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Though this train set from Menards arrived too late to get it into a pre-Christmas issue, I’m still tickled to review it because I believe it is a first for Classic Toy Trains: This may be the first chain store exclusive set we’ve ever reviewed. While sets of that nature were common in the 1950s […]
This may be the first chain store exclusive set CTT has ever reviewed! The set is powered by Lionel’s 0-8-0 and pulls four cars decorated for the Chicago & North Western, three of them unique to Menards. See the set in action here! […]
One of the best New Haven designs was the I-4 class of 4-6-2 Pacifics. The railroad and the manufacturer worked together to build an engine that could handle the heaviest passenger traffic on the line – and which could be a fill in for freight power. See this O gauge model in action! […]
FULL SCREEN Ellen Skye The Union Pacific Railroad in southern Nevada circa the late 1990s/early 2000s. FULL SCREEN Ellen Skye The Union Pacific Railroad in southern Nevada circa the late 1990s/early 2000s. FULL SCREEN Ellen Skye The Union Pacific Railroad in southern Nevada circa the late 1990s/early 2000s. FULL SCREEN Ellen Skye The Union Pacific […]
This may be the first chain store exclusive set CTT has ever reviewed! The set is powered by Lionel’s 0-8-0 and pulls four cars decorated for the Chicago & North Western, three of them unique to Menards. See the set in action here! […]
This may be the first chain store exclusive set CTT has ever reviewed! The set is powered by Lionel’s 0-8-0 and pulls four cars decorated for the Chicago & North Western, three of them unique to Menards. See the set in action here! […]
One of the best New Haven designs was the I-4 class of 4-6-2 Pacifics. The railroad and the manufacturer worked together to build an engine that could handle the heaviest passenger traffic on the line – and which could be a fill in for freight power. See this O gauge model in action! […]
See and hear the Bachmann Trains Sound Value Alco S-2 as it switches cars on the Model Railroader train layout. You’ll also get a look at the Fox Valley Models HO scale Baltimore & Ohio M-53 wagontop boxcar. […]
See and hear the Bachmann Trains Sound Value Alco S-2 as it switches cars on the Model Railroader train layout. You’ll also get a look at the Fox Valley Models HO scale Baltimore & Ohio M-53 wagontop boxcar. […]
A New York City Transit subway train on the 7 line rolls into the 61st St./Woodside station in Queens during a torrential downpour on June 11, 2011, while riders wait nonchalantly on the platform for the train to stop and the doors to open. Photo by Matt Van Hattem […]
HO scale locomotives New York Central 20th Century Limited class J3A Dreyfuss Hudson steam locomotive. Hybrid (brass and plastic) construction, five-pole skew-wound motor with flywheels, driver-synchronized puffing smoke unit, and Paragon2 dual-mode sound and control system. 1938 (two road numbers) or 1940 (three numbers) paint schemes. $499.99. Spring 2013. Ready-to-run. Hybrid Paragon2 series. Broadway Limited […]
Renumbered DL&W E8’s (top) roll into Warren with train 6 in 1962. Earlier that year, E8 833, its livery only slightly altered to reflect the 1960 EL merger, led an ex-DL&W E8 on No. 9. W. L. Gwyer The Erie Railroad served my hometown of Warren, Ohio. During my college years in the early 1960s, […]
