New York Central 1938 20th Century Limited photos and drawings
Model Railroader magazine remains the leading source of information for our great hobby. You can get access to all of…
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Model Railroader magazine remains the leading source of information for our great hobby. You can get access to all of…
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The Cold hard tracks Crystal Lake was once used for harvesting ice. Blocks of ice were cut from the lake…
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Not everyone has a fabulous railroad library to work from, but the library at the Model Railroader offices didn’t get…
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Jerry A. Pinkepank 1 “Mountain Type” F3A. Briefly in 1947, EMD referred to its steam-generator-equipped, passenger-geared F3s as “The Mountain…
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A fast freight rides a two-railroad speedway in May 1971. Jerry A. Pinkepank 1 Cotton Belt freight. A St. Louis…
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A single photo from the 1950s of C&O’s ‘Sportsman’ at a small-city station at Staunton, Va., reveals plenty of small,…
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1 Split-point derail device. Considered more effective than a lifting-block derail when there is extra risk of cars rolling out…
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Click on the image or link to download a PDF of this drawing of the Union Pacific Big Boy In…
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Passenger car end details were pretty standard and most followed the pattern used on sleeping cars built by the Pullman…
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Railroad equipment sustains a great deal of wear and tear as the freight cars travel about the country. For this…
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Long stretches of elevated main line gave the New York Central RR’s 30th Street Branch its High Line nickname. New…
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In the December 2014 Model Railroader, Seth Neumann and Chris Drone wrote an article about using radio-frequency identification (RFID) and…
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