AC traction: a motive power boss’s perspective
EDITOR’S NOTE: When we asked the Class I railroads for input on the May 2010 locomotive column on the subject…
Read moreEDITOR’S NOTE: When we asked the Class I railroads for input on the May 2010 locomotive column on the subject…
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The toy train hobby, like any other, has its own language. We at Classic Toy Trains try to avoid using…
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Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern SD40-3 no. 6097 is on point of train 486 as it glides through Elm Grove, WI…
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Norfolk Southern train 119 thunders through Salisbury, N.C., on Jan. 23, 2008, led by SD60 No. 6694. Photo by Clint…
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Across the country, the stories play out simultaneously on a weekday morning: Two businessmen headed for the 8:03 Boston-bound Acela…
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What will railroading look like 27 years from now? Will yards be jammed, main lines clogged, and trains backed up…
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Name: Black Stag Lumber Co. RR Layout owner: Allen Hare Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 20 x 22 feet Prototype: Mann’s…
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Name: Lost Island Bluffs Ry. Layout designer: Robert P. Foster Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9 x 11 feet Prototype: freelanced,…
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Name: Roanoke & Southern Layout owner: Jeff Kraker Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 9′-31/2″ x 22′-6″ Theme: freelanced Eastern coal hauler…
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If you want a glimpse of railroad operations six decades ago, this map of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy provides…
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This map of the Kansas City Southern and Louisiana & Arkansas (just prior to their 1939 operational merger) is based…
Read moreTrains Magazine looks at passenger trains per day across the United States in its May 2010 issue. Our “Map of…
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