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The Lower Paxton & Northern engine terminal is a bustling place this morning. With two locomotives on the ready tracks, the hostler is set to fill the tender of the third engine with water. Bob Santos of Harrisburg, Pa., photographed the action on his indoor 1:24-proportion large scale layout. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day […]
O gauge enthusiast Bruce Baron typically shares with us here at Classic Toy Trains photos of steam engines on his layout. So it came as a surprise – and a very pleasant one – to receive this slick picture of a diesel pulling covered hoppers into the big city on his layout in Munson Township, […]
PHILADELPHIA — The City of Philadelphia has announced measures it will take when the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority begins enacting major service cuts this Sunday (Aug. 24, 2025). Meanwhile, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has announced new transit options for those in neighboring South Jersey. “We all know the best way to keep the region […]
MAYVILLE, N.D. — R.J. Corman’s Emergency Divisions have completed cleanup and recovery from what is being called the single largest derailment in U.S. history, involving 832 empty covered hopper cars stored by BNSF Railway near Mayville in advance of this year’s fall harvest. The cars were blown over by a June storm including a dericho […]
Atlas N scale EMD SD35 Scale: N (1:160) Price: Direct-current model with factory-installed speaker, $134.95; with ESU sound decoder, $249.95 Manufacturer: Atlas Model Railroad Co., 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205; 908-687-0880; shop.atlasrr.com Atlas N scale EMD SD35 features: Blackened metal wheels Body-mounted Accumate couplers Clear window glazing Directional, golden white light-emitting diode lighting Factory-painted […]
CHICAGO — Metra will add service on its most-used route, the BNSF Line, and make changes to two of its Union Pacific lines in September, the commuter operator has announced. On the BNSF Line between Aurora, Ill., and Chicago, the schedule effective Sept. 8 will include two new morning inbound express trains and two afternoon […]
WASHINGTON — After six weeks in positive territory, U.S. weekly rail traffic slipped slightly below 2024 levels during the week ending Aug. 16, 2025. According to statistics from the Association of American Railroads, traffic for the week was 512,970 carloads and intermodal unites, a drop of 0.7% from the same week a year ago. That […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX CEO Joe Hinrichs says his railroad strongly disagrees with the assertions that an activist investor made in a letter that was made public this week. Ancora Holdings seeks to force CSX to promptly engage in merger talks with BNSF or Canadian Pacific Kansas City — and argues that Hinrichs should be […]
I saw the obituary on Don Shaw’s passing in the Fall 2025 CTT. It brought back fond memories. I first met Don in the summer of 1975. I had just married that July and lived in Morris Plains, N.J., only a few miles from The Train Station store in Mountain Lakes. At the time, the […]
WASHINGTON — Amtrak has awarded contracts and begun activity preceding construction for modernization of yards in Boston, New York, and Washington to prepare them for the delivery of new Airo trainsets. “These investments are key to introducing our new Airo trains on the Northeast Corridor beginning in 2027,” Amtrak President Roger Harris said in a […]
The worst time of the pandemic left Robert Soderstrom trapped in the basement of his home in Grand Blanc, Mich. He figured there was nothing else to do except expand his O gauge railroad and take lots of pictures of trains. Frankly, we at Classic Toy Trains are pleased. Robert sent us this shot of […]
Canadian Pacific Alco RS3 No. 8400 leads a local into North Newport, Vt., on Neil Schofield’s HO scale Connecticut River Line layout. Neil added several detail parts to the Alco, a Kato model, so it would match the prototype. Lou Sassi took the photo. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from our archives, […]
