A southbound CSX intermodal train skirts the Hudson River at Bear Mountain, N.Y., on May 12, 2011. Three photos, Matt Van Hattem Every region has fascinating places to watch trains, and working at Trains brought me to locations I had always longed to visit as well as great spots I might not have otherwise come […]
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Two Montana Rail Link GP9s head up the Paradise Local as it crosses the Clark Fork River in Paradise, Mont. Three photos, Tom Danneman When I was asked to come up with 10 of my favorite spots to view and photograph railroading, I knew it wouldn’t be difficult. The difficulty was picking just 10 spots, […]
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Name: Rebecca Chestney Forum User Name: pennytrains Scale: O Theme: Disney Parks Description: A short video of my 2017 Disneyland Christmas layout. […]
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In his On Operation column for the January 2018 issue of Model Railroader, Jerry Dziedzic describes dealing with train superiority and time-table-and-train-order (TT&TO) operation for model railroads. Jerry mentioned a train-superiority checklist developed by Mark Amfahr that greatly simplified TT&TO decision making for train crews during operating sessions on his railroad. Click on the link […]
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Click on the links at left to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. A manifest freight barrels through the crossing at York, Pa., on Brian Wolfe’s HO scale Western Maryland layout. Paul Dolkos shot the photo. Click on the links below to download the image to use as a background on your […]
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A Union Pacific Gas Turbine-Electric heads a mixed consist from Klamath Falls to Dog Lake. Filmed during Extreme Trains Weekend at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. […]
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A Union Pacific Gas Turbine-Electric heads a mixed consist from Klamath Falls to Dog Lake. Filmed during Extreme Trains Weekend at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. […]
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The Rivet Counter version of the ScaleTrains.com HO scale General Electric ET44 features prototype-specific detailing and an ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. Senior editor Dana Kawala used two of these superdetailed locomotives to haul a freight train along the main line of the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine & Troy layout. […]
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The Rivet Counter version of the ScaleTrains.com HO scale General Electric ET44 features prototype-specific detailing and an ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. Senior editor Dana Kawala used two of these superdetailed locomotives to haul a freight train along the main line of the Model Railroader staff’s Milwaukee, Racine & Troy layout. […]
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Name: Neal Mayer Forum User Name: NealM Railroad Name: Village Trolley Location: Boston, MA Scale: Traditional O gauge Theme: Christmas Trains Description: Lionel Village Trolley in bump-and-go service between downtown and the countryside […]
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Name: Neal Mayer Forum User Name: NealM Railroad Name: Village Trolley Location: Boston, MA Scale: Traditional O gauge Theme: Christmas Trains Description: Lionel Village Trolley in bump-and-go service between downtown and the countryside […]
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View the public schedule of the 1963 West Virginia Centennial Special. Download the schedule by clicking on the PDF below. WV_Centennial_Schedule View the initial working schedules of the 1964 Montana Centennial Train. Download the schedule by clicking on the PDF below. Montana_centennial_train_schedule […]
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