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O gauge Chessie Steam Special 4-8-4 from MTH Price: $1,199.95 (no. 20-3546-1) Min Curve: O-42 Cmd Low: 1.8 smph Cnv Low: 2.1 smph High: 48 smph Drawbar pull: 2 lb., 7 oz. Features: Die-cast metal construction, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, coil coupler. Current production road names: Chessie System In its natural form – […]
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Chase Gunnoe CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A shortline railroad will breathe new life into a Class I railroad line that was partially mothballed in West Virginia earlier this year. Watco companies will acquire more than 300 miles of Norfolk Southern tracks in West Virginia and Ohio, including the majority of its West Virginia Secondary route and […]
A British Columbia museum is offering this 1912 steeple-cab locomotive for sale. Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society SURREY, British Columbia — The Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society is offering a 1912 General Electric steeple-cab electric locomotive for sale. The museum’s focus is on operating British Columbia Electric Railway interurban passenger equipment, and the locomotive occupies […]
Restored Soo Line FP7 2500A poses at the Dresser, Wis., depot during a May 2 photo charter. Steve Glischinski OSCEOLA, Wis. – Cooperation among two railroad museums brought Soo Line FP7 2500A to home rails earlier this month. The agreement between the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, which owns the former passenger F unit, and the […]
Norfolk Southern EMD SD40 No. 3170 makes a special appearance at the N.C. Transportation Museum in May 2015. Chase Gunnoe CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum’s collection of Southern Railway heritage is growing by one locomotive. Norfolk Southern has donated Southern Railway EMD SD40 No. 3170 to the Chattanooga museum. The locomotive was […]
A photo freight operates on the Mt. Rainier Scenic in 2010. Trains: Jim Wrinn ELBE, Wash. – Three months after being purchased by Al Harper’s American Heritage Railways, the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad is preparing for its first season as a for-profit tourist railroad. This year, the railroad is opening new exhibits and offering new […]
Bowser HO scale GMD SD40-2 diesel locomotive Bowser Trains HO scale GMDD SD40-2 diesel More than a generic Electro-Motive Division SD40-2 painted in Canadian railroad colors, this newly tooled HO scale SD40-2 from Bowser Trains is detailed to match its CP Rail prototype. Our review sample, CPR no. 6038, is part of the first run […]
MTH HO scale PRR class H10s Consolidation Pennsylvania RR modelers will be glad to see MTH’s latest HO scale offering on their hobby shop shelves – an authentically modeled PRR class H10s Consolidation, complete with that railroad’s characteristic Belpaire firebox. Thanks to its die-cast boiler and traction tires, this hefty hauler musters enough drawbar power […]
Walthers HO scale Broadway Limited sleeper and observation car Walthers HO scale sleeper interior By the 1960s, many passenger trains had become shadows of their former selves, but one soldiered on, providing all-sleeping-car service as it had from the beginning of the 20th century, the Broadway Limited. Modelers who wish to replicate this train late […]
Atlas HO scale 50-ton offset-side two-bay hopper Price: $21.95 Manufacturer Atlas Model Railroad Co. 378 Florence Ave. Hillside, NJ 07205 www.atlasrr.com Era: 1964-1973 (as decorated) Road names: Interstate, Clinchfield, Montour, and Nickel Plate Road. Two numbers per scheme. Comments: Atlas is offering its Association of American Railroads 50-ton offset-side two-bay hopper with oval heap shields […]
