Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Ron Mei’s HO scale Sunset Route fills 58 x 68 feet with scenes of railroading in the 1950s through southern Arizona and California. The model railroad features many prototype based scenes, including Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal. See passenger and freight trains in […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Ron Mei’s HO scale Sunset Route fills 58 x 68 feet with scenes of railroading in the 1950s through southern Arizona and California. The model railroad features many prototype based scenes, including Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal. See passenger and freight trains in […]
Rotary OY rests at Chama, N.M., in August 2018. The railroad expects to run the plow, and offer a limited number of tickets to the event, in early 2020. Jim Wrinn CHAMA, N.M. – The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad will be moving it 3-foot-gauge rotary snow plow from Chama, N.M. to Antonito, Colo. for […]
On May 25, 2019, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad opened its season with doubleheaders, departing from Chama, N.M., and Antonito, Colo. The 64-mile route goes through the scenic Toltec Gorge and climbs the 10,000-foot Cumbres Pass. It is one of the most beautiful scenic railroads in the United States as voted by the 2018 […]
DENVER — Colorado officials are soliciting proposals to study the feasibility of rail passenger service along the Front Range with a 173-mile corridor from Pueblo to Fort Collins. The request from the Southwest Chief & Front Range Passenger Rail Commission, along with the Colorado Department of Transportation, has issued the request for proposals to study […]
An outbound Denver RTD Southeast Rail Line light rail train meets an inbound train at the Denver University station in 2018. The extension of the Southeast line from the Lincoln station to three stations in Lone Tree, Colo., opened on Friday. TRAINS: David Lassen LONE TREE, Colo. — Denver’s Regional Transportation District has opened a […]
UP steam program manager Ed Dickens hammers home wood blocking to rerail No. 4014. The locomotive derailed Thursday afternoon in the Rawlins, Wyo., yard. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn The UP steam crew walks No. 4014’s two derailed drivers back onto the rail at Rawlins, Wyo. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn RAWLINS, Wyo. — The world’s largest operating steam […]
PALISADE, Colo. – A speeding car careened off a road and crashed into the Mammoth Locomotive Works, starting a devastating fire and killing the driver of the car. A full-size replica of a Rio Grande Southern steam locomotive under construction sustained minor damage, although much of the shop’s machinery was extensively damaged by fire and […]
A Geep and a heavyweight office car went on the ground at Heber City, Utah, on Saturday as a chartered train carrying four railroad historical societies derailed as it left the station. Justin Strickland HEBER CITY, Utah — A special train carrying hundreds of railfans attending four historical society conventions in the Salt Lake City […]
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. – Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 has a tough act to beat during the week this week after a stellar Sunday, May 5 appearance heading to its final destination for the day, Rock Springs, Wyo. Much of the local community turned out to see the 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive, but the big […]
The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad began its full season on May 4, 2019, with the first train from Durango, Colo., to Silverton, Colo. The first train was met with fanfare, including the Silverton Brass Band and folks dressed in 19th-century apparel. The Silverton Gunfighters performed a reenactment of a gunfight between the good […]
Doug Gary brought his Disneyland model from New Mexico to the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. Doug started building the display in 1998, and has been adding to it and traveling with it ever since. The trains on the layout are N scale. The layout is 4 by 20 feet. It’s made up of 9 modules, […]
