Pere Marquette 2-8-4 No. 1225 Steam Railroading Institute website OWOSSO, Mich. — Pere Marquette 2-8-4 No. 1225 will kick off its 2017 operating season in August, the Steam Railroad Institute announced this week. The 1941 Lima Locomotive Works-built engine will be fired up on Friday, Aug. 18 for the institute’s Hand on the Throttle session […]
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Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 3751 on an excursion in California. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn FULLERTON, Calif. – Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 3751 will return to Fullerton Railroad Days this spring, the San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society announced. The free public event will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 6 and 7 at the […]
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Grates from the firebox of Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 are going to use in the firebox of Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261. Though of different size and design, they were both built by the American Locomotive Co. in the 1940s and can share certain components. Erik Hoofnagel MINNEAPOLIS — In an example […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this special episode, host Gerry Leone and pal Tony Koester have landed on the rails and off the continent! In the midst of a mid-winter cruise around South America, the guys hit land to ride/tour unique railroads in Uruguay and Argentina. Tag […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this special episode, host Gerry Leone and pal Tony Koester have landed on the rails and off the continent! In the midst of a mid-winter cruise around South America, the guys hit land to ride/tour unique railroads in Uruguay and Argentina. Tag […]
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Join Trains for the first run of Georgetown Loop Railroad 2-8-0 No. 111 in October 2016. The locomotive was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1926 for the International Railway of Central America in El Salvador. […]
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Join Trains for the first run of Georgetown Loop Railroad 2-8-0 No. 111 in October 2016. The locomotive was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1926 for the International Railway of Central America in El Salvador. […]
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Join Trains for a look at the final weekend of operations on Florida’s Orange Blossom Cannonball steam train. You’ll see Baldwin-built 2-6-0 No. 2 on the final runs in January 2017. […]
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Join Trains for a look at the final weekend of operations on Florida’s Orange Blossom Cannonball steam train. You’ll see Baldwin-built 2-6-0 No. 2 on the final runs in January 2017. […]
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This HO scale United States Railroad Administration light 4-6-2 Pacific from Bachmann Trains models a hard-working passenger hauler that served until the end of the steam era. Part of the Bachmann SoundValue line, this HO scale model includes a SoundTraxx dual-mode decoder. See and hear the SoundValue HO scale USRA light Pacific in action on […]
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This HO scale United States Railroad Administration light 4-6-2 Pacific from Bachmann Trains models a hard-working passenger hauler that served until the end of the steam era. Part of the Bachmann SoundValue line, this HO scale model includes a SoundTraxx dual-mode decoder. See and hear the SoundValue HO scale USRA light Pacific in action on […]
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A Northern Pacific A-5 4-8-4 northern with grey boiler pulls a freight drag over Chumstick Canyon trestle east of Seattle, Wash., on the Great Northern railway. Video by Sam Parfitt. […]
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