Patricia Howell, a 14-year veteran of Seaboard Air Line’s stewardess-nurse program, poses with the observation car of the Silver Star in 1955. Fraser Hale photo […]
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Cleveland RTA set to have Siemens build new Red Line cars
CLEVELAND — The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority is prepared to have Siemens Mobility build new railcars to replace its Red Line rapid-transit fleet — but is not yet sure it has the funding to order the equipment. Cleveland.com reports the RTA Board of Trustees, in a committee of the whole, voted to advance a […]
B&O F units at Terra Alta
In a view from the first vestibule behind the power, Baltimore & Ohio F7s on a westbound troop train pass two other A-B-A sets waiting for their next helper assignment at Terra Alta, W.Va., in May 1953. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Pennsy J1a at the Columbus coal dock
Pennsylvania J1a 2-10-4 6483, one of 125 J1’s and J1a’s the PRR built at its Altoona shops in 1942–44 to the plans of Chesapeake & Ohio’s class T-1, stands under the coal dock at Columbus, Ohio, in July 1950. Classic Trains coll. […]
2-8-0 with a streamliner
After unloading at Seattle Union Station, the Milwaukee Road’s Olympian Hiawatha was towed south behind steam, backward and with diesels still attached, to a wye, where the train was turned to head for its ultimate destination, Tacoma. Eastbound, the process was reversed. In this late-1940s scene, 2-8-0 No. 1225 does the honors. Stuart B. Hertz photo […]
Why do some intermodal cars have different support wheels?
Cody Grivno discusses the Rochelle, IL webcam, and the reason why some intermodal cars feature different support wheelset variations. Are you looking to learn more about your model railroad, or do you have questions about full-size trains? We’d love to hear from you! Send us an email at: AskTrains@trains.com, or leave a question in the […]
Are home-mixed wood stains better for modeling than commercial stains?
Cody Grivno compares home-mixed wood stains and their commercially-available counterparts, talks about his experiences using both for modeling projects, and explains the process to mix your own wood stains for modeling. Are you looking to learn more about your model railroad, or do you have questions about full-size trains? We’d love to hear from you! […]
Santa Fe courier-nurses
Two of Santa Fe’s courier-nurses show off newly redesigned uniforms as they pose with one of the road’s Hi-Level coaches in 1969. ATSF photo […]
2-8-0 with a fraught history
Duluth & Northeastern 2-8-0 No. 16, pictured without her smokebox door inside the short line’s enginehouse in September 1954, went into a river in 1916, was caught in a wildfire in 1918, and was inside the old enginehouse when it burned down in 1952. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
Pennsy 0-6-0 at Williamsport
Pennsylvania Railroad class B6sb 0-6-0 No. 4027 has a small audience as it switches cars in Williamsport, Pa., in 1950. A. C. Kalmbach photo […]
C&O steam turbine
Chesapeake & Ohio 500 was one of three class M-1 steam-turbine-electric locomotives built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in 1946–47 for the new Chessie streamliner. But the road de-emphasized its passenger business, the Chessie never ran, and the M-1’s led short lives. Classic Trains coll. […]
What scale is the Bullseye Drill and Tap Jig set compatible with?
Cody answers a reader’s question regarding what scales and models the Bullseye Drill and Tap Jig set available on the Kalmbach Hobby Store is compatible with, and demonstrates it in action on a Athearn roundhouse line freight car. Are you looking to learn more about your model railroad, or do you have questions about full-size […]
