Building a T-Trak module | Fences and Finishing Touches
Host David Popp is all set to add the final scenery details on his N scale (1:160) T-Trak module. Part…
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Some careers are more than just a way to make a living. Sometimes they represent history itself. The trick is…
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Photography has been my hobby since I retired as Amtrak’s company photographer in December 2012. In addition to trains, I…
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Although some units proved long-lived, the EMD NW5 sold just 13 copies. Although the pre-World War II EMD…
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Indiana’s Valpo Dummy commuter train could not garner the public support and funding needed to survive into the modern era.…
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Tank car history traces back more than 150 years. Today, tens of thousands of tank cars are in service on…
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David Popp’s scenery work is whittling down to assembling and placing various road signs and line poles on the N…
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It’s a small world after all… At the end of my Army gate story, I mentioned that the next day’s…
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Rock Island locomotives displayed a remarkable lack of diversity in the steam era. In contrast, during the diesel era, the…
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Train fans In every generation of train fans, there are those among us that feel they should have been born…
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First-generation locomotives First-generation locomotives: The North American locomotive industry is currently into a deep rebuild cycle to keep their rosters…
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America’s oldest railroad tunnels What seems like a straightforward question can have three different answers, depending on how you define…
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