The quiet of rural Iowa is temporarily interrupted by the roar of a passing train. Here, a Chicago & North Western GP50 and two St. Louis Southwestern SD45s hustle a unit grain train across an HO scale module constructed by Bill Larsen for the Midwest Mod-U-Trak Club. Matt Kosic of Orland Park, Ill., took the […]
A clean locomotive on a bright, sunny day – you can’t ask for much more when you go trackside. Gary Hoover of Florissant, Mo., caught a virtually spotless CSX Dash 8-44CW on the point of a priority freight near the fictitious community of Oak Grove, Ill. The HO scale action takes place on Gary’s old […]
Sometimes rail photography is all about being in the right place at the right time. Pierre Dion photographed this five-unit consist of CP Rail C-630Ms and C-424s in front of the Pont-Rouge station. The crew of the westbound freight is waiting for a relief crew to arrive. Pierre took the photo on his freelanced HO […]
Rio Grande Southern 2-8-0 no. 74, a Sunset Models brass import, works its way upgrade near Ames Cliffs on Dennis Ferguson’s On3 RGS layout. The boxcars behind the locomotive are San Juan Car Co. models assembled by Bob Leners. Dennis, of St. Paul, Minn., took the photo. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images […]
Union Pacific Electro-Motive Division SD40-2s lead a manifest freight over the 160-foot-high Kyte River Bridge. Daryl Kruse of Rochelle, Ill., photographed the scene on his N scale layout, featured in Great Model Railroads 2004. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from our archives, celebrating decades of model railroad heritage and excellence. […]
Life is pretty laid back in the tiny community of Marshalls. As a couple of men enjoy a leisurely sail in Tomales Bay, North Coast RR no. 3 eases its train up to the station platform. The scene takes place on Boone Morrison’s HOn3 NCRR layout. Boone, of Volcano, Hawaii, took the photo. Model Railroader‘s […]
The Coalton Junction Mine is one of several coal operations found on the Allegheny & Lackawanna Southern. Today, a pair of Alco RS-1 diesel locomotives are busy switching cars at the mine. Lionel Strang of Midhurst, Ont., Canada, took the photo on his HO scale layout. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from […]
The mountains of Virginia and West Virginia provide a picturesque backdrop for trains on Dudley Ross’s freelanced Chesapeake & Ohio layout. In this scene, C&O 2-6-6-2 no. 1530 brings a string of loaded coal hoppers down from the mine. Bernard Kempinski photographed the N scale scene. You can see more photos of Dudley’s layout in […]
While Canadian National serves Waupaca, Wis., today, on David Leider’s HO layout the Soo Line is still going strong in the central Wisconsin community. Here, Soo 2-8-0 no. 474, one of two class F-10 locomotives on the roster, spots a Baltimore & Ohio wagontop boxcar at a local industry. David Popp took the photo. Model […]
A Union Pacific mail train, with 4-8-4 no. 842 on the point, hustles through Dale Junction. The four Harriman head-end cars are resin kits from Southern Car & Foundry, and the UP diner is a brass model by Soho. The HO scale scene is on Mike Brock’s UP Sherman Hill layout. Mike, of Merritt […]
The cows are in the pasture, the sun is shining, and there’s not a cloud in the sky – it’s a gorgeous morning in rural New England. The crew aboard this Boston & Maine train is taking in all of nature’s glory from the cab of F7A no. 4265, seen here pulling a milk train […]
Spectacular wooden trestles are numerous on the Monida & Yellowstone. George Hall caught an M&Y two-truck Shay bringing a short train over the trestle near South Fork on Claude and Cindy Leglise’s 1:22.5-proportion garden railroad. The freelanced railroad was featured in the June 2004 issue of Model Railroader. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features […]
