Hard knock life Northern Pacific track workers labor near new Bozeman Tunnel in Montana in 1945. Regardless of the location track workers had a hard, dirty job. Northern Pacific photo […]
Hard knock life
Section: Photos and Videos
Remembering Reading Company locomotives
All through October, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the gritty, coal-hauling, Pennsylvania-based Reading Company railroad. Please enjoy this photo gallery of Reading freight trains selected from the image archives of Kalmbach Media‘s David P. Morgan Library. Reading Company, as a railroad, disappeared into Conrail more than 40 years ago. But it is still possible to […]
Gaspe peninsula
Gaspe peninsula Canadian National train 119 is at the division point of New Carlisle, 104 miles into its 202-mile trip from Gaspe to Matapedia in 1975. Bill Linley photo […]
Chihuahua al Pacífico
Chihuahua al Pacífico Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico chop-nosed 515 and unadulterated sister 509 work a freight at La Junta, Chihuahua, in March 1975. The government-owned railroad began service in 1961 and became part of Ferromex in 1998. Keith E. Ardinger photo […]
Model railroad humor: Elementary
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PAs on parade
PAs on parade Santa Fe PA1s 75L and 78L hustle train 23, a nameless three-car remnant of the Grand Canyon, up Edelstein Hill west of Chillicothe, Ill., on Feb. 10, 1968. F.C. “Buck” Dumaine Jr. and the Delaware & Hudson saved the PA from extinction. J. David Ingles photo […]
ScaleTrains.com N scale General Electric Dash 9-40C diesel locomotive
ScaleTrains is back with its N scale GE Norfolk Southern Dash 9-40C. Take a look and listen to the feature-packed Rivet Counter line locomotive! […]
Rapido N scale GMD FP9
Join Eric White and Cody Grivno in the studio as they review Rapido’s new General Motors Diesel Division FP9 locomotive in N scale. […]
Clark Fork River
Clark Fork River Milwaukee Road tTrain 262 crosses high above the Clark Fork River at St. Regis, Mont., in August 1973 with a Little Joe leading three SD40-2s. Steve Schmollinger photo […]
Six grade crossings you can model
Grade crossings you can model are scene enhancers that you should consider adding to your list of projects. “Why a grade crossing?” you may ask. “I’d rather work on a locomotive, freight car, structure, or [fill in the blank with your favorite aspect of the hobby.]” I get it. Grade crossings you can model introduction […]
Texarkana train
Texarkana train After a crew change, Southern Pacific SD40T-2 8386 leads train MFLAT out of Texarkana, Texas, on August 31, 1985. At the right is the interlocking tower that protects the Cotton Belt’s crossing with the KCS main line to Shreveport. Scott D. Lindsey photo […]
Rapido HO scale B36-7 returns
Rapido has a second run of its popular GE B36-7 with new paint schemes and an update on some detail parts. Check out the video of our ESU LokSound 5-equipped model. […]
