Video On30 Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes

On30 Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader author Lou Sassi models the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes in On30 in western Maine. Check out trains running along the narrow gauge track and detailed scenes of this 7 x 16 foot model railroad. […]

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Video On30 Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes

On30 Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader author Lou Sassi models the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes in On30 in western Maine. Check out trains running along the narrow gauge track and detailed scenes of this 7 x 16 foot model railroad. […]

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New York Central RR High Line

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Long stretches of elevated main line gave the New York Central RR’s 30th Street Branch its High Line nickname. New York Central RR’s 30th Street Branch was known as the High Line because of its long stretch of elevated mainline track. Learn all about this interesting prototype railroad in the article below originally published in […]

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Amtrak to shift ‘Vermonter’ route Dec. 29 NEWSWIRE

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Amtrak will move its Vermonter service to the “Knowledge Corridor” in northern Massachusetts Dec. 29, 2014. The new route will feature stops in Greenfield and Northampton. The train will also add a stop in Holyoke later in 2015 when work is complete. The added stops due to the reroute will replace service […]

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Broadway Limited Imports HO scale PRR class H10s 2-8-0 steam locomotive

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Broadway Limited Imports LLC PRR 2-8-0 steam locomotive A superb Pennsylvania RR class H10s 2-8-0 Consolidation has been released in HO scale by Broadway Limited Imports. It’s offered decorated in multiple road numbers with a choice of prototypical tenders. The model features BLI’s dual-mode Paragon2 sound decoder which provides smooth operation on both direct-current (DC) […]

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Hi-cubes and fruit cans

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NYC RS3 8288 — a “little diesel” to the author as a pre-schooler — heads a westbound way freight along the Hudson River at Peekskill in 1959. Nine years later and 29 miles down the river a hi-cube car ran into trouble. Karl R. Zimmermann Between the 1910s, when the New York Central electrified its […]

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Weekend service to be restored on three Boston commuter lines NEWSWIRE

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Jonelle DeFelice BOSTON – The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will restore weekend commuter rail service on three lines beginning this winter. The Kingston/Plymouth and Greenbush lines will see the return of Saturday and Sunday service and the Needham Line will resume Saturday service after a two-year absence on Dec. 27. Facing a deficit for the […]

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