Head-on collision aftermath

Northern Pacific Railway 2-8-2 crash in Montana

Northern Pacific 2-8-2 No. 1917 lies on its side after being hit head-on at nearly 50 mph by four F units on a freight train. The incident occurred at Wibaux, a lonely siding in far eastern Montana, on September 20, 1954. Wing Studios photo […]

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Video: HOn3 Iron Gorge Subdivision

a steam engine pulling freight cars over a bridge

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Bob Hamm’s HOn3 Iron Gorge Subdivision features scenes inspired by real life along the Denver & Rio Grande Western and Rio Grande Southern through southwestern Colorado. Watch narrow gauge steam locomotives haul freight and passenger trains along this spectacular model railroad. […]

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Video: HOn3 Iron Gorge Subdivision

a steam engine pulling freight cars over a bridge

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Bob Hamm’s HOn3 Iron Gorge Subdivision features scenes inspired by real life along the Denver & Rio Grande Western and Rio Grande Southern through southwestern Colorado. Watch narrow gauge steam locomotives haul freight and passenger trains along this spectacular model railroad. […]

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Layout tour of the Texas, Colorado & Western

Ron Marsh's N-scale layout, the Texas Colorado & Western Railway

This is a video layout tour of Ron Marsh’s N-scale layout, the Texas Colorado & Western Railway. The TC&W is a protolanced model of BNSF operations From Fort Worth, TX, into central Colorado in 2008. The layout is a double deck, point-to-point style with approximately 100 feet of visible mainline, a 9 1/2 turn helix […]

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Layout tour of the Texas, Colorado & Western

Ron Marsh's N-scale layout, the Texas Colorado & Western Railway

This is a video layout tour of Ron Marsh’s N-scale layout, the Texas Colorado & Western Railway. The TC&W is a protolanced model of BNSF operations From Fort Worth, TX, into central Colorado in 2008. The layout is a double deck, point-to-point style with approximately 100 feet of visible mainline, a 9 1/2 turn helix […]

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D&RGW Westbound Manifest

Westbound Denver & Rio Grande Western hauls an equally varied manifest freight over the Golden Spike Train Club of Utah layout

With a mid-1960s mix-n-match consist, a Westbound Denver & Rio Grande Western hauls an equally varied manifest freight over the Golden Spike Train Club of Utah layout. Heavy equipment, pipe, and a string of empty hoppers and gondolas headed back for more black diamonds give this train some character. […]

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D&RGW Westbound Manifest

Westbound Denver & Rio Grande Western hauls an equally varied manifest freight over the Golden Spike Train Club of Utah layout

With a mid-1960s mix-n-match consist, a Westbound Denver & Rio Grande Western hauls an equally varied manifest freight over the Golden Spike Train Club of Utah layout. Heavy equipment, pipe, and a string of empty hoppers and gondolas headed back for more black diamonds give this train some character. […]

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Dick Kitz’s Newton Creek Railroad

Dick Kitz's Newton Creek Railroad

Dick Kitz started this layout in 1970. It has been moved once to the present site. The primary railroad is Union Pacific, but he also has Southern Pacific. The railroad scenery is Colorado-based with narrow, as well as standard gauge. It’s in HO and HOn3, DCC. Most of the rail is hand-laid, although the newer […]

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Dick Kitz’s Newton Creek Railroad

Dick Kitz's Newton Creek Railroad

Dick Kitz started this layout in 1970. It has been moved once to the present site. The primary railroad is Union Pacific, but he also has Southern Pacific. The railroad scenery is Colorado-based with narrow, as well as standard gauge. It’s in HO and HOn3, DCC. Most of the rail is hand-laid, although the newer […]

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