STAUNTON, Va. — A piece of Baltimore & Ohio locomotive history has been preserved. The Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad recently restored ex-B&O GP9 No. 6512 to its original blue and yellow paint scheme. The GP9 locomotive will be used on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad’s 20-mile short line between Staunton and Pleasant Valley in north […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this 3D rendering by MRVP’s Ben Lake, he tackles a little-known former Pennsy line originally drafted by MR contributor Bob Sprague. Take a virtual tour of the 11 x 27-foot walk-in track plan that features 60 feet of mainline run and a […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page In this 3D rendering by MRVP’s Ben Lake, he tackles a little-known former Pennsy line originally drafted by MR contributor Bob Sprague. Take a virtual tour of the 11 x 27-foot walk-in track plan that features 60 feet of mainline run and a […]
Consolidation 3127 rambles along Baltimore & Ohio’s former Buffalo & Susquehanna near West Bingham, Pa., in September 1955. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Visit Jeff Ashby’s Chesapeake & Ohio N scale layout in this segment from the hit PBS series Tracks Ahead — available on MR Video Plus before it hits the airwaves! […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Visit Jeff Ashby’s Chesapeake & Ohio N scale layout in this segment from the hit PBS series Tracks Ahead — available on MR Video Plus before it hits the airwaves! […]
Two Western Maryland F3s haul a 2-10-0 and its train on the outskirts of Baltimore. The diesels were on the train for just a short distance to keep the Decapod from running afoul of municipal anti-smoke laws. Francis Riffle photo […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The Apple Valley Model Railroad Club models superdetailed Appalachian scenes in 18 x 100 feet. The model train club’s HO scale layout is housed inside a historic railroad depot in Hendersonville, N.C. Watch trains run along high trestles and other detailed scenes. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page The Apple Valley Model Railroad Club models superdetailed Appalachian scenes in 18 x 100 feet. The model train club’s HO scale layout is housed inside a historic railroad depot in Hendersonville, N.C. Watch trains run along high trestles and other detailed scenes. […]
Transition was under way for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad’s coal-hauling operations during the 1960s. The railroad’s traditional coal-loading points reflected its historic single-car movements, but the 1960s also marked the development of the unit train, with coal loaded at high speed “flood” loaders in a single train for a single consignee. Pioneering this trend […]
The Northeast was laced with anthracite roads — those carriers that made a name for themselves hauling hard coal out of the mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania. With its high heat value, clean-burning anthracite was far superior to wood for warming homes and offices, and moving this coal by rail fueled the growth of the East’s […]
