Canadian National train M345 heads north at Rantoul, Ill., on the Chicago Subdivision after meeting a southbound in subzero temperatures and fierce blowing snow. Photo by Erik Coleman […]
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Into the night
A train load of coal rolls the last mile from the mine in Wyoming to the Edgewater Generating Station in Sheboygan, Wis., at dusk on July 22, 2012. Photo by Rich Peters […]
Crossroads
A westbound loaded CSX coal train approaches the diamonds in Deshler, Ohio, on June 14, 2014. The cross track is CSX’s Toledo to Cincinnati main line. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
Map of Glenita, Va., and environs
Because of a production error with our Spring 2016 issue, the map that should have accompanied the article “Calamity at Glenita” — about a 1968 coal train derailment on the Southern Railway — was omitted from the magazine. Here is the map. […]
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Member video: Southern Pacific at Quisling, Calif.
Brian Moore added an extra four feet of boards to both ends of his module to make it 24 feet long. More industry and MoW at one end and some street running at the other. […]
Member video: Southern Pacific at Quisling, Calif.
Brian Moore added an extra four feet of boards to both ends of his module to make it 24 feet long. More industry and MoW at one end and some street running at the other. […]
Through the fog
Norfolk Southern office car special No. 955 creeps through the fog at Delphi, Ind., on the morning of Aug. 3, 2014. Photo by John E. Troxler […]
The next generation
Two kids watch the passing of a Napoleon, Defiance & Western train in Napoleon, Ohio, on Oct. 19, 2014. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
Solutions for train storage
1. Behind a raised Colorado railway, a magnificent 20′ train barn doubles as a street scene of local Leadville storefronts, circa 1890. All three pictured trains fit inside, along with spare rolling stock. Also notice the red running shed over the portal on Bob Ferrero’s Red Cliff Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Bob Ferrero 2. […]
Building a concrete car barn
Gary likes the durability of concrete buildings. Scratchbuilding means that one can add features like diamond panes and automatic doors, as well as copy plans from the prototype. Gary Condry Gary Condry Wooster, Ohio, Zone 6 Concrete I modeled Cleveland Railway’s Wooster Office and Interurban Car Barn. I used QUIKRETE Vinyl Concrete Patcher, which I […]
Building a Lionel enginehouse
The local paper ran a story on Trevor’s FC&W. Here, two of the 300 guests inspect the trains and Lionel-kit engine shed built by Trevor. Also notice the plastic clerestory-roofed industrial building, which could house an engine. Nancy Norris Trevor Park Trevor Park Trevor Park Trevor Park Trevor Park Trevor Park Trevor Park Trevor Park […]
