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Chicago Railroad Fair: Official Guide Book
Era: 1946 - 1970
Video: HO scale Baltimore & Ohio
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page John Listerman’s HO scale Baltimore & Ohio model train layout is set in West Virginia in the early 1950s. Check out big steam power rolling through some of the beautiful Appalachian scenery. […]
Video: HO scale Baltimore & Ohio
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page John Listerman’s HO scale Baltimore & Ohio model train layout is set in West Virginia in the early 1950s. Check out big steam power rolling through some of the beautiful Appalachian scenery. […]
HO scale Tar Branch
Name: The Tar Branch Size: 2′-9″ x 8′-2″ Prototype: Winston-Salem Southbound Ry. Location: Winston-Salem, N.C. Era: mid-to-late 1950s Style: shelf Minimum radius: 20″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: none Benchwork: L-girder Height: 46″ Roadbed: milled Homasote on ½” plywood Track: handlaid code 83 Scenery: Sculptamold on extruded-foam insulation board and plywood Backdrop: building photographs […]
HO scale Texas & Pacific Ry.
Name: Texas & Pacific Layout designers: R.D. Moses and Jack Luck Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 18′-8″ x 40′-0″ Prototype: Texas & Pacific Locale: rural west Texas Era: 1950 to 1960 Style: linear walkaround Mainline run: 193 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent Benchwork: open grid Height: 45″ to 54″ […]
HO scale Chicago & North Western and Vienna & Carthage RRs
Name: Chicago & North Western and Vienna & Carthage RRs Layout designer: Iain Rice Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-0″ x 15′-0″ Prototype: C&NW plus freelanced short line Locale: South Dakota-Minnesota border Era: late 1940s to early 1950s Style: single deck Mainline run: C&NW 39 feet, V&C 42 feet end-to-end, 37 feet continuous Minimum radius: 30″ […]
Diesel-hydraulic locomotives
Krauss-Maffei diesel-hydraulic No. 9120 pulls an excursion for the Pacific Locomotive Association out of Oakland, Calif., in April 1967. The same organization would later work to restore sister unit No. 9010 to operation. Robert L. Hogan Q What can you tell me about the Krauss-Maffei diesel-hydraulic locomotives that operated in the U.S. in the 1960s? […]
Wheeling & Lake Erie 2-8-4
On June 20, 1950, seven months after the Nickel Plate Road leased the 500-mile Wheeling & Lake Erie, W&LE Berkshire 6430 rolls 75 cars toward Toledo along the Sandusky River north of Fremont, Ohio. Soon NKP would renumber the Wheeling Berks into its 800 series. Bob Lorenz photo […]
Milwaukee Road Hiawatha in 1966
Follow along as the Milwaukee Road Hiawatha makes its way around Michael Armstrong’s home layout. The year is 1966, and the Hiawatha is handling a decent amount of head-end mail and express business in addition to a healthy number of passenger cars. […]
Milwaukee Road Hiawatha in 1966
Follow along as the Milwaukee Road Hiawatha makes its way around Michael Armstrong’s home layout. The year is 1966, and the Hiawatha is handling a decent amount of head-end mail and express business in addition to a healthy number of passenger cars. […]
HO scale Dutchess & Hudson Valley RR
Name: Dutchess & Hudson Valley RR Layout owner: Robert Seckler Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 30 x 33 feet Prototype: Delaware & Hudson Locale: New England Era: 1950-1977 Style: walk-in Mainline run: 268 feet Minimum radius: 22″ Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 2 percent Benchwork: open grid Height: 44″ to 54″ Roadbed: cork on 1⁄2″ […]
Yampa Valley downbound
Rio Grande PA 6013 descends the Front Range of the Rockies with the Denver-bound Yampa Valley on Aug. 13. 1966. J. W. Swanberg photo […]
