A supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter In modern-day Toronto, Ontario, I’m told the Skydome Hotel occupies what was once the site of Canadian National Railway’s Spadina Avenue engine terminal. Back on September 4, 1958, I spent part of a warm, late-summer night at Spadina, lugging cameras and a tripod and […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to model a roof with paper. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to model a roof with paper. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to unstick paint jar caps. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to unstick paint jar caps. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to use sand for gravel driveways. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to use sand for gravel driveways. […]
A supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter The pride of Sandusky, Ohio, is the huge Cedar Point Amusement Park on a peninsula jutting into Lake Erie north of downtown. The pride of Cedar Point, at least for railfans, is its 2-foot-gauge steam-powered railroad. On June 26, 1966, Cedar Point was a […]
A supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter Looking as proud as ever, CN 4-8-4 6205 rides the turntable at London, Ont., in July 1959, headed for the ash pit, the dead line, and oblivion. Ken Kraemer photo By spring 1959, steam locomotives were just about gone from regular service on most […]
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View three video clips of gas turbines and diesels in action on UP’s Overland Route main line across Wyoming in the 1960s. These clips are from Herron Rail Video’s DVD program “Rails West,” featuring the films of Donald J. Krofta. Diesels and Turbines at Green River Passenger at Laramie Turbine East from Laramie […]
A care package has arrived at camp, so David has plenty to keep him busy in this session! With parts now in-hand, our Camp Director leads us through the steps for installing a capacitor pack in his HO scale Rapido RS-11 diesel locomotive. […]
