With the late afternoon sun casting long shadows, Staten Island Rapid Transit S-2 no. 488 pulls a cut of boxcars through Mariner’s Harbor on Staten Island. The remnants of the Lake Avenue passenger platform can be seen behind the switcher. Mark Pitanza of Old Bridge, N.J., took the photo outdoors on an N scale diorama. […]
The Cotton Belt’s Blue Streak rolls west of Mount Pleasant, Texas, on Oct. 1, 1931. The train is led by 4-6-0 No. 659, built by Baldwin in 1913. Formally known as the St. Louis Southwestern, the railroad began as the 3-foot-gauge Tyler Tap Railroad between Tyler and Big Sandy, Texas, in the 1870s. Harold K. Vollrath […]
Steel mills are big, gritty industries, and they make interesting scenes on model railroads. Bruce Dombey of Portage, Ind., sent in this photo of a Davenport 0-4-0 (a Bachmann On21⁄2 model with a new cab) switching ingot mold cars at the mill on his O scale layout. The mold cars are HO models by Rix […]
The U23B was General Electric’s competitor to the EMD GP38. The little U-boat has a 12-cylinder FDL engine, necessitating six tall engine access doors on each side. Buyers included Santa Fe, Conrail, Delaware & Hudson, Lehigh Valley, Milwaukee Road (pictured), Monon, Penn Central, Western Pacific, and others. Most rode on AAR type B trucks, but […]
On a lazy summer afternoon, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy GP7 no. 262 brings a local past Lang’s Dairy Farm. The train will continue down the branch line to Union Star, Mo., making setouts and pickups along the way. Lou Sassi photographed the scene on Dick Wolter’s HO scale CB&Q Brookfield Division layout. Dick lives […]
Snow begins to melt on an early spring day in 1974 as two six-axle General Electric “U-boats” head south along Seneca Lake at Geneva, N.Y., on the former New York Central “Fall Brook” line. Ken Kraemer photo […]
Amtrak’s train no. 7, the Empire Builder, glistens in the late afternoon sun as it operates over the Wisconsin & Michigan. Dave Rickaby photographed the scene outdoors on the Wisconsin & Michigan Model Railroad Club’s HO scale layout. The Amtrak equipment is owned by Joe Seidl. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from […]
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific had a fleet of 85 4-8-4 Northerns, largest in the country. Here, No. 5058 leads a westbound freight near Lawrence, Kans., in January 1952. Robert P. Olmsted photo […]
Penn Central class N5C cabin no. 23050 is painted Jade Green, but there’s no doubt that it’s an ex-Pennsylvania RR car. The cabin is on the end of a coal train rolling along the banks of the Monongahela River on Rob Enrico’s O scale Penn Central layout. Paul Dolkos photo Model Railroader‘s Photo of the […]
The remains of Santa Fe GP38 No. 3552 lie in a ditch following a sideswipe incident at Booth, Texas, on April 14, 1973. A southbound train struck the rear cars of a northbound train. The subsequent derailment and fire destroyed three GP38s. Steve Patterson photo […]
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 […]
The Rio Grande’s Tennessee Pass line traversed Colorado’s Royal Gorge west of Pueblo on the road’s route to Utah. Here, the Royal Gorge passenger train with an Alco PA for power pauses for its customary sightseeing stop in its namesake. W. A. Peters photo […]
