The engineer of Southern SD35 3007, preparing to depart East St. Louis in April 1968, invited me up for a cab ride—but logistics intervened. J. David Ingles Over the years, I’d bet most of us non-railroaders who’ve been out taking train pictures have received a spontaneous invitation from an engine crew we encountered. And how […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Diesel SD70ACe diesel locomotive. New paint scheme: Union Pacific (“Spirit of the Union Pacific”). Vinyl m.u. hoses, light-emitting-diode headlights and ditch lights, and late handrails. Direct-current model, $239.98; with dual-mode SoundTraxx Tsunami2 sound decoder, $329.98. June 2018. Genesis series. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com General Electric ES44AC diesel locomotive. BNSF Ry. (Heritage […]
Controls for measuring the length of a train (circled) are integrated into the touch screen Video Information Display on an EMD SD70ACe. Tom Danneman Q If an engineer has a train with 100 or more cars and he gets a signal to take the siding, how does he know when he and all the cars […]
Name: Todd Haskins Railroad Name: Cape Cod Central Location: Cape Cod Theme: Fun Description: I rebuilt my scratched/ bashed heavy duty depressed center flatcar so it could handle bigger loads. I cut out the short 7″ deck and replaced it with a 12″. One day I was rail fanning at the main yard and spotted […]
Name: Ilya Krishtal Railroad Name: Moscow region railroad Location: Russia, Zhavoronki village Scale: 1:22.5 (G) Theme: First snow in Moscow region Description: Another video from my garden railroad. First snow in our location. […]
Photo 1 The Tempinski family shares the fun of working on the Perryman Valley Railroad. Michele has evolved a tree technique that works. In front, she’s lined up open clumps with multiple trunks. Several others hug the buildings. She used to grow English boxwood (Buxus sempervirens var.) but now prefers Japanese small-leaf box (Buxus microphylla […]
Nancy Norris Common name: Littleleaf box or boxwood, small-leaf boxwood Latin name: Buxus microphylla USDA Hardiness Zones: 5-9 (4-10 with proper cultivation) Cultural needs: Well drained, neutral or slightly acidic soil; sun or part shade Plant size: 6″ to 4′ high and wide, depending on cultivar Railroaders welcome bright-green miniatures and dwarfs from the group […]
Bachmann Eggliner LGB Alpine Classic Salon Car Piko Railbus Locomotives and rolling stock Bachmann Trains, 1400 East Erie Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19124, is releasing the former Aristo-Craft Eggliners in five new paint schemes: Christmas (illustrated), Easter, Independence Day, Halloween, and Ladybug. These self-propelled units feature a seamless one-piece shell, LED headlights and marker lights, and […]
Marc Horovitz 16mm scale coach kit Brandbright Ltd. Unit 3 Holland Business Park Holland Way Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 7TA United Kingdom Price: £57.50 + s&h Website: http://brandbright.co.uk 16mm scale, all-wood coach kit (#PS23); white-metal and brass detail parts; supplied without wheels and couplers; laser-cut wooden parts; tab-and-slot construction; window glazing; full interior; painting guide; […]
Garden Railways: The Complete Collection 1984-2015 Kalmbach Publishing Co. PO Box 1612 Waukesha WI 53187 Price: $89.95 Website: www.KalmbachHobbyStore.com Pros: Two-DVD set contains all issues of Garden Railways from 1984 through 2015, plus scaled plans and the Sidestreet Banner; definitive archival collection; functional and attractive user interface; fast searches Cons: Text sharpness of early issues […]
Take a trip down memory lane by re-visting some of our favorite covers from the past. […]
MAJESTY IN MOTION: Atlas O’s much anticipated F7 diesels have arrived, and these are some of the most striking locomotives to ride the three-rails. The O gauge models have two can-style motors, a die-cast metal chassis, and a smoke unit. A-units include a scale pilot and operate on O-36 or wider-diameter track. B units require […]
