Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s Kent Johnson hosts this video journal covering some of the planning and construction efforts of the T-Trak project Dream Team. First up are MR’s Steven Otte and MRVP’s Drew Halverson. Steve gets off to a quick start and adds a wrinkle to […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page MRVP’s Kent Johnson hosts this video journal covering some of the planning and construction efforts of the T-Trak project Dream Team. First up are MR’s Steven Otte and MRVP’s Drew Halverson. Steve gets off to a quick start and adds a wrinkle to […]
A long string of stock cars is tucked in behind Santa Fe 2-8-2 No. 4085 on train 44, the Perishable Express, near Henrietta, Mo., in 1946. Behind the stock cars are 33 refrigerator cars. Robert R. Malinoski photo […]
Four F7s take a train of refrigerator cars through a horseshoe curve near Gleed, Ariz., in the 1950s. A major line change in 1960 eliminated tough operating conditions like this for the Santa Fe across northern Arizona. Santa Fe photo […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Contributing editor Pelle Søeborg is currently building a new HO scale model railroad set in the Midwest. Like his previous layout, the new railroad focuses on the modern-day Union Pacific. In this short video clip, you can watch a long freight train of […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Contributing editor Pelle Søeborg is currently building a new HO scale model railroad set in the Midwest. Like his previous layout, the new railroad focuses on the modern-day Union Pacific. In this short video clip, you can watch a long freight train of […]
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DOT-111 tank cars placarded for alcohol transport sit in a yard in Bloomington, Ill., in 2013. Water Train managers say that tank cars decommissioned from crude oil, ethanol, and other services can be turned to water service for California agriculture. Steve Smedley California relies on rail to get produce to market, but would farmers pony […]
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Westbound stacks on the BNSF Clovis Sub glide through Mountainair, N.M., and begin their descent to Abo Canyon and Belen. Jan.1, 2013. BNSF Railway Police recently busted a ring of cargo thieves in this area. William P. Diven ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — While the public fixates on burning oil trains and security agencies contemplate terror […]
Now that scenes on Model Railroader magazine’s 3 x 7-foot N scale Red Oak layout are nearly compete, MR associate editor Eric White turns his attention to enhancing the rolling stock with realistic weathering effects. In this video, Eric shares his techniques for applying weathering powders on both dark and light-colored freight cars. […]
