Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Featured on the cover of the April 2018 Model Railroader, the Johnstown & Gerryville features scenes inspired by the Pennsylvania RR in the 1950s, including the Loyalhanna Creek stone arch bridge. Check out the southwestern Pennsylvania scenery in this exclusive video. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Featured on the cover of the April 2018 Model Railroader, the Johnstown & Gerryville features scenes inspired by the Pennsylvania RR in the 1950s, including the Loyalhanna Creek stone arch bridge. Check out the southwestern Pennsylvania scenery in this exclusive video. […]
PRINCETON, N.J. — PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J. — A cloudy late January morning sees NJ Transit electric multiple unit Arrow III cars Nos. 1311 and 1329 doing yeoman service on the Princeton Junction to Princeton “Dinky.” This 2.7-mile line offers over 40 round trips a day, connecting with NJT Northeast Corridor trains at Princeton Junction; it […]
See Amtrak’s incredible Acela Express in action on the Northeast Corridor! Read more about America’s high speed rail aspirations in the March 2018 issue. […]
See Amtrak’s incredible Acela Express in action on the Northeast Corridor! Read more about America’s high speed rail aspirations in the March 2018 issue. […]
WEST CHESTER, Pa. — It’s been almost 32 years since the last SEPTA commuter train left West Chester, west of Philadelphia. Officials with the regional commuter agency say they’re considering restoration of service to the Chester County seat. A regional planning organization working with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Regional Transportation Authority estimates up to 2,000 people […]
A late December crash removed two of Boston’s remaining PCC cars from service. Justin Franz BOSTON — A collision between two Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority streetcars last week means the agency is down to just five operating PCCs on the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line. The two PCCs that were damaged in the collision near the […]
New York, Susquehanna & Western Edward S. Kaminski PATERSON, N.J. – When you gotta go, you gotta go. One New Jersey man learned that lesson in more ways than one this week when he fell into a river ahead of an oncoming train while allegedly defecating off a railroad bridge, NorthJersey.com reports. According to reports, […]
Norfolk Southern C44-9W No. 9345 leads train 36T, a Buffalo, N.Y., to Allentown, Pa., manifest train on a new steel arch span on Dec. 11. The arch replaces an iron truss bridge built by the Erie Railroad in 1875 and shown on the right. Norfolk Southern Corp. Portageville (N.Y.) Bridge in context Norfolk Southern Corp. […]
This is a drone view of my entire N scale Reading Pacific layout. Digitrax DCC controlled, Kato Unitrak. 99% complete. […]
This is a drone view of my entire N scale Reading Pacific layout. Digitrax DCC controlled, Kato Unitrak. 99% complete. […]
Before starting their seven-stop trek to Providence, the two Alco PAs on New Haven train 531 prepare to follow the FL9s on the Merchants Limited (left in photo) out of South Station, Boston, in 1961. Chris Burger In the early 1960s, I was a student at Providence College in Rhode Island’s capital city, commuting on […]
