Old model-railroad books
Marc Horovitz Here are a few of my favorite old model-train books, all published before 1960, in chronological order. There…
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Marc Horovitz Here are a few of my favorite old model-train books, all published before 1960, in chronological order. There…
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Santa Fe’s premier train, the Chicago-Los Angeles Super Chief, was the first to get dome cars. Santa Fe called them…
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Ringling’s Blue Unit circus train exits Huntsman Canyon at Moapa, Nev., June 15, 2010, oln its way to Las Vegas.…
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Southern Pacific 2-10-2 3757 rests at Sparks, Nev., in 1948. J. F. Larison I went firing on the Southern Pacific’s…
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USRA locomotives were born under unique circumstances. A confluence of circumstances led to the nationalization of many of America’s railroads…
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With its restoration complete but its boiler jacket incomplete, Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 tests on Sept. 20, 1979.…
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On a hot afternoon in August 1960, the year before the author began his Erie employment there, five Alco cab…
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Bruceton was a busy junction in west Tennessee on the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway. One engineer who worked…
Read moreWay back in 1940, I took a fling at railroading. After ditching art school, I went to work for the…
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Many of our model railroads have freight stations, but we don’t always make the most of their operational possibilities. Especially…
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Few would argue that Ted Benson is a great writer and photographer. His contributions to Trains over the years have…
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Click the image to download this interactive PDF. Many who love narrow-gauge railroads consider West Virginia’s Babcock State Park hallowed…
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