Watch Trix’s no. 4014 Union Pacific Big Boy make an excursion run on the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy! […]
Trix HO scale Big Boy no. 4014
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Patriot Light Supply and Melrose Park Station structures
Patriot Lighting Supply Background Building Price: $59.99 Stock no.: 2795925 Features: 2 3/4″ profile, lit with 20 LED lights. Uses 4.5V power sources no. 279-4061, 4062, or 4050 Website: Menards.com/Trains Melrose Park Station Price: $49.99 Stock no.: 2795551 Features: fully assembled, lit with 10 LED lights. Uses 4.5V power sources no. 279-4061, 4062, or 4050 […]
Remembering the Ann Arbor Railroad
History of the Ann Arbor Railroad The Ann Arbor Railroad was as much a steamship line as a railroad. Built from Toledo, Ohio, northwest to Frankfort, Mich., it existed for one reason — to move freight in car ferries across Lake Michigan to bypass Chicago. From 1910 to 1968, “the Annie” operated 320 car ferry […]
Lionel Legacy F7 A-A diesel locomotive set
See Lionel’s O gauge Chicago Great Western F7 A-A diesel locomotive set in action, and then read a complete review of the model in the January 2021 issue of Classic Toy Trains magazine! […]
Lionel Legacy F7 A-A diesel locomotive set
See Lionel’s O gauge Chicago Great Western F7 A-A diesel locomotive set in action, and then read a complete review of the model in the January 2021 issue of Classic Toy Trains magazine! […]
New model trains for the week of December 3, 2020
Electro-Motive Division GP38 and GP40 diesel locomotives. New numbers. GP38: Norfolk Southern (thoroughbred scheme, two numbers) and RJ Corman (red, silver, and white scheme). GP40: Baltimore & Ohio (blue and yellow) and Southern Pacific (speed lettering). New paint schemes. GP38: Conrail (American Revolution Bicentennial scheme in one road number, blue with white sill stripe in […]
Video: Atlas N scale GP38 review
Check out the Atlas N scale GP38 in the Norfolk Southern First Responder paint scheme. […]
Video: Atlas N scale GP38 review
Check out the Atlas N scale GP38 in the Norfolk Southern First Responder paint scheme. […]
Ask MR: When were knuckle couplers instituted?
Question: What type of couplers should be used for various types of cars (freight, passenger, Railway Post Office, Express, etc.) for the era between 1890 and 1920? – Michael Prahl, Cedar Falls, Iowa Answer: What kind of couplers you use isn’t dependent on the type or class of car; all classes of car had to […]
Locomotives of the New York, Ontario & Western Railway
Locomotives are the focus of this week’s Classic Trains salute to the New York, Ontario & Western Railway. The NYO&W is Classic Trains’ Railroad of the Month for November 2020. You might also enjoy an article outlining the Old and Weary’s history, a passenger train photo gallery, or an all-freight train photo gallery. We hope […]
John Vavra’s HO scale Santa Fe background images
A pair of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe General Electric C44-9Ws leads a double- stack train out of a tunnel and up the 1.9 percent grade at Cascade Canyon. The action takes place on the HO scale railroad built by John Vavra of Escon-dido, Calif. The diesels are made by ScaleTrains.com, and the trees are […]
Member video: Last run on the Minneapolis Northern
Name: Todd Hein Location: Crystal, Minnesota Scale: O Description: This is the last run on my layout before I dismantled it for a basement remodel. This video shows a Marx set from the 1947 Sears Catalog and a Marx set from the 1957 Sears catalog. […]
