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Two of the Lake Superior & Ishpeming’s three Alco RS2 road-switchers power one of the railroad’s freight trains. The LS&I, which once stretched 103 miles linking Munising, Marquette, and Ishpeming in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, continues to haul iron ore. A. C. Kalmbach photo […]
When railfans travel, they dream of finding a hotel that overlooks the tracks. Ken Kirkwood found such a place in El Roble, Calif., and took this interesting photo of a passing mixed train (freight and passenger) from his hotel room window. Ken, of Yucaipa, Calif., photographed the scene on his freelanced HO scale Ma & […]
A carman couples a red-and-orange Alco PA diesel to Southern Pacific’s Argonaut at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal coach yard shortly after NOUPT opened in 1954. Photo by James G. LaVake […]
With the eastbound loaded coal train clear of the Clay Siding switch, the engineer aboard Denver & Rio Grande Western GP30 no. 3007 is waiting for the dispatcher to give his westbound train permission to get back on the main. Mike Danneman of Arvada, Colo., took the photo on his N scale Rio Grande layout. […]
Denver & Salt Lake train No. 1, the day train to Craig, rounds a sharp curve in Rollins Canyon just east of Rollinsville, Colo. The D&SL’s low-drivered 2-8-0s like No. 122 were ideal for its route, but not much good for heavier trains. Few lasted long after the 1947 merger with the Denver & Rio […]
Chicago Surface Lines streetcar no. 3278 rumbles through a bungalow-lined south-side neighborhood on a cold morning in December 1944. The streetcar, a WP Car Corp. brass model, is based on a Brill prototype built in 1926. Bob Kosic of Orland Park, Ill., built the HO scale diorama, and his brother Matt photographed it. Model Railroader‘s […]
On May 12, 1962, Rock Island “motor” 9006 has a typically short train as it heads west with mixed No. 79 near Horton, Kan. The first of the 10 “baggage-car locomotives” left the roster in 1948, and by 1960 only the 9006, 9013, and 9014 remain. Frank Tatnall photo […]
Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pa., was one of many famous locations on the Pennsylvania RR, and Ed Dougherty re-created the scene on his freelanced HO scale PRR Eno Valley Division layout. Here, we see two Fairbanks-Morse CFA-16-4 diesel locomotives leading a manifest freight past the public viewing area. Lou Sassi took the photo. Model Railroader‘s […]
An article about the Pennsylvania Railroad’s new Keystone train in October 1956 Trains magazine (reprinted in 2015 in Classic Trains’ special edition More Trains of the 1950s) was titled “The Ankle-View Train” because of the unusual perspective the low-profile coaches afforded their riders when stopped at high-level platforms. This scene at Newark, N.J., explains all. Pennsylvania Railroad photo […]
Louisville & Nashville converted these 43-foot flatcars for trailer-on-flatcar service in 1955 by adding rub rails and jack connections. L&N marketed its service as “TOTE,” Trailer On Train Express.The trailers are an exterior-post, 32-foot type. Louisville & Nashville photo […]
With the westbound Pocahontas in tow, Norfolk & Western J class 4-8-4 No. 611 passes the tower at South Norfolk, Va., in July 1957. The locomotive still steams occasionally for Virginia Transportation Museum in Roanoke. H. Reid photo […]
George Sebastian-Coleman’s Central New Mexico layout features both On21⁄2 and On3. Dave Frary took the photo. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from our archives, celebrating decades of model railroad heritage and excellence. […]
