Railfanning with dogs 101
Dogs & Trains Dogs and trains, for some train enthusiasts, seem to go hand in hand (or hand in paw).…
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General Electric U34CH diesel locomotives helped modernize commuter rail operations in northern New Jersey in the early 1970s. A passenger…
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In seeking the oddest of oddball locomotives, today we will follow our compass to California’s Ludlow & Southern, one of…
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In need of reliable medium-horsepower six-axle road switchers, Union Pacific’s Mike Iden turned to Progress Rail’s EMD subsidiary to rebuild…
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Jerry Strangarity’s Reading Co. in HO scale last appeared in the November 2010 issue of Model Railroader magazine. Since our…
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EMD’s GP20 Electro-Motive Division’s GP20 was the company’s first four-axle model to be fitted with a turbocharger, but its roots…
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Even if the shoe doesn’t fit, wear it! This is the sort of story that often leads to the most…
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The Fairbanks-Morse H20-44 was another mid-century diesel that didn’t. FM’s first foray into the diesel road-switcher market was…
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Amtrak Cincinnati services arose from the need to move people between the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest. Amtrak moved from Cincinnati Union…
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Take a ride along the rails of Lou Sassi’s On30 Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes model railroad, as SR&L No.…
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As classic as a ’67 Chevrolet Chevelle SS and as smooth as a Rolls Royce, the Rio Grande’s 2-8-2 Mikado…
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Ask anyone who covers railroads for a living and they’ll tell you — if they are honest — they couldn’t…
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