Trains LIVE — National Railroad Museum library expands — 8-16-2023 — It was a good idea, no great idea, at first. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. In 2016, the Merrill (Wis.) Historical Society began gathering books and ephemera, for a railroad library within its local history collection. The library was unique in North Central Wisconsin […]
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Trains, October 2023
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Model Railroader, October 2023
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August 2023
In every issue News, p. 6 The recently approved merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern is going to court Bill Stphens p. 12 Can U.S. railroads bounce back from a dismal decade? Travel p. 46 Riding South Dakota’s steam- powered Black Hills Central Preservation p. 48 Southern Railway No. 722 restoration begins […]
Summer 2023
Welcome Be careful for what you wish Head End A potpourri of railroad history, then and now Fast Mail Letters from readers on our Spring 2023 issue Mileposts Commentary by Kevin P. Keefe True Color Toronto three-in-one Short Rails Cornwall Railroad at Lebanon, Pa. Classics Today Mark Twain Zephyr reborn The Way It Was […]
Classic Trains, Fall 2023
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Big Skies & Iron Rails, Coal Hauling Trains
Tons of Black Gold rides the rails under Big Skies. Tom Danneman is frequently there to capture these unit trains, so we’ve compiled this video of heavy haulers working the western main lines. These big trains and even bigger skies are all part of what makes Tom’s brand of contemporary railfanning so compelling to view […]
Big Skies & Iron Rails, Coal Hauling Trains
Tons of Black Gold rides the rails under Big Skies. Tom Danneman is frequently there to capture these unit trains, so we’ve compiled this video of heavy haulers working the western main lines. These big trains and even bigger skies are all part of what makes Tom’s brand of contemporary railfanning so compelling to view […]
Building Trees
As work on the HO scale Freemont Mills model railroad continues, Eric White shares his technique for making realistic trees from scratch! The Super Trees natural product is at the root (pun intended) of all his work. After he shows how to model these trees, Eric also demonstrates helpful hints for installing them on a […]
Building Trees
As work on the HO scale Freemont Mills model railroad continues, Eric White shares his technique for making realistic trees from scratch! The Super Trees natural product is at the root (pun intended) of all his work. After he shows how to model these trees, Eric also demonstrates helpful hints for installing them on a […]
Trains LIVE — East Broad Top
Trains LIVE — East Broad Top — 7-26-2023 — Next to the restoration of Union Pacific No. 4014 — Big Boy — the re-birth of the East Broad Top Railroad has been one of the most talked about rail preservation events in recent years. The EBT, located around Rockhill Furnace, Pa., was built beginning in […]
Trains LIVE — East Broad Top
Trains LIVE — East Broad Top — 7-26-2023 — Next to the restoration of Union Pacific No. 4014 — Big Boy — the re-birth of the East Broad Top Railroad has been one of the most talked about rail preservation events in recent years. The EBT, located around Rockhill Furnace, Pa., was built beginning in […]
