Broadway Limited Imports LLC HO scale PRR K4s steam locomotive With smoke puffing in synch to the exhaust sounds and motion of the drivers, this accurately detailed K4s from Broadway Limited Imports captures the sights and sounds of one of America’s best-known steam locomotives. Model Railroader reviewed the first release of BLI’s K4s in the […]
Eastbound Providence & Worcester train FPCH with B39-8 No. 3909, B30-7A No. 3007, and B39-8 No. 3908 prepares to depart the New York & Atlantic Railway’s Fresh Pond Yard in Queens, N.Y., on Aug. 15, 2009. Photo by Thomas Mik […]
The new 8000-series cars approach the Greenbelt Station. Sol Tucker Interior of the new 8000-series WMATA cars. Sol Tucker WASHINGTON – The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is debuting its first 7000-series train at Greenbelt Station this week. The newest addition to the rail fleet will fulfill a critical National Transportation Safety Board recommendation by replacing […]
FULL SCREEN Bob Johnston Amtrak bridge operator Merrill Perkins controls the Northeast Corridor’s Niantic River movable bridge from a tower at the end of the structure. Push-button controls make this bridge easy to operate. FULL SCREEN Bob Johnston The previous Niantic River movable bridge had been built by the New Haven Railroad in 1907, and […]
In fall 1953, Canadian National 4-6-2 5545 simmers inside the roundhouse at Moncton, New Brunswick. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
CNJ GP7 1524 brings a Jersey City-bound commuter train into Roselle station on April 27, 1967, not long before the Aldene Plan diverted such trains to Newark’s Penn Station. John A. Yohannan A major change was about to take place in 1967 on the Jersey Central passenger service to Jersey City, N.J. From its humble beginnings […]
Oct. 7, 1997, was a perfect day to witness Conrail’s Office Car Special rolling east through the Berkshires on the Boston & Albany line at Bancroft, Mass. Photo by Robert Jordan […]
This is Ted McLean’s N scale railroad located just outside Philadelphia, PA. His scenery and reproduction of certain areas are impeccable. It’s a shame most of you can’t see it in person. It’s a masterpiece. Enjoy! Video shot by William Fagan […]
This is Ted McLean’s N scale railroad located just outside Philadelphia, PA. His scenery and reproduction of certain areas are impeccable. It’s a shame most of you can’t see it in person. It’s a masterpiece. Enjoy! Video shot by William Fagan […]
This photo gallery contains a collection of images of scale New York Central locomotives and trains in steam along New York State’s Hudson River Valley in scenes created by Richard L. Stoving. The layout is featured in the January 2014 issue of Model Railroader, with photographs by John W. Heitmann. […]
FULL SCREEN David Kahler To my delight I found not one, but two concrete coaling towers straddling the BAR rail yard. Originally the towers were connected with an overhead conveyer for coal. The left tower was primary and supplied coal for BAR freight locomotives while the right tower provided coal for the Maine Central passenger […]
Amtrak P42 No. 185 leads the Pennsylvanian through Lancaster, Pa., on April 21, 2013. Photo by Michael T. Burkhart […]
