Discover the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

Sideview of an old steam locomotive being looked over by a crewman wearing bib overalls

Steam over Cumbres Pass On a sunny June morning in Antonito, Colorado, Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad’s 4-6-0 No. 168, built by Baldwin in 1883, is readied for another run over the mountains. Its relatively tall 46-inch drivers made it suitable for fast passenger service. Carl Swanson The 64-mile-long Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is […]

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Model Railroader Photo of the Day: Soo Line caboose

A red caboose on a model freight train in a forested setting on a model railroad layout

Soo Line double-sheathed caboose no. 573 marks the end of a passing freight. Dave Rickaby photographed the train on the Rhinelander (Wis.) Railroad Association’s HO scale Pelican Rapids, Roosevelt & Satuit layout. The model railroad features the operations of several former railroads that ran in the Badger State. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features […]

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Model Railroader Photo of the Day: Westbound freight near Crowsnest

Two gray and orange model locomotives lead a freight train past a body of water on a model railroad layout

Southern Alberta Rail Electro- Motive Division F45 no. 101, the railroad’s oldest active unit, is paired up with a modern SD70MAC on a westbound freight near Crowsnest, British Columbia, Canada. Grant Eastman of Calgary, Alberta, took the photo on his N scale layout. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from our archives, celebrating […]

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Model Railroader Photo of the Day: Snow-capped mountains

A diesel locomotive with a mountain in the background on a model railroad layout

With snow-capped mountains in the background, Denver & Rio Grande Western GP35 no. 3042 brings a Denver-bound local freight past Little Lake. The scene, photographed by Lou Sassi, is on Frank Czubryt’s O scale Denver Union Terminal layout. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the Day features images from our archives, celebrating decades of model railroad heritage […]

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Workaday Baldwins

Workaday Baldwins

Chesapeake Western, a 54-mile T-shaped west central Virginia road, employed three 1946 Baldwin DS-4-4-660s, two of which drill cars at Harrisonburg, site of the Southern Railway interchange, on November 5, 1958. CW, under Norfolk & Western control after 1954, also reached C&O at Staunton. Bob Krone photo […]

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Model Railroader Photo of the Day: A curbside view

A model freight train is lead by a black and red model locomotive on a model railroad layout with vehicles and a town in the background

Motorists in Green Junction have a curbside view of rail activity on the Central Vermont (CV). Today, two Electro-Motive Division GP9s, one leased from neighboring Boston & Maine, bring the CV’s Palmer-to-Brattleboro local through Green Junction. Thomas Nordanberg photographed the scene on Ole Pade’s HO scale layout in Sollentuna, Sweden. Model Railroader‘s Photo of the […]

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