Bells and whistles in the Maine woods

Bells and whistles in the Maine woods

Name:    Eric Schade Forum User Name:    captain perry Railroad Name:    Winnegance and Quebec Railway Location:    Phippsburg, Maine Scale:    7/8″=1′-0″ (1/13.7) Theme:    A rural Maine two foot gauge line Description:    This little video is made up of old footage found in the attic of a farm house next to the current line. It was thought to […]

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Bells and whistles in the Maine woods

Bells and whistles in the Maine woods

Name:    Eric Schade Forum User Name:    captain perry Railroad Name:    Winnegance and Quebec Railway Location:    Phippsburg, Maine Scale:    7/8″=1′-0″ (1/13.7) Theme:    A rural Maine two foot gauge line Description:    This little video is made up of old footage found in the attic of a farm house next to the current line. It was thought to […]

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Bill Kachel’s HO scale Brideport Branch

Bill Kachel's HO scale Brideport Branch

Bill Kachel’s Cosmopolitan Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad from Pittsburgh to NYC and New Haven is an HO-scale DCC-controlled railroad. It incorporates the PRR, New Haven and Reading railroads, and includes the Hell Gate Bridge, Horseshoe Curve and the Zoo interchange in Philadelphia. His railroad has been featured in season 9 of the TV show […]

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Bill Kachel’s HO scale Brideport Branch

Bill Kachel's HO scale Brideport Branch

Bill Kachel’s Cosmopolitan Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad from Pittsburgh to NYC and New Haven is an HO-scale DCC-controlled railroad. It incorporates the PRR, New Haven and Reading railroads, and includes the Hell Gate Bridge, Horseshoe Curve and the Zoo interchange in Philadelphia. His railroad has been featured in season 9 of the TV show […]

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MTH HO scale PRR H10s

MTH HO scale PRR H10s

MTH HO scale PRR class H10s Consolidation Pennsylvania RR modelers will be glad to see MTH’s latest HO scale offering on their hobby shop shelves – an authentically modeled PRR class H10s Consolidation, complete with that railroad’s characteristic Belpaire firebox. Thanks to its die-cast boiler and traction tires, this hefty hauler musters enough drawbar power […]

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Standard and narrow gauge in Maine

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The two-foot-gauge Bridgton & Harrison (former Bridgton & Saco River) interchanged passengers and freight with the Maine Central in Bridgton Junction, Maine. Compared with a high-mounted MEC 2-8-0, diminutive B&H No. 5 could be confused with an amusement park engine. Dwight A. Smith Jr. photo […]

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Don’t look down

  The Mount Washington Cog Railway in New Hampshire puts on a show for visitors on July 27, 2014. Seen here is Jacob’s Ladder, the steepest part of the route at 37.4 percent. Photo by Ryan Trela […]

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