Beyond the byline with Steve Smedley
What was your first byline in Trains? Steve Smedley: My first byline in Trains was “Confessions of a ‘Sacred Central…
Read moreWhat was your first byline in Trains? Steve Smedley: My first byline in Trains was “Confessions of a ‘Sacred Central…
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F40M-2F locomotives In the late 1990s, Amtrak converted a handful of its F40PH locomotives to locomotives suitable for freight service.…
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By the late 1930s, the Pere Marquette Railway had made a big splash in motive power acquisition. And rightly…
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Train signals All dark, two silent sentinels guard their respective tracks on the double-track main line. Just beyond them is…
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Railfanning with kids can be the most rewarding and/or the most frustrating experience. Regardless of a child’s interests or capabilities,…
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Connecticut Southern Railroad was created by short line holding company RailTex in 1996, assuming Conrail’s freight operations over 55 miles…
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Great Circus Train In January 2017, the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey circus announced it was closing down after more…
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Doug Dederick’s N scale Great Northern Kalispell Division is set in Montana in the late 1950s. The 29 x 36-foot…
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Mike Farrow’s N scale Norfolk & Western Pocahontas Division layout is set in southern West Virginia during the 1970s and…
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Irish Rail It was the early 1990s and I was an Electro-Motive Division export locomotive district sales manager in the…
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What was your first byline in Trains? Thomas Danneman: My first byline was in the March 2006 issue. I had…
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Facts and features Name: Milwaukee, Racine & Troy RR Layout owner: Model Railroader staff Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 28 x…
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