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Chicago Surface Lines streetcar no. 3278 rumbles through a bungalow-lined south-side neighborhood on a cold morning in December 1944. The streetcar, a WP Car Corp. brass model, is based on a Brill prototype built in 1926. Bob Kosic of Orland Park, Ill., built the HO scale diorama, and his brother Matt photographed it. Model Railroader‘s […]
On May 12, 1962, Rock Island “motor” 9006 has a typically short train as it heads west with mixed No. 79 near Horton, Kan. The first of the 10 “baggage-car locomotives” left the roster in 1948, and by 1960 only the 9006, 9013, and 9014 remain. Frank Tatnall photo […]
Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pa., was one of many famous locations on the Pennsylvania RR, and Ed Dougherty re-created the scene on his freelanced HO scale PRR Eno Valley Division layout. Here, we see two Fairbanks-Morse CFA-16-4 diesel locomotives leading a manifest freight past the public viewing area. Lou Sassi took the photo. Model Railroader‘s […]
An article about the Pennsylvania Railroad’s new Keystone train in October 1956 Trains magazine (reprinted in 2015 in Classic Trains’ special edition More Trains of the 1950s) was titled “The Ankle-View Train” because of the unusual perspective the low-profile coaches afforded their riders when stopped at high-level platforms. This scene at Newark, N.J., explains all. Pennsylvania Railroad photo […]
Louisville & Nashville converted these 43-foot flatcars for trailer-on-flatcar service in 1955 by adding rub rails and jack connections. L&N marketed its service as “TOTE,” Trailer On Train Express.The trailers are an exterior-post, 32-foot type. Louisville & Nashville photo […]
With the westbound Pocahontas in tow, Norfolk & Western J class 4-8-4 No. 611 passes the tower at South Norfolk, Va., in July 1957. The locomotive still steams occasionally for Virginia Transportation Museum in Roanoke. H. Reid photo […]
George Sebastian-Coleman’s Central New Mexico layout features both On21⁄2 and On3. Dave Frary took the photo. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from our archives, celebrating decades of model railroad heritage and excellence. […]
Currently residing in South Plainfield, N.J., an area that was once served by the Lehigh Valley RR, three-rail enthusiast Robert Gwiazda just couldn’t wait to add the Lionel No. 2122070 Lehigh Valley Asa Packer set to his roster. The streamlined 4-6-2 Pacific with Legacy command control and Odyssey II Speed Control is being checked and […]
I can. You can. We can. Chessie System reminded its employees to remain safe on the job with this sign at Barr Yard near Chicago. Jim Hediger photo […]
Large scale trains are offered in a variety of proportions, from 1:20.3 to 1:32, but they all run on no. 1 gauge track (13⁄4” between the rails). Bob and Rose Ann Bell use 1:20.3-proportion trains on their Crescent Canyon RR garden railroad. George Hall photographed the road’s 2-6-0 leading a three-car freight over a scratchbuilt […]
Montpelier & Wells River 2-8-0 No. 20, a former Boston & Maine engine, leads train 1 with a milk car behind the tender. A combine brings up the rear of the mixed train. The M&WR, which linked its namesake Vermont communities with a 44-mile route, operated six locomotives and one passenger car in 1944. William […]
S scale gained popularity during the 1940s and ’50s because of American Flyer toy trains, and the scale is still going strong today. Here we see New York Central 4-8-4 no. 6008 passing Tower SM with a milk train on Ed Loiseaux’s NYC Valley Division layout. Andy Sperandeo took the photo. Model Railroader‘s Photo of […]
