remote coupler Low speed (Cmd): 1.5 scale mph Low speed (Conv): 4 smph High speed: 65.8 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 7 oz. Current-production road names: Southern Pacific black, […]
All this month — September 2020 — Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, history, and images of the Great Northern Railway. Please enjoy this photo gallery of images from the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include GN diesel- and steam-powered freight trains through time. You might also enjoy this […]
