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In a 1953 view from Canadian Pacific’s S.S. Princess Helene docked at Digby, Nova Scotia, after a trip over the Bay of Fundy from Saint John, New Brunswick, a CP 4-6-2 backs the head-end cars of train 98 out onto the pier to receive baggage and mail from the ship. Another engine will bring 98’s […]
Southern Railway 2-8-2 No. 4505 — sister to excursion star 4501 — tramps up Saluda Grade in the pouring rain on Aug. 3, 1950. You can bet there’s another engine shoving hard on the rear to get the train up the 4.7 percent grade. August A. Thieme Jr. photo […]
In a 1954 view from the running board of NKP Berkshire 703, standing in the siding at New Douglas, Ill., with freight 49, sister 710 roars by with eastbound 98. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Cody Grivno explains where you can find HO scale boxcars (with positionable or sliding doors) from several manufacturers. If you can’t find that information on the website , write to the company, most manufacturers have a contact us form on their website. Do you want to know more about the features on model railroad equipment, […]
Denver & Rio Grande Western 3600, first of the road’s 20 superb L-131 and L-132 2-8-8-2s, crosses the Arkansas River west of Princeton, Colo., with a westbound freight. LeRoy Wilkie photo […]
Cody Grivno shows you where to find a specific set of drawings. Are you trying to track down past drawings from MR? Or do you want more information on a prototype locomotive? Our freight car? Send us an email: AskTrains@trains.com […]
Cody Grivno shows you where to find a specific set of drawings. Are you trying to track down past drawings from MR? Or do you want more information on a prototype locomotive? Our freight car? Send us an email: AskTrains@trains.com […]
Baggage-express cars are spotted at Railway Express Agency’s Nashville terminal in 1962. Several of REA’s distinctive delivery trucks can be seen on the other side of the building. Railway Express Agency photo […]
The 3-foot-gauge Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn was built in 1875 and in 1928 electrified its double-track line along the shore north of Boston. Business was brisk at first, as attested by this scene at Crescent Beach, Mass. Nevertheless, the BRB&L was abandoned in 1940. General Electric photo […]
Passenger cars of the moribund Bridgton & Harrison languish in the 2-foot-gauge line’s yard at Bridgton, Maine, in 1940. B&H was abandoned the following year. Robert B. Adams photo […]
Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 No. 277, streamlined in 1940 for the new Dixie Flagler, powers through Louisville’s Crescent Hill neighborhood with train 8 for Cincinnati in 1949. Charles B. Castner photo […]
Cody Grivno explains different paint schemes of tank cars and what they are used for. Do you have questions about prototype rolling stock? Or, do you want information on how to model them? Drop us an email: AskTrains@trains.com. And, if there are other paint schemes that you’ve seen applied to tank cars, let us know […]
