The White Mountain Central Railroad is part of the popular family-owned Clark’s Trading Post amusement park deep in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. In operation since 1958, The White Mountain Central Railroad offers 30-minute excursions across the Pemigewasset River as part of your Admission Ticket. Your train ride takes you over a 1904 Howe truss-covered bridge […]
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Model train packaging: So it arrives in one piece
On October 10, 2022, at approximately 12:36 p.m. local time, a pallet carrying 846 LNER Dynamometer Cars fell off of a delivery truck at Rapido’s UK headquarters. Surprisingly (or unsurprisingly, as you’ll find out), none of the models were destroyed. In a time where more and more of what we purchase arrives in a cardboard […]
11 easy urban lighting tips for your model railroad layout
Trains.com Director David Popp shares 11 easy urban lighting tips to help model railroaders learn to light their layouts for nighttime operations. As if model railroads aren’t cool enough by themselves, adding miniature lights to the streets, buildings, and automobiles on your layout can make it so cool it glows – literally! Recently, I […]
Roaring Camp Railroads profile
Located in coastal wooded mountains, Roaring Camp Railroads runs two unique trains that offer the best of California scenery and vintage railroading. The Redwood Forest Steam Train operates steam-powered narrow-gauge trains through redwood forests, while the Santa Cruz Beach Train runs diesel-powered trips down a scenic river gorge to the Pacific Ocean. Choices Roaring Camp […]
Sacramento River Fox Train profile
Just outside of Sacramento, you’ll find a uniquely scenic and relaxing train ride through rich farm country and a sprawling wildlife refuge. Operating over a 1911 electric interurban route, the Sacramento River Fox Train rolls between the cities of West Sacramento and Woodland, traveling along the banks of its namesake river and through the Yolo […]
San Francisco Municipal Railway profile
San Francisco’s iconic cable car is forever linked to the City by the Bay. The San Francisco Municipal Railway operates a “living museum” of cable cars and historic streetcars in daily service, as well as light rail and buses. Choices Cable cars for the San Francisco Municipal Railway run on three lines: Powell-Hyde, Powell-Mason, and […]
Essex Steam Train and Riverboat profile
The Essex Steam Train and Riverboat, operated by the Valley Railroad Company, is unusual in offering a train ride that can be combined with a connecting riverboat excursion, providing scenic views of the Connecticut River from both rail and water. The 12-mile rail round trip from Essex station to Deep River and Haddam takes about […]
TSB investigating CP derailment in Mount MacDonald Tunnel
REVELSTOKE, British Columbia — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating a Canadian Pacific derailment inside the Mount MacDonald Tunnel on Rogers Pass that occurred Feb. 5, the Revelstoke Review newspaper reports. The newspaper reports that the TSB said that the train was westbound through the tunnel when 11 cars “began to lean,” leading […]
More lawsuits filed in wake of derailment
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Two additional class-action lawsuits have been filed in the wake of the derailment and fire of a Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine, Ohio. WKBN-TV reports that on Tuesday, Chase and Cheri Kinder, entities Bird Dog Hill Kennels and Stonybrook Kennel, and Pamela Taas field a lawsuit late Tuesday against NS in […]
Full Long Island Rail Road service to Grand Central Madison set for Feb. 27
NEW YORK — Full Long Island Rail Road service to Grand Central Madison — and the sweeping revision of the LIRR schedule that will accompany that move — will begin Monday, Feb. 27, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Wednesday. “Faster, more convenient travel that brings Long Island closer to the heart of the City will […]
Ohio to pursue funding to study Amtrak expansion
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has directed the Ohio Rail Development Commission to apply for federal funding to study adding Amtrak service on two corridors serving the state, the commission announced. The commission will seek $500,000 from the Federal Railroad Administration for studies of each corridor, a Cleveland-Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati route, and Cleveland-Toledo-Detroit service. Those […]
State bill advances for project to rebuild South Dakota short line
PIERRE, S.D. — A state legislative committee has endorsed funding for a project to help rebuild the Sisseton-Milbank Railroad, moving the appropriation bill forward, KELO-TV reports. The Senate Transportation committee unanimously approved the bill that would provide $6.25 million from the state’s general fund to help rebuild the railroad from its current state, which limits […]
