Lionel’s No. 400 Budd Rail Diesel Car
Four years after the Budd Co.’s Rail Diesel Car made its debut in 1949, Auburn Model Trains announced the first…
Read moreFour years after the Budd Co.’s Rail Diesel Car made its debut in 1949, Auburn Model Trains announced the first…
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In late November 1978, just after the Thanksgiving holiday, I was called off the Auburn extra board to deadhead to…
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Prototype locomotives and freight cars have body-mounted couplers, but that hasn’t always been the case on N scale models. Truck-mounted…
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Mind-blowing facts — New York Central passenger trains We are 50-plus years into the Amtrak era, which began on May…
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In the mid-1950s, in the waning days of steam on the New York Central, Trains Magazine Editor David P. Morgan…
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Railway Post Offices Mail moves by train In the 1830s, shortly after the establishment of the first railroads in the…
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Photo charters (not excursions) are an art form From coal to oil to electric, train photo charters are gaining momentum…
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The New York Central 4-8-2 Mohawks were the ultimate dual-service steam locomotives. For some railroads in the steam era, it…
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What is ground foam for model railroad layouts? When I first came across this phrase, I thought it was foam…
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The New York City High Line a sight to behold on Manhattan’s West Side. It was born of a vast…
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Learn how to seamlessly integrate model buildings into your train layout. Discover techniques for adding realistic dirt, gravel, and ground…
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Locomotive schemes After publishing a list of paint schemes last month called “Five of the worst locomotive paint schemes,” I…
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