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Build a compact coal trestle
Oct 23, 2012·Build a Model Railroad·Model Railroader

Build a compact coal trestle

The drawing of this coal trestle is based on a prototype located on the Norfolk & Western Ry. in Montpelier,…

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Sundance Central
Oct 23, 2012·Track Plan Database·Model Railroader

Sundance Central

Name: Sundance Central Layout designer: Sundance Central modular railroad club Scale: 1:20.3-proportion, 3-foot gauge track Size: 40 x 45 feet…

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Cold winter’s night
Oct 19, 2012·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

Cold winter’s night

A westbound NJ Transit Main Line train of Comet I cars pulls out of the station at Waldwick, N.J., on…

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Norfolk Southern’s business cars
Oct 18, 2012·Ask Trains·Trains Magazine

Norfolk Southern’s business cars

Q What happened to the permanently coupled two business cars, the “Virginia” and the “Carolina,” that the Southern Railway provided…

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Waiting on go
Oct 18, 2012·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

Waiting on go

An Amtrak AEM7 rests between assignments at Washington Union Station on Jan. 14, 2009. Those motors don’t stay idle for…

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The doctor’s appointment
Oct 16, 2012·Railfan Stories·Classic Trains

The doctor’s appointment

Horseshoe Curve, 1940: Freight on track 1, passenger on track 2, smoke from a train climbing on track 3 or…

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AM radio antenna
Oct 15, 2012·Ask Trains·Trains Magazine

AM radio antenna

It may look like a tiny handrail, but this is actually an AM antenna installed on some 1940s-era passenger cars.…

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