Carload traffic key to Canadian Pacific’s purchase of Central Maine & Quebec

Container train on bridge

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The opportunity to gain carload traffic was the main reason Canadian Pacific acquired 481-mile regional railway Central Maine & Quebec, which was once a part of the railway’s historic shortcut from Montreal to the Atlantic at Saint John, New Brunswick. The CMQ — which links the Montreal area with Irving-owned short lines […]

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Remembering Great Northern locomotives

Two diesel locomotives and one steam locomotive posing beside each other in a rail yard.

  All through September 2020 Classic Trains editors celebrate the history, legends, and grandeur of the Great Northern Railway. This month, we hope you enjoy a photo gallery of GN steam locomotives, electric locomotives, and diesel locomotives through time. You might also enjoy this history article; a photo gallery of passenger trains or Great Northern […]

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New model trains for the week of September 24, 2020

Southern Pacific class AC-4 4-8-8-2 Cab-Forward steam locomotive

HO scale locomotives Southern Pacific classes AC-4 and AC-5 4-8-8-2 Cab-Forward steam locomotives. Both classes offered in fantasy Daylight scheme, with black boiler with Southern Pacific lettering in two numbers, and with gray boiler with Southern Pacific Lines lettering. One number per scheme unless noted; also available painted but unlettered (AC-4 with black boiler and […]

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MTH O gauge RailKing Imperial Cab-Forward 4-8-8-2 steam locomotive

MTH O gauge RailKing Imperial Cab-Forward 4-8-8-2 steam locomotive

O GAUGE RAILKING IMPERIAL 4-8-8-2 BY MTH Price: $799.99 Stock no.: 30-1823-1 Features: O-31 operation, two can-style motors, ProtoSound 3.0 Command and sound system, smoke unit, remote coupler Low  speed (Cmd): 1.5 scale mph Low speed (Conv): 4 smph High speed: 65.8 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 7 oz. Current-production road names: Southern Pacific black,  […]

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Remembering Great Northern freight trains

Steam locomotive hauling a long freight train through a prairie.

  All this month — September 2020 — Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, history, and images of the Great Northern Railway. Please enjoy this photo gallery of images from the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include GN diesel- and steam-powered freight trains through time. You might also enjoy this […]

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HO scale Sante Fe Hereford Subdivision

HO scale Sante Fe Hereford Subdivision

The layout at a glance Name: Santa Fe Hereford Subdivision Layout owner: Sammy Carlile Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 25 x 25 feet Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Locale: between Amarillo, Texas, and Clovis, N.M. Era: summer 1995 Style: multilevel walk-in Mainline run: 225 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: […]

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New model trains for the week of September 17, 2020

Covered hopper

HO scale locomotives Union Pacific DDA40X diesel locomotive. Early anti-climbers and electrical cabinets, smoke lifters, and “Union Pacific Railroad” herald; early anti-climbers and electrical cabinets with “Railroad” patched out on herald; and late anti-climbers and electrical cabinets, beacon, cab-mounted air horn, and “Union Pacific” herald in two road numbers per scheme. Cab-mounted dual strobe lights, […]

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New model trains for the week of September 10, 2020

Blue diesel locomotive

HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD40-2 diesel locomotive. Athearn 75th anniversary (one road number); Arizona & California (Genesee & Wyoming scheme, two road numbers); Burlington Northern (1990s scheme with road number on long hood in two numbers; with herald and lettering on long hood in one number); Canadian Pacific (dual flags scheme, three numbers); Ferromex […]

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