A CSX Transportation freight passes Marion (Ohio) Union Station. The site is now a museum with a restored interlocking tower. Brian Schmidt Q Why is the word “Union” used so often in the names of passenger stations and terminals? For example, Cincinnati Union Terminal, St. Louis Union Station, or Denver Union Station. Is there a […]
This video features a Rio Grande 48-car coal train at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum’s 2018 Rio Grande Days. […]
This video features a Rio Grande 48-car coal train at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum’s 2018 Rio Grande Days. […]
Click on the links at left to download the operating manual and timetable. Ian Stronach’s HO scale Canadian Pacific Ry. Montreal Terminals Division is set in September 1968. The proto-freelanced layout was built for realistic operating sessions inspired by real-world CPR freight and passenger movements. Just like a real railroad, Ian developed an operating manual […]
Lionel no. 31960 The Polar Express and other holiday train sets that come with trains, track, and a transformer are ideal for creating a display under the Christmas tree. Jim Forbes Around my house, all the holiday decorations that adorn our walls are clearly the result of my wife’s dedicated efforts. Wisely, she doesn’t trust […]
O gauge One Police Plaza from Menards Price: $99.99 (No. 2794435) Dimensions: 12 inches wide, 10 3/8 inches deep, 13 1/8 inches high. Features: Helicopter with rotating rotor blades, helipad with blinking landing lights, six police figures, and Jack the German shepherd. Power: Requires a 4.5-volt AC to DC power adapter, sold separately (Menards Nos. […]
Click on the links below to listen to these vintage recordings. In the late 1970s Austrailian model railroader Stuart Wrightson hired legendary layout planner the late John Armstrong to design an HO scale railroad based upon the Clinchfield RR. Stuart ended up building the railroad, but he flipped the plan to better suit his needs. […]
The Providence & Worcester operates in four Northeastern states. Here, train NR3 passes the Thames River in Preston, Conn., on Sept. 1, 2009. Robert A. LaMay Q I was watching a professional golf tournament being played in Cromwell, Conn., just south of Hartford. Who owns the rail line that passes between the 13th hole and […]
Unscrewing the holder reveals the blade. Additional blades and holders are available separately. If you have a crafter in your house, odds are you’re already familiar with the Brother ScanNCut family of electronic cutting devices. They combine a craft cutter with a built-in scanner and make quick work of cutting out designs and patterns. As […]
Two Erie trains, a doodlebug with a Stillwell coach and a Pacific with four Stillwells, climb the steel viaduct out of Jersey City before entering the “Bergen Arches.” Erie Railroad During the 1930s as I was growing up, my father worked for the Erie Railroad as a machinist. One of the perks of his railroad […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Supreme Court ruled for Norfolk Southern on Monday in its challenge of the state’s blocked-crossing law, finding that Allen County could not fine the railroad for blocking public roads. The Fort Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette reports that the court, in a 5-0 ruling, said the 1972 state law, which barred railroads […]
Wm. K. Walthers Inc. HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD60M diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD60M diesel locomotive. Burlington Northern, BNSF Ry. (Heritage III), Canadian Pacific, Norfolk Southern, Soo Line, and Union Pacific. Four road numbers (two each in direct current and Digital Command Control). Three-piece cab windshield, open grating on steps, and light-emitting-diode […]
