Abandoned railroads In railroad operations, what is an abandoned railroad? If a railroad abandons a part of its line, does it still physically own the right-of-way? But who owns the right away when the tracks go away? Using some online resources, Cody answers this question in this video of Ask Trains. Do you have questions […]
Elderly Milwaukee Road 2-6-2 No. 926 switches cars at Merton, Wis., as it works its way back toward Milwaukee from the end of the North Lake Branch in the late 1940s. Classic Trains coll. […]
Rock Island train 34 rocks and rolls its way into the yard at El Dorado, Ark., in February 1980, a few months before the troubled carrier shut down. Paul D. Schneider photo […]
What do you do if you have a car that has different colored numbers on each side and you want to change them? Cody answers this question in this video of Ask Trains. Are you looking to learn more about your model railroad, or do you have questions about full-size trains? Send us an email […]
What do you do if you have a car that has different colored numbers on each side and you want to change them? Cody answers this question in this video of Ask Trains. Are you looking to learn more about your model railroad, or do you have questions about full-size trains? Send us an email […]
Southern Railway 0-8-0 1868 works at Appalachia, Va., on May 27, 1952 — its final day of service. Ed Theisinger photo […]
Restored steam locomotives We are blessed with an abundance of steam locomotives that are in operating condition today. But do they use modern technology to function? Cody answers this question in this video of Ask Trains. Do you have questions on model railroading or full-size railroads? Send us an email at: AskTrains@trains.com ………………………………… Ask Trains is […]
Louisville & Nashville E7s 761 and 756 are ready to depart the road’s Canal Street Station, New Orleans, with the Humming Bird for Cincinnati sometime in the 1950s. L&NHS collection […]
This Texas & Pacific express boxcar (note the steam and signal lines) is labeled for mail storage and painted in the road’s passenger colors. Roy C. Meates photo […]
Replacing the couplers Need to replace the couplers on your scale model? Cody answers this question in this video of Ask Trains. Are you looking to learn more about your model railroad, or do you have questions about full-size trains? Send us an email at: AskTrains@trains.com ………………………………… Ask Trains is a regular video feature of Trains.com […]
Replacing the couplers Need to replace the couplers on your scale model? Cody answers this question in this video of Ask Trains. Are you looking to learn more about your model railroad, or do you have questions about full-size trains? Send us an email at: AskTrains@trains.com ………………………………… Ask Trains is a regular video feature of Trains.com […]
In 1931, two years after placing in service a fleet of 20 conventional 2-10-4s, Canadian Pacific constructed an experimental version. Class T4a No. 8000 had three cylinders and a multi-pressure boiler that supplied 250 PSI steam to the two outside cylinders and 850 PSI steam to the inside cylinder. It was retired in 1936. Classic […]
