Host Gerry Leone may be dangerously close to finishing off the town of Westcott, but he’s still found plenty more to do with scenery, structures, lighting, and those little details that help turn a space into a definitive place on his HO scale model railroad. But at the end of this episode, Gerry’s efforts come […]
Take a ride along the rails of Lou Sassi’s On30 Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes model railroad, as SR&L No. 15 shoves an extra train hauling a GoPro Hero 6 Black action-camera. To learn more about how Lou scratch built the camera car used to capture these stellar low-angle views, be sure to read the […]
Take a ride along the rails of Lou Sassi’s On30 Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes model railroad, as SR&L No. 15 shoves an extra train hauling a GoPro Hero 6 Black action-camera. To learn more about how Lou scratch built the camera car used to capture these stellar low-angle views, be sure to read the […]
Meet Mitch Horner in this latest installment of Q&A with the Editors! Welcome aboard one of the newest Trains.com team members, Assistant Digital Editor Mitch Horner, and learn how he found his way to employment at Kalmbach, and this attraction to the hobby via interests in film/cinema. This video series is exclusively for Trains.com Unlimited Members […]
The Hocking Valley Scenic Railway was formed in 1972. Operating out of the town of Nelsonville, Ohio, with a former Lake Superior & Ishpeming 2-8-0. Most days, diesels handle the primary schedule along with special steam excursions with former Ohio Power Company No. 3, a Baldwin 0-6-0. Trains operate from Nelsonville, Ohio, north to both Haydenville, Ohio, and a longer trip to East Logan, […]
Host Gerry Leone may be dangerously close to finishing off the town of Westcott, but he’s still found plenty more to do with scenery, structures, lighting, and those little details that help turn a space into a definitive place on his HO scale model railroad. But at the end of this episode, Gerry’s efforts come […]
WELCOME – Santa Fe’s grandest legacy HEAD END – A potpourri of railroad history, then and now FAST MAIL – Letters from readers on our Summer 2023 issue MILEPOSTS – Commentary by Kevin P. Keefe TRUE COLOR – The morning rush in Berkeley SHORT RAILS – Commonwealth Edison THE WAY IT WAS – Tales from […]
In every issue Trains.com, p. 4 Guide to the latest railroad content on the web News, p. 6 UP, CPKC battle over trackage rights in Texas Bill Stephens, p. 10 Check out Fred W. Frailey’s first railroad novel, Seldom Willing Preservation, p. 52 Restoration eyed for historic Green River, Wyo., depot Travel, p. 54 The […]
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When the bounty of Heartland crops are harvested, much of the grain goes west. Destined for North American ports and then foreign shores, the first leg of that western trek is often aboard commodity cruisers, otherwise known as grain trains. Naturally, railfan/videographer Tom Danneman is poised to capture these heavy haulers in season, and as […]
When the bounty of Heartland crops are harvested, much of the grain goes west. Destined for North American ports and then foreign shores, the first leg of that western trek is often aboard commodity cruisers, otherwise known as grain trains. Naturally, railfan/videographer Tom Danneman is poised to capture these heavy haulers in season, and as […]
Central Vermont Railway Southern Division in HO scale | In Northern California’s San Francisco Bay Area, a dedicated group led by Paul Weiss is passionately re-creating the Central Vermont Railway’s Southern Division as it existed in May 1956. This historically accurate project showcases meticulously replicated scenes from New London, Conn., to Palmer, Mass., portraying the […]
