Take a look at our list of roundhouses that still exist in 2010. Are we missing one? If so, click here. […]
Type of Train: Steam Locomotive
K-28 Mikados: An engineman’s view
Durango & Silverton crew favorite 473 turns a photographers’ special on the Silverton wye during Railfest in August 2009. Her big plow was useful in fighting snow four months later. Robert S. McGonigal Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad engineer Jarrette Ireland assesses the K-28 Mikados:There are many reasons why I personally enjoy the K-28’s, […]
Last Class 1 steam runs: Why isn’t my favorite railroad covered?
Lloyd Stagner’s book AMERICAN STEAM FINALE, 1954-1970 (South Platte Press, 2001; www.southplattepress.com) is the definitive resource on the end of steam on U.S. Class 1’s and short lines. In “Just Who Was First to Dieselize,” in Diesel Victory (2006), we mentioned 17 U.S. Class 1 railroads that dieselized early. To qualify for the list, the […]
Video Extra: C&S steam action
[…]
Video Extra: N&W steam east of Roanoke
[…]
Video Extra: UP Big Boys and Challengers
[…]
Video Extra: C&S steam action
[…]
Video Extra: N&W steam east of Roanoke
[…]
Video Extra: UP Big Boys and Challengers
[…]
MTH HO scale Dreyfuss Hudson steam locomotive
MTH HO scale Dreyfuss Hudson steam locomotive This streamlined New York Central J3a Hudson accurately models the art deco curves of its famous prototype. The MTH HO scale “Dreyfuss” Hudson features realistic sound and smoke effects and operates on DC, Digital Command Control (DCC), and MTH Digital Command System (DCS) layouts. Prototype. In 1938 the […]
Intermountain Railway HO scale SP AC-12 Cab Forward
Intermountain Railroad HO scale SP AC-12 Cab Forward First let me say that the Southern Pacific Cab Forward is my favorite Steam Engine, no matter what the scale. I once received a birthday card sent from Mr. Cab Forward! After purchasing two first run Cab Forwards when they hit the market, and spending countless hours […]
Accucraft Saxonia III K live-steam locomotive
Accucraft Saxonia III K live-steam locomotive Marc Horovitz 1:20.3 scale, gauge 1, Saxonia III K, live-steam locomotive Made by Accucraft for: MBV Schug Neustrasse 18 D-54340 Detzem Germany Price: €2,680 Web site: www.accucraft.de Model of a III K class, 0-6-2T locomotive from the Saxonian State Railway; two, inside, double acting, piston-valve cylinders (outside valves); butane […]
