Saluda Grade: The next phase for the ‘Mountain of Challenge’
Saluda Grade There is a right way to build a railway up a mountain. The Swiss, for example, have covered…
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In this helpful, introductory effort, David Popp shares simple and easy techniques for adding a scene-extending background/view block to a…
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Christmas dinner in the dining car Fun travel and good food, along with presents and tasty egg nog, are essential…
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Just shy of two years after the CPKC merger, the Class I railroad has purchased its first “new” locomotives. The…
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Facts and features Name: Colorado PlainsScale: N (1:160)Size: 2′-43∕4″ x 8′-6″Prototype: BNSFLocale: Eastern ColoradoEra: ModernStyle: T-Trak modularMainline run: 182∕3 feetMinimum…
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Facts and features Name: Youngstown Model Railroad AssociationScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: 24 x 47 feetPrototype: freelanceLocale: northeast OhioEra: 1950 to presentMainline…
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Railfanning California’s Central Valley offers diverse operations, wide-open vistas, and plenty of action. Even so, the Central Valley gets no…
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Rail travel often involves changing trains. I’ve always delighted in the transition from one train to another. These can be…
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Amtrak SDP40F diesel locomotives were derived from the best-selling SD40-2 platform but were far from a success on their own.…
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Burlington Route passenger trains are part of Classic Trains‘ editors’ celebration of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy all through December…
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Illinois Central and the Bear In my years hanging around the North Cairo, Ill., depot — first Illinois Central, then…
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We all have “near misses” in our lives, and one of the biggest for me was the steam program of…
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