In the December 2018 issue of Model Railroader, Tom Houle shows how he scratchbuilt an exact O scale model of the Soo Line train depot in Dallas, Wis. As an online bonus, download the cutting diagrams featured in the story, as well as the standard plans for a Wisconsin & Northern depot that he used […]
New York Central 4-8-2 3008 looks across the turntable at the Cincinnati Union Terminal roundhouse one evening in September 1954. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
A night shoot at the Superior depot with museum equipment in 2006 highlights the restored sign. Steve Glischinski SUPERIOR, Wis. – The former Soo Line passenger depot in Superior will soon be home to a brewery and restaurant. Thirsty Pagan Brewing plans to move from its current location in Superior to the depot, with opening […]
Santa Fe FP45 No. 108 running through its paces at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Southern California on Saturday, Oct. 6. David R. Busse An image of the restored interior of Santa Fe FP45 No. 108. The cab’s green paint is correct “EMD green” for its restoration in an as delivered appearance. David R. […]
The second Super C test run set a record with a 34-hour 35-minute run from Chicago to Los Angeles in January 1968. Crane operators had the first trailer on the ground about a minute after arrival. Santa Fe photo […]
Two Erie trains, a doodlebug with a Stillwell coach and a Pacific with four Stillwells, climb the steel viaduct out of Jersey City before entering the “Bergen Arches.” Erie Railroad During the 1930s as I was growing up, my father worked for the Erie Railroad as a machinist. One of the perks of his railroad […]
In September 1954, New York Central 2-8-2 1305 wades through the weeds on a branch line extending from East Alton to Hillsboro in southwestern Illinois. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
A dramatic nighttime photo shows an oil train on the Erie Railroad during World War II, when German submarines menaced coastal shipping, forcing petroleum from the Gulf Coast onto the rails. Erie photo […]
Santa Fe Railway No. 3895, a 2-10-2 Santa Fe type named for the road that originated the wheel arrangement, hauls a freight east up California’s Cajon Pass in 1949. Donald Sims photo […]
C&O EMD GP7 No. 5704 and its new as-delivered cosmetic restoration on the Lebanon Mason & Monroe Railroad in Lebanon, Ohio. Lebanon Mason & Monroe Railroad LEBANON, Ohio – A Chesapeake & Ohio EMD GP7 has been restored to its as-delivered blue-and-gold paint scheme. C&O GP7 No. 5704 is the latest restoration project to ply […]
The Rock Island locomotives were originally built in the 1940s to power the railroad’s premiere ‘Rocket’ trains Rob Schriener CHICAGO – An appearance at LaSalle Street Station by two historic streamlined Rock Island diesels — E8 No. 652 and E6 No. 630 — during Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765’s Joliet Rocket event Sept. 15 […]
An old GE doodlebug provided passenger services on the Apalachicola Northern in the 1940s. Classic Trains coll. I’m clutching the grab iron on the back of a steam locomotive cab, my feet on the apron between the engine and tender. I’m vibrating head to toe, with the heat from the boiler all over me. How […]
