On a lazy summer afternoon, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy GP7 no. 262 brings a local past Lang’s Dairy Farm. The train will continue down the branch line to Union Star, Mo., making setouts and pickups along the way. Lou Sassi photographed the scene on Dick Wolter’s HO scale CB&Q Brookfield Division layout. Dick lives […]
Snow begins to melt on an early spring day in 1974 as two six-axle General Electric “U-boats” head south along Seneca Lake at Geneva, N.Y., on the former New York Central “Fall Brook” line. Ken Kraemer photo […]
Amtrak’s train no. 7, the Empire Builder, glistens in the late afternoon sun as it operates over the Wisconsin & Michigan. Dave Rickaby photographed the scene outdoors on the Wisconsin & Michigan Model Railroad Club’s HO scale layout. The Amtrak equipment is owned by Joe Seidl. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from […]
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific had a fleet of 85 4-8-4 Northerns, largest in the country. Here, No. 5058 leads a westbound freight near Lawrence, Kans., in January 1952. Robert P. Olmsted photo […]
Penn Central class N5C cabin no. 23050 is painted Jade Green, but there’s no doubt that it’s an ex-Pennsylvania RR car. The cabin is on the end of a coal train rolling along the banks of the Monongahela River on Rob Enrico’s O scale Penn Central layout. Paul Dolkos photo Model Railroader‘s Photo of the […]
The remains of Santa Fe GP38 No. 3552 lie in a ditch following a sideswipe incident at Booth, Texas, on April 14, 1973. A southbound train struck the rear cars of a northbound train. The subsequent derailment and fire destroyed three GP38s. Steve Patterson photo […]
New York Central 2-8-0 Consolidation no. 1147 eases its train up to Starrucca station platform right on time. With only a dozen passengers waiting, today’s station stop should be quick. Arnie Steiner of Staten Island, N.Y., took the photo on his freelanced N scale Susquehanna Valley & Gulf Summit Ry. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the […]
The Rio Grande’s Tennessee Pass line traversed Colorado’s Royal Gorge west of Pueblo on the road’s route to Utah. Here, the Royal Gorge passenger train with an Alco PA for power pauses for its customary sightseeing stop in its namesake. W. A. Peters photo […]
It’s June 1937, and the two-year-old Boston & Maine Flying Yankee is still in pristine shape. The train is emerging from the Hoosac Tunnel on Bill Moore’s HO scale Bedford Mountain Division of the B&M. Bill, of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., also took the photo. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from our […]
Chicago & North Western train 6, heavy with mail and express, speeds east near Dekalb, Ill., in 1949. H-1 class 4-8-4 No. 3014 is one of 24 such rebuilt locomotives on the roster, built by Baldwin in 1929 as the H class and retired between 1950 and 1956. Classic Trains collection […]
Railroads and paper mills were important industries in Bellows Falls, Vt., in the mid-1800s, and they still are today. Here, a Springfield Terminal SD26 and a Boston & Maine U30C rumble past the Liberty Paper Products mill. Thomas Nordanberg took the photo on Ole Pade’s HO scale New England-themed layout in Sollentuna, Sweden. Model Railroader‘s […]
For World War II, the U.S. military adopted a six-axle variation of Alco’s 1941 RS1 for overseas duty. U.S. Army No. 8052 is shown at Tehran, Iran, in 1945. Alco photo […]
