HERITAGE GOES RAILKING: The wildly popular Norfolk Southern (NS) Heritage series of retro paint schemes joining the RailKing line. The Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe is an Imperial line locomotive featuring road names NS applied to this prototype body. The fallen flags include Erie, Illinois Terminal, Jersey Central, Lackawanna (shown above), Penn Central, Reading, Savannah & Atlanta, […]
I don’t recall if I’ve ever proclaimed my all-time favorite diesel (real or model). If I haven’t, well, the winner is the Baldwin Centipede. It was long, imposing, and about as far away from the more delicate appearance of an Electro-Motive Division FT or F3 as you could get. The Centipede had a massive line […]
Barri Evangelisti’s O gauge layout, built on two levels in a spare bedroom, features accessories and trains operating atop hollow doors. Watch the video below to see how much train action he could pack into a 10 x 11-foot space. […]
Drew Madere built his 11 x 20-foot layout in his garage and created an O gauge railroad based on his memories of growing up in rural Louisiana. Watch his trains in action in the video below. […]
Dave Tori’s American Flyer layout features three distinct sections as well as stunning backdrops that help bring his S gauge world to life. […]
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Layout designer: Michael Tylick Scale: O Layout size: 14 x 19 feet Track type: Atlas O Minimum curve: O-27 Originally appeared in the February 2013 issue of Classic Toy Trains. A Rocky Mountain railroad for your rec room A Rocky Mountain railroad for your rec room components […]
The New Haven was an essential partner in the commerce of the Northeastern United States. In addition to connecting the New England states through freight and passenger service, the line was a powerful conduit for travel between Boston and New York City. Fast and frequent trains served businessmen as well as people seeking to cool […]
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 […]
