Early Santa Fe diesel locomotives
In 1931-32, Chief Mechanical Engineer Charles T. Ripley applied his European experience, along with his work on steam motorcar…
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Facts and features Name: Danforth, Hadley & NorthernScale: N (1:160)Size: 38 x 52 feetPrototype: freelanced, based on Northern PacificLocale: central…
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Has any class of homebuilt, remanufactured mainline steam locomotive ever performed as brilliantly as the Reading T-1 4-8-4? Given the…
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There is always the story of the locomotive that got away. For years back in the late 1960s, whenever…
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The Fore River Railroad, a 2.5-mile short line in Quincy, Massachusetts, has defied the odds by surviving and thriving for…
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David keeps the hammer down and drill humming, as he works to install the joists and subroadbed sections across the…
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Evaluating subroadbed options| When it comes to building a new model railroad, the foundation you use to support your trackwork…
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Determining reasonable reach | David Popp shows you how to establish the most reasonable depth — distance from front edge…
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In this episode, David demonstrates a simple process for plotting the track plan for the HO scale East Troy Industrial…
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I’ve been around long enough to have caboose memories. Am I really that old? I guess so. When I transferred…
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When the long-anticipated “Hill Lines” merger finally created the Burlington Northern on March 2, 1970, it was time not…
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Having six intercity passenger terminals at one time, and that doesn’t include the electric interurbans, is a muscle flex to…
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