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By: Steve Smedley TREGO, Wis. — As winter holds an icy grip on Northwestern Wisconsin, the restoration of the Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad’s Mark Twain Zephyr continues. One of nine Zephyrs built by the Budd Co. for the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad, the Wisconsin Great Northern acquired the train last year and is restoring […]
Name: Don Wolford Railroad Name: Don’s Magical Kingdom Location: Barrington, IL Scale: O Theme: Amusement/Theme park Description: Our 2020 show, inspired by Disney’s Wonderful World of Color. […]
Name: Don Wolford Railroad Name: Don’s Magical Kingdom Location: Barrington, IL Scale: O Theme: Amusement/Theme park Description: Our 2020 show, inspired by Disney’s Wonderful World of Color. […]
Question: What is the smallest point-to-point layout that doesn’t look like just a section of test track? How long does a shelf layout have to be to look like a working operation could be taking place? – Richard Helton, Meridian, Idaho Answer: That’s a matter of taste and perception, not something that can be quantified […]
A 2-8-0 helper assists the cab-forward 4-8-8-2 road engine on the eastbound San Francisco Overland, climbing Southern Pacific’s Donner Pass line in the late 1940s. Photo by Jim Morley […]
Tacked on behind a boxcar-turned-caboose, one of short line Western Allegheny’s ex-Pennsy H10 2-8-0s helps a sister move coal and limestone out of Kaylor, Pa., in September 1955. WA’s 2-percent grades necessitated two Consolidations for a 13-car train. Photo by Philip R. Hastings […]
Louisville & Nashville’s Georgian from Atlanta pulls past St. Louis Union Station before backing into the big trainshed. The train is heavy with head-end business on this December 19, 1965. Photo by J. David Ingles […]
To read Part I of George Drury’s New York Central History, click here History of the New York Central System The New York Central was a large railroad, and it had several subsidiaries whose identity remained strong, not so much in cars and locomotives carrying the old name but in local loyalties: If you lived […]
To read Part 2 of George Drury’s New York Central history, click here History of the New York Central System The New York Central was a large railroad, and it had several subsidiaries whose identity remained strong, not so much in cars and locomotives carrying the old name but in local loyalties: If you lived […]
Ann Arbor Railroad locomotives moved freight to and from docks and lake boats. See a sampling of those locomotives with this photo gallery of Ann Arbor Railroad locomotives, only from Classic Trains! If you like this gallery, you may also enjoy an article on AA’s history or an Ann Arbor passenger train photo gallery. […]
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 […]
