On West Virginia’s Cass Scenic Railroad, engine crews with three Shay locomotives signal each other with whistles for moves and stops. Steve Sweeney Q In the days of steam, when railroaders didn’t have radios or other one-to-one communication, how did the engineer on the lead locomotive communicate to the engineers in the “helper” locomotives as […]
Click on the link or image to download the plans. The prototype for this railroad depot is a former Buffalo & Susquehanna train station from Rushford, N.Y. The compact depot would make an interesting lineside addition to a model railroad. Harold W. Russell’s article about the station appeared in the September 2016 Model Railroader. […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division E8Am and E9A diesel locomotives. E8Am: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. Four road numbers (two each in DC and Digital Command Control). E9A: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (post-1959 repaint). Three road numbers (one in DC, two in DCC). Both models feature metallic finish, railroad-specific details, die-cast metal underframe, and Proto-Max […]
Click on the links to the left to download the appropriately sized image for your computer screen. High on the Mousebelly Branch of the 3-foot-gauge Devil’s Gulch & Helengon RR, engineer “Wild Bill” McFlannel guides his train of silver ore. Ron Foreman took this trackside photo on his HOn3 diorama. Click on the links to […]
The Kato N scale Amtrak Southwest Limited passenger train set features two newly tooled passenger cars. The model train is led by an all-new N scale Electro-Motive Division SDP40F diesel locomotive. Watch the train run along the main line of the Model Railroader staff’s N scale Salt Lake Route layout. […]
The Kato N scale Amtrak Southwest Limited passenger train set features two newly tooled passenger cars. The model train is led by an all-new N scale Electro-Motive Division SDP40F diesel locomotive. Watch the train run along the main line of the Model Railroader staff’s N scale Salt Lake Route layout. […]
Amtrak’s Lake Shore Limited pulls into downtown Chicago on Monday, July 25, with two Amfleet II diner-lounge cars in the consist. Recently discovered structural problems forced Amtrak to remove heritage diners, ones built in the 1940s and 1950s, and reassign structurally OK diners from certain trains, including the Lake Shore. Bob Johnston CHICAGO — Amtrak […]
As part of America’s bicentennial celebration, the American Freedom Train spent 21 months touring the country, displaying 500 artifacts of the nation’s history — ranging from George Washington’s copy of the Constitution to a moon rock — to more than 7 million visitors in 48 states. That journey, celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2016, was […]
A northbound Norfolk Southern freight passes the unique siding switch and signals at North Leesburg, Ind., on March 24, 2011. The Santa Fe-painted locomotive is a run-through from BNSF Railway. Photo by Bob Jordan […]
Associate editor Cody Grivno wraps up coverage of the National Train Show 2016 in Indianapolis. He’ll show you new model trains and model railroading products in HO, N, and Z scales from American Z Line, Athearn, Digitrax, Micro-Trains Line, and ScaleTrains.com. You’ll also get a look at some of the layouts on display at the […]
Associate editor Cody Grivno wraps up coverage of the National Train Show 2016 in Indianapolis. He’ll show you new model trains and model railroading products in HO, N, and Z scales from American Z Line, Athearn, Digitrax, Micro-Trains Line, and ScaleTrains.com. You’ll also get a look at some of the layouts on display at the […]
See some of the new model railroading products and model train layouts featured at the National Train Show 2016 held in Indianapolis, Ind. In part 1 you’ll see new HO and N scale model trains as Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno interviews representatives from Atlas, Bachmann, Kato, Walthers, and Woodland Scenics. You’ll also get […]
