Doug Gary brought his Disneyland model from New Mexico to the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. Doug started building the display in 1998, and has been adding to it and traveling with it ever since. The trains on the layout are N scale. The layout is 4 by 20 feet. It’s made up of 9 modules, […]
Two Southern Pacific Mt-4s head east through Guadalupe, Calif., on an eastbound power move on October 4, 1954. Video by Brian Moore. […]
Doug Gary brought his Disneyland model from New Mexico to the Colorado Model Railroad Museum. Doug started building the display in 1998, and has been adding to it and traveling with it ever since. The trains on the layout are N scale. The layout is 4 by 20 feet. It’s made up of 9 modules, […]
Howard Gallagher’s HO scale Atlantic & Southern Railroad fills an 11 x 13-foot spare bedroom with scenes of heavy industry and mainline railroading. Enjoy this gallery of trackside photos of the A&S, including some of Howard’s custom-painted and detailed locomotives and rolling stock. This layout was also featured in the June 2019 issue of Model […]
The Westie Line today Ken Brody Ken Brody The Summer 2019 issue of Garden Railways features the Westie Line. Don’t miss the six-page feature on this gorgeous line! Owner Ken Brody shared these photographs from 1994, when he re-created a Golden Spike event on his line: These two photos were taken 25 years ago during […]
A low-floor Alstom Citadis light rail vehicle for United Arab Emirates has minimal truck components so it remains closer to the street. Steve Sweeney Q In the August 2015 issue of Trains, the article on Alstom light rail mentioned continuous low floors as a design feature. How does Alstom make this work? – Jack Munro, […]
The Westie Line today Ken Brody Ken Brody The Summer 2019 issue of Garden Railways features the Westie Line. Don’t miss the six-page feature on this gorgeous line! Owner Ken Brody shared these photographs from 1994, when he re-created a Golden Spike event on his line: These two photos were taken 25 years ago during […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale General Electric U23B diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives General Electric U23B diesel locomotive. New paint schemes. Low short hood: Missouri Pacific (blue and white) and Conrail Express (blue and white, one road number). New numbers: Low short hood: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (blue and yellow warbonnet); Chessie System […]
Click on the links at left to download the image sized appropriately for your computer screen. Engineer Ed West checks ahead as he eases his outside-frame Baldwin 2-8-0 – a recent acquisition for the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes – and its local freight up to the platform at Strong, Maine. Model Railroader contributing editor […]
More ideas for kid-friendly garden railroading Don’t miss the companion article, Kid-friendly garden railroading. How have you made a difference for kids in railways? Zones are USDA Hardiness Zones This longer version of Regional gardening reports from “Greening your railway” (Summer 2019 issue) includes nine reports, many photos and a variety of themes. Some […]
Drawings of the Mogul steam locomotive […]
PIKO America catalog PIKO America bulkhead flatcar LGB Coca-Cola engine LGB Sinclair Oils tank car Engines & rolling stock Accucraft, 3260 Central Ave, Union City CA 94587 has released a 1:32 scale Chinese Railways QJ-class 2-10-2 in both live steam and electric versions. The live-steam version is available in both Chinese Railways and Iowa Interstate […]
