See this photo gallery of streamlined locomotives that dazzled crowds at the North Carolina Transportation Museum complex in Spencer, N.C., in Summer 2014. This is a modified version of the photo gallery that first appeared on Classic Trains‘ website. […]
Locomotives and rail cars are lined up on display at the 2014 National Train Day exhibit in Toledo, Ohio, on May 3. Photo by Joe Kohnen […]
Bystanders inspect a sedan deluged with coke during a derailment of an L&N train in Chattanooga. C. K. Marsh Jr. One day in 1965, a friend and I were searching for the obscure terminal of the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad in the Alton Park section of Chattanooga. Coming up on a railroad crossing, we […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Neil Besougloff, Editor of Model Railroader magazine, recently traveled to Greeley, Colo., with a video camera in tow. Watch the stunning footage he captured of the Colorado Model Railroad Museum’s massive HO scale layout. And don’t miss the bonus coverage of his side […]
FULL SCREEN Mike Bjork One of the benefits of streetcars is that they introduce mass transit on the city streets where people park their cars, drive to work, and walk. A perfect example of that is with Portland’s original streetcar line where a person is about to cross in front of a northbound streetcar on […]
Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 returned to Cheyenne, Wyo., on May 8, 2014, and Trains Editor Jim Wrinn was there to record the moment when the 4-8-8-4 and its tender inched back into the railroad’s steam shops. Only from Trains! […]
Host Drew Halverson travels to sunny, hot, and scenic California to pace Union Pacific Big Boy no. 4014 steam locomotive in transit to Wyoming for restoration. Even though the massive 4-8-8-4 articulated steam locomotive was towed by diesel power, Drew still managed to capture magnificent views of no. 4014 riding the mainline rails once again. […]
Host Drew Halverson heads trackside again, but this time from a slightly different perspective aboard Amtrak and Metra intercity trains. His trek from Milwaukee, Wis., routes him to Chicago’s historic Union Station to the downtown lakefront to the Museum of Science and Industry, featuring The Great Train Story, a magnificent HO scale layout, and a […]
Host Drew Halverson heads trackside again, but this time from a slightly different perspective aboard Amtrak and Metra intercity trains. His trek from Milwaukee, Wis., routes him to Chicago’s historic Union Station to the downtown lakefront to the Museum of Science and Industry, featuring The Great Train Story, a magnificent HO scale layout, and a […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Hal Miller has guests Cody Grinvo and Drew Halverson talk about cameras, railfanning, and great trackside places to eat in this video installment of The Roundhouse. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Hal Miller has guests Cody Grinvo and Drew Halverson talk about cameras, railfanning, and great trackside places to eat in this video installment of The Roundhouse. […]
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – A new photo page is showcasing the photography of famed rail photographer J.J. Young Jr. The page features Young’s work in the Binghamton area from 1959 until he moved out of the state. More than 800 black-and-white photos cover railroads such as the Delaware & Hudson, Erie Lackawanna, and Lehigh Valley. The […]
