New York Central 2-8-0 Consolidation no. 1147 eases its train up to Starrucca station platform right on time. With only a dozen passengers waiting, today’s station stop should be quick. Arnie Steiner of Staten Island, N.Y., took the photo on his freelanced N scale Susquehanna Valley & Gulf Summit Ry. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the […]
It’s June 1937, and the two-year-old Boston & Maine Flying Yankee is still in pristine shape. The train is emerging from the Hoosac Tunnel on Bill Moore’s HO scale Bedford Mountain Division of the B&M. Bill, of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., also took the photo. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from our […]
Railroads and paper mills were important industries in Bellows Falls, Vt., in the mid-1800s, and they still are today. Here, a Springfield Terminal SD26 and a Boston & Maine U30C rumble past the Liberty Paper Products mill. Thomas Nordanberg took the photo on Ole Pade’s HO scale New England-themed layout in Sollentuna, Sweden. Model Railroader‘s […]
A northbound freight led by Northern Pacific 2-8-0 no. 60 waits in the siding for a southbound Pacific & Idaho Northern passenger train. The freight train’s crew is on the ground to do a roll-by inspection of the passenger train. Dave Rickaby photographed the scene on Dave Allen’s freelanced HO scale Pacific & Idaho Northern, […]
Three Northern Pacific Geeps lead a manifest freight over the High Bridge Viaduct between Stampede and Lester, Wash. The action takes place on the Puget Sound Model Railroad Engineers’ HO scale layout at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, Wash. The model railroad is open to the public. Lou Sassi photo Model Railroader‘s Photo […]
It’s a great day to be railfanning at Tug Tower in Welch, W.Va. As a westbound Norfolk Southern unit coal train comes downgrade, NS General Electric units prepare to ascend the grade. Lou Sassi took the photo on Scott Teague’s N scale layout in Granite Falls, N.C. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images […]
Louisville & Nashville GP40 no. 3002 and U23B no. 2737 pass over the Powell River on John Wilkes’ HO scale L&N Thornhill Division. John models the railroad’s coal operations in eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia between 1968 and 1978. Paul Dolkos photo Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from our archives, celebrating decades […]
The Chesapeake & Ohio was known for its large steam locomotives and tried to head off converting to diesels with three massive M-1 class coal-fired steam-turbine electrics. Here we see one of the turbines taking on coal at Clifton Forge, Va. Jeb Kriigel of Palmyra, Va., scratchbuilt the coal tower and photographed the O scale […]
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe was the first railroad to order Electro-Motive Corp. FTs, and four of them are seen here leading an extra (note the white flags on the lead unit) through Starkville, Colo. The scene was on the late David Haines’ N scale AT&SF layout. Bill Pearce took the photo. Model Railroader‘s […]
With the sun just about to set, Charlie Comstock photographed a Southern Pacific local switching cars in Jallen. The workload is pretty light, so SD7 no. 5327 will be sufficient power for today’s train. Charlie, of Hillsboro, Ore., took the photo outdoors on his HO scale Timesaver switching layout. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day […]
Working its way upgrade, Union Pacific Alco RS-2 no. 1293 leads a local near Beaver Creek, Idaho. The train will cross the Continental Divide twice before reaching Butte, Mont. Bob Johnson photographed the scene on his HO scale Butte Line layout. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from our archives, celebrating decades of […]
On a hot summer afternoon, an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-8-4 thunders past a small desert gas station. The attendant, who has operated the station for decades, is so used to the trains that he doesn’t even give this one a glance. Gary Hoover of Florissant, Mo., took the photo on his old HO […]
