A few minutes out of Milwaukee, CMStP&P Pacific 192 rolls into suburban Wauwatosa, Wis., with train 23, an afternoon local to Madison in September 1954. Watching the action by the station steps is Trains magazine Editor David P. Morgan. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Bound for Grand Central Terminal, a New York Central M.U. train passes under the Henry Hudson Parkway bridge at Spuyten Duyvil, N.Y., in the late 1940s or early ’50s. In the background, NYC’s line down the West Side of Manhattan bridges the Harlem River where the Harlem meets the Hudson. Herbert H. Harwood Jr. photo […]
A Baltimore & Ohio class P-6 Pacific passes CM Tower at Du Bois, Pa., with Pittsburgh–Buffalo train 252 in September 1955. This is the old Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh, which became part of B&O in 1932. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Q: Where do you find HO scale American flags? Cody Grivno explains where you can find Old Glory to put on your model railroad. There are several options mentioned in this video, so check it out. Do you have other questions about model railroading, or would you like to know more about full-Size trains? Send […]
Q: Where do you find HO scale American flags? Cody Grivno explains where you can find Old Glory to put on your model railroad. There are several options mentioned in this video, so check it out. Do you have other questions about model railroading, or would you like to know more about full-Size trains? Send […]
The New Berlin & Winfield was a 3-foot-gauge short line in central Pennsylvania extending from Winfield on the west shore of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River to New Berlin. It opened in 1905, quite late for a narrow-gauge common carrier. NB&W 2-6-0 No. 2, photographed at New Berlin around 1910, went to Argent […]
Between Dallastown Junction and Yoe, Pa., on the Maryland & Pennsylvania, railfans fill a flatcar outfitted with railings during a fantrip on Oct. 6, 1940. William M. Moedinger photo […]
Q: Where do you find street signs? Cody Grivno explains where you can find street signs in HO, N and O scales for your model railroad. He suggests checking out Blair Line LLC. Each set from this company includes over 130 different street names as well as scale, 3″ diameter posts. They have a really […]
Q: Where do you find street signs? Cody Grivno explains where you can find street signs in HO, N and O scales for your model railroad. He suggests checking out Blair Line LLC. Each set from this company includes over 130 different street names as well as scale, 3″ diameter posts. They have a really […]
In a 1958 view from a car headed east on Roosevelt Road near West Chicago, Ill., an Elgin, Joliet & Eastern 2,000 h.p. Baldwin center-cab diesel crosses with a northbound freight train. Russ Porter photo […]
Central of Georgia launched two new intrastate streamliners in 1947. At an unidentified location, the Atlanta–Savannah Nancy Hanks II (left) stands beside the Columbus–Atlanta Man o’ War. Central of Georgia photo […]
Cody Grivno looks up possible speeders for readers that are looking to add these to their model railroads. For instance, you can look at eBay or at swap meets for them. Walthers does make a kit that includes one called the Trackside Structures Set. Do you have questions on full-size maintenance away equipment, or are […]
