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Erie Railroad Alco passenger diesel No. 860 stands with a train at Hoboken, N.J., in April 1959. Erie’s 14 PAs all went to the Erie-Lackawanna upon the Erie’s merger with the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western in 1960. Erie began using Lackawanna’s Hoboken terminal a few years before the two roads merged. Louis A. Marre collection […]
Crewmen wave and the white extra flags are taut as four FTs speed a freight west across the desert between Needles and Barstow, Calif., in the early 1940s. Wendell H. Kinney photo […]
Santa Fe management ordered 23 GP60B units in 1991 for road service. Today, these four-axle veterans still ply BNSF Railway rails, but mostly on local jobs. Bob Miller Q I was watching railroad videos of the 1990s and saw locomotives without cabs in various consists. I rarely see these units on the main lines of […]
Athearn HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD39 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD39 diesel locomotive. Illinois Terminal; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (four road numbers); Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern (two numbers); Norfolk & Western; and Southern Pacific (four numbers). Three road numbers per scheme unless noted; also available undecorated. Railroad-specific details, factory-installed and painted […]
ScaleTrains.com HO scale Union Pacific GTEL The GTEL includes (from left to right): a fuel tender, a B (turbine) unit, and an A (control) unit. The Museum-Quality series B unit features sliding access doors that reveal an accurate model of the General Electric gas turbine within. The detailed fuel tender includes a directional backup light […]
This video highlights the action of the Elizabeth Yard Turn job on Thomas Klimoski’s Georgia Northeastern model railroad. Check out Thomas’ article, “Modeling a compact diesel service terminal,” in the January 2017 Model Railroader. In the article, Thomas describes how he modeled the fueling, sanding and servicing structures. […]
This video highlights the action of the Elizabeth Yard Turn job on Thomas Klimoski’s Georgia Northeastern model railroad. Check out Thomas’ article, “Modeling a compact diesel service terminal,” in the January 2017 Model Railroader. In the article, Thomas describes how he modeled the fueling, sanding and servicing structures. […]
MTH HO scale GP38-2 diesel locomotive The HO scale locomotive’s die-cast metal frame encloses the motor, flywheels, and gear towers. The printed-circuit board is attached to the top. The MTH Ready-2-Rail model’s molded detail is well-defined and matches the prototype. The handrails are flexible plastic to resist breaking. A four-axle road switcher that would look […]
Cummins Inc. No. 1919 on display in Indianapolis on Nov. 9. Chris Guss INDIANAPOLIS — Cummins Inc. and the Indiana Rail Road recently unveiled a testing program featuring Cummins new QSK95 engine on the Midwest regional railroad. The railroad and Cummins hosted an event at the railroad’s terminal in downtown Indianapolis on Nov. 9. Cummins’ […]
Santa Fe Alco PA No. 59L at the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas, is the 2016 winner of the Trains annual preservation award. Museum of the American Railroad SAVANNAH, Ga. — Trains magazine has awarded its $10,000 2016 Preservation Award to the Museum of the American Railroad for the restoration of the […]
Athearn Trains HO scale General Electric ES44DC HO scale locomotives General Electric ES44DC. BNSF Ry. (Heritage II and III schemes), CSX (primer gray and as-delivered schemes), Norfolk Southern (primer gray and horsehead silhouette). Four road numbers per scheme (primer gray in two numbers each). Detailed cab interior, illuminated ditch lights, and railroad-specific cab detail. Direct-current […]
Two of Central Maine & Quebec Railway’s SD40-2F locomotives stay coupled on a bridge on the railroad. The two paint schemes reflect 1960s Canadian Pacific colors and the Bangor & Aroostook. Kevin Burkholder The Central Maine & Quebec’s heritage painted SD40-2F Bangor & Aroostook locomotive. Kevin Burkholder NORTHERN MAINE JUNCTION, Maine — Central Maine & […]
