Now on display at the Reading Co. Technical & Historical Society’s Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg, Pa., office car No. 15, the Henry E. Huntington, led a rich life. No. 15 served the Reading for 40 years. Then, Philip and Diana Goldman purchased, preserved, and used the car. Author of “Going Home” in August […]
A New York Transit R-142 subway car has discharged its passengers on the Lexington Avenue line No. 6 terminus in Manhattan. The train is about to go through City Hall loop station where it will pick up passengers on the northbound side. The movie derives its name from the location and departure time from the […]
A Norfolk Southern freight prepares to diverge from Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor onto NS track at Newport, Del., while Amtrak’s Vermonter passes, on Aug. 26, 2008. The NS freight is bound for the “Shellpot Secondary” and Edgemoor Yard in Wilmington, and has been riding the Corridor from Perryville, Md. […]
Daniel Malzhan and Tom Douglas put together new dining car recipes in Amtrak’s Wilmington, Del., test kitchen. All photos: Bob Johnston Amtrak is rolling out new menu items for long-distance dining car patrons and first-class Acela Express passengers. Trains magazine brings you the details behind the new offerings and what riders can expect in the […]
Before: Erie’s 1890 tower showed serious signs of deterioration by the early 200s when restoration work had begun. Curtis Springstead Ten years of dreams and five years of hard work will come to fruition at the end of 2009 when the former Erie Railroad WC Tower in Waldwick, N.J., reopens as a museum. The tower […]
Con-Cor International N scale Aerotrain Following the success of the HO scale Aerotrain, reviewed in the May 2008 issue of Model Railroader, Con-Cor now offers this articulated passenger train in N. The ready-to-run model is designed for direct-current layouts, but provisions are included for adding Digital Command Control and sound. Prototype history. The two nine-car […]
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VIA Rail Canada No. 692 “Hudson Bay” blasts through the snow at 50 mph at Dauphin, Manitoba, on March 26, 2009. […]
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Download the PDF of this project here. This PDF is formatted to print on your home printer. Most pieces are formatted to fit on a 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper. For larger parts of the plan, you will see “break lines.” Line up the break lines to create the larger piece. Despite our best […]
Model Railroader Associate Editor Dana Kawala runs the Kato N scale Broadway Limited around Managing Editor David Popp’s Naugatuck layout. The Kato GG1 easily pulled the entire 15-car train. Want to see more product videos? Subscribe to Model Railroader today! […]
Model Railroader Associate Editor Dana Kawala runs the Kato N scale Broadway Limited around Managing Editor David Popp’s Naugatuck layout. The Kato GG1 easily pulled the entire 15-car train. Want to see more product videos? Subscribe to Model Railroader today! […]
