Visitor Peter Diamond runs the simulator. Joseph M. Calisi NEW YORK – Always wanted to operate a subway train? Here is your chance. Subway fans now have the opportunity to operate a first-of-its-kind subway simulator. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has created a realistic train simulator experience that the average railfan can now enjoy. The simulator […]
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Delaware-Lackawanna SCRANTON, Pa. – The Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad has reached a five-year operating lease agreement extension with the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority. The agreement covers more than 90 miles of track in Lackawanna, Wayne, Monroe, and Northampton counties in northeast Pennsylvania. At its May meeting, the Authority’s board voted unanimously to extend the agreement, set […]
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Visit the University of Pennsylvania’s Morris Arboretum garden railway in this segment from the PBS series Tracks Ahead. […]
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Visit the University of Pennsylvania’s Morris Arboretum garden railway in this segment from the PBS series Tracks Ahead. […]
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Lots of switching occurs around the slow-speed trackage at the junction between the Green Mountain line to Bellows Falls (left) and the former Bennington branch in Rutland, Vt. Note the Delaware & Hudson Baldwin Sharknoses at right. Karl Zimmermann photo […]
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A video description of the features on my HO layout. It includes a working coal loader that runs loads to the two coaling towers on the layout. It is a prototypical depiction of the C&O and Loup Creek Branch Line interchange at Thurmond, West Virginia. It is an around-the-wall, shelf-style layout in a 10×12 bedroom. […]
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A video description of the features on my HO layout. It includes a working coal loader that runs loads to the two coaling towers on the layout. It is a prototypical depiction of the C&O and Loup Creek Branch Line interchange at Thurmond, West Virginia. It is an around-the-wall, shelf-style layout in a 10×12 bedroom. […]
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It’s a busy day on the G scale Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh railroad. You’ll see many different steam powered trains on the move! You’ll see trains on tall trestles and short ones too! You will ride in the cab and caboose, and see the railroad go by from a hobo’s vantage point while perched […]
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It’s a busy day on the G scale Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh railroad. You’ll see many different steam powered trains on the move! You’ll see trains on tall trestles and short ones too! You will ride in the cab and caboose, and see the railroad go by from a hobo’s vantage point while perched […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Ed Swain models the Pennsylvania RR around Harrisburg in the steam-to-diesel transition era. Watch freight and passenger trains run through the impressive scenes, including a model of Harrisburg Station. […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Ed Swain models the Pennsylvania RR around Harrisburg in the steam-to-diesel transition era. Watch freight and passenger trains run through the impressive scenes, including a model of Harrisburg Station. […]
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The last freight move over Crawford Notch, in 2009, drew hundreds of onlookers and railfans. Justin Franz CRAWFORD NOTCH, N.H. – More than three decades after the last Maine Central freight trains crossed the legendary Mountain Division over Crawford Notch, the New Hampshire Department of Transportation is looking to see if anyone is interested in […]
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