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Transcripted from the CTT video series Truck’s Toy Trains. Trains.com members can watch it here. The Lionel Corp. released its first operating barrel car in 1954, which was two years after it brought out the No. 362 barrel loader. Contents of the box included the car and an insert that held a box of barrels […]
A Lionel Santa Fe passenger train outfit from 1952 is widely regarded as one of the best the company ever made. During the holiday season that year, the train maker introduced set No. 2190W, also known as the Super Speedliner, at the top of its O gauge lineup. That magnificent four-car passenger consist featured the […]
Nickel Plate Express A night of mystery, elegance, and a train ride. Leaving the worries of 2023 at the Hobbs Station, guests boarded the Nickel Plate Express train on Dec. 31, 2023. This sold-out train, figuratively, waved goodbye to the present landscape as 95 guests glided back in time and fearlessly entered the past in […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — MAX light rail service remains suspended throughout the Portland area as of this morning (Monday, Jan. 15) as a result of winter weather that hit the area on Saturday — with more on the way. Transit agency Tri-Met says in an advisory on its website the light rail service is suspended “until […]
MELBOURNE, Fla. — The National Transportation Safety Board will send a team to investigate after Brightline trains were involved in two fatal collisions with motorists who drove around operating crossing gates at the same grade crossing, the agency said on Saturday. In a post on the social media site X, the NTSB said it would […]
Q: I’m slowly building the industries on my HO layout and can’t seem to find one in particular: a glass plant. I see all types of industries one can buy in HO scale, but no one seems to make a glass plant. Why not? I once worked for one of the largest glass container manufacturers […]
CHICAGO — As subzero temperatures blanketed the country’s mid-section following blizzard conditions that postponed an NFL playoff game in Buffalo, N.Y., travelers counting on Amtrak to provide all-weather transportation scrambled to alter their plans. Additional trains have been added to previously reported cancellations [see “Amtrak announces another round …,” Trains News Wire, Jan. 10, 2024]. […]
Lake Shore Limited dining car In profiling a train for Trains’ 1,000th issue whose New York and Boston sections average just under 1,000 miles, it isn’t possible to relate more than a fraction of what has made trips aboard the Lake Shore Limited so memorable through the years. [See “Lake Shore Limited: A Survivor,” Trains, […]
The Pennsylvania Railroad was a coal-hauling road if there ever was one. Lists of heavy trains were pulled by a major fleet of standardized freight locomotives. There were 475 of the 2-8-2 L-1 class erected and were a mainstay of the coal and general freight fleet for decades on the railroad. In 2014, MTH added […]
GORE, Va. — A sand mine that has provided the majority of carload traffic for the original main line of the Winchester & Western Railroad for 80 years is preparing to close, with an uncertain impact on what is now the railroad’s Virginia Division. The Winchester Star reports the mine in Gore stopped accepting orders […]
Almost every railroad has its “other” passenger train. You know, the lesser known one usually received far less press. The one that deviated here and there from the timetable of the premier train that plied the route. Thumb through a company history and you soon realize Southern Pacific had lots of them. Almost […]
Like several other model railroaders, I lost my “right” to more layout right-of-way within our house several decades ago. Nevertheless, building a layout is perhaps the most enjoyable aspect of the hobby for me. Despite having two operating model railroads in the house, I still wanted to build more. At train shows I noticed many […]
