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UP/CB&Q at a glance Name: Union Pacific & CB&Q Size of railroad: 40′ x 40′ Scale: 1:29 Gauge: Nº 1 Era: 1970 Theme: Southern Nebraska branch line featuring joint UP & CB&Q operations Age: 9 years Motive power: USA Trains Alco S-4s, GP-30, GP-7, F-3 Length of mainline: 180′ Maximum gradient: 2.5% Type of track: […]
What you’re seeing here is a transformation that’s nothing short of remarkable. Twenty years ago, a map of West Coast short-haul passenger trains would’ve been little more than a blank page. Back then, Amtrak provided minimal service between Oakland and Bakersfield, Calif., and between Portland and Seattle, though it did field 14 San Diegans a […]
Walthers HO scale SW1 diesel locomotive After a lengthy hiatus, the HO scale Electro-Motive Division SW1 has returned to the Walthers product lineup. The WalthersMainline model features upgrades from the original 1993 version, including a new drive mechanism with 14:1 helical-cut gears, factory-installed plastic and wire handrails, and an eight-pin plug for a Digital Command […]
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The Katy-Frisco Texas Special, a favorite conveyance for the Katy president’s business car, arrives in St. Louis in 1956. Fred Scott My railroad-related career started in 1941, when I was hired as a stenographer by the South-Western Freight Bureau in St. Louis. It was readily accepted for a young man who had studied shorthand and […]
Bachmann boxcar Ozark Miniatures Inc. boxcar kit DeAgostini and ModelSpace locomotive Locomotives & rolling stock Bachmann Trains, 1400 East Erie Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19124, is offering Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey rolling stock for separate sale, as follows: Jackson & Sharp Coach #73 ($135); Water Tanker ($110); a choice of two Tableau Wagons on […]
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Read about East Tennessee & Western North Carolina’s last narrow-gauge run in the article, “Tweetsie’s Last Trip,” from the January 1951 issue of Trains magazine. Download the article by clicking here. […]
Read the article, “Travel . . . Family Style,” from the May 1951 issue of Trains magazine, in which Bill Akin and his wife and daughter, identified as the “Andrews” family, ride the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio between Chicago and St. Louis. Download the story by clicking here. […]
Read J. David Ingles’ two-part Alco FA study, “Alco’s Big Bid to Be Best,” published in June and July 1975 Trains magazine. Download each article by clicking on the underlined PDFs below. […]
