New York Central J-1 Hudson No. 5403 accelerates west at Mattoon, Ill., with an express train for St. Louis in September 1954. When built in in 1927, the Central was given to throwing up marble monuments of stations, running seven-section Centurys, and paying 8-percent dividends. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Ore train ZBB exits Black Rock Tunnel and crosses the Schuylkill River in Phoenixville, Pa., on March 9, 1984, with SD60 No. 6702 leading. Conrail hauled ore 110 miles from Philadelphia’s Greenwich Point Pier to Bethlehem Steel’s namesake city. Robert Palmer photo […]
Denver & Rio Grande Western’s Royal Gorge, powered by an A-B-B-A set of EMD FT’s, makes its customary 10-minute stop in its namesake canyon so its passengers can take in the place’s natural beauty. DRGW photo […]
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Three Seaboard Coast Line U30Bs work at Atlanta’s Tilford Yard in 1980. The railroad had 19 such locomotives on its roster, inherited from both Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line. All rode on EMD trucks from trade-ins. Jim Wrinn photo […]
After 0-6-0 No. 1211 made up the train, two GP9s ease Advance Overnight 372 out of Southern Pacific’s freight terminal at 4th and Berry streets in San Francisco. The piggybacker will follow the Del Monte down the Peninsula on the first leg of its run to L.A. William D. Middleton photo […]
One of Norfolk & Western’s streamlined J-class 4-8-4s leads the Memphis–WashingtonTennessean east between Roanoke and Lynchburg, Va., in 1954. Southern Railway diesels brought the train to Bristol, Tenn., and will take over again at Lynchburg. W.A. Akin Jr. photo […]
The eastbound Western Star kicks up snow as it approaches a freight at the west end of the Tintah, Minn., siding on February 14, 1969. The Star carried Nos. 27 and 28 at the time. Howard S. Patrick photo […]
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Forrest Nace took plenty of fascinating photographs of Howard Zane’s spectacular HO scale Piermont Division. Enjoy this exclusive gallery of selected scenes from the 60 x 70-foot HO scale model railroad, including many of Howard’s superdetailed brass steam locomotive models. A full article on Howard Zane’s layout appeared in the February 2020 issue of […]
Please enjoy this photo gallery of Jack Varadi’s HO scale Greenville & Ohio, firmly planted in Appalachia. Photographs of this 13.5 by 23-foot layout are by Bruce Gathman. A full article on this railroad appeared in the December 2019 issue of Model Railroader. […]
EMD SDP45s were the last passenger locomotives Great Northern purchased. A few months after the Burlington Northern merger, SDP45 No. 9860 leads the Western Star at Eureka, Mont., on September 7, 1970. Doug Wingfield photo […]
