Take a tour of the new Raleigh, N.C., station, which opened in May 2018. The facility serves both Amtrak long-distance and state-supported trains, but it’s designed to accommodate commuter and high speed rail services in the future. […]
Baldwin road-switcher 1615 passes the Hertford, N.C., depot with Norfolk Southern freight 88 in January 1965. A few months later, removal of a siding here would cause some confusion. Harry Bundy Telegraph operators working from the extra list rolled with the punches. They were on call 24/7, as they say now, to fill vacancies created […]
This video demonstrates how Thomas Klimoski designed and set up a removable staging cassette on his Georgia Northeastern model railroad. […]
This video demonstrates how Thomas Klimoski designed and set up a removable staging cassette on his Georgia Northeastern model railroad. […]
This video highlights how Thomas Klimoski built an operating gate and derail for his Georgia Northeastern model railroad. An article on building the lumber yard and gate appears in the March 2018 issue of Model Railroader. […]
This video highlights how Thomas Klimoski built an operating gate and derail for his Georgia Northeastern model railroad. An article on building the lumber yard and gate appears in the March 2018 issue of Model Railroader. […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The head of the National Transportation Safety Board says a misaligned switch is the immediate reason Amtrak’s southbound Silver Star collided with a parked CSX Transportation freight train early Sunday, killing two people and injuring dozens. Investigators say they’ll now try and find out why the switch was misaligned. NTSB Chariman Robert […]
Video via YouTube. BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — Grade-crossing accidents just a mile apart that resulted in the deaths of two people in a week have the new Brightline passenger service in the crosshairs of elected officials and trial attorneys. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., has asked Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to investigate. Boynton Beach officials […]
Splitting and combining trains was a well-practiced ritual at Jacksonville Union Station. David W. Salter From 1954 until I was 11 years old in 1965, we traveled, by Pullman, from 30th Street Station in Philadelphia to North Miami, using either the Seaboard Air Line or Atlantic Coast Line south of Richmond, Va. Until the Florida […]
Name: Jesse Murrah Forum User Name: JFMURRAH Railroad Name: Pick N Grin RR Location: Sugar Hill, GA Scale: G Theme: Rock Island Description: The Rock being pulled by The Rock at The Rock […]
Name: Jesse Murrah Forum User Name: JFMURRAH Railroad Name: Pick N Grin RR Location: Sugar Hill, GA Scale: G Theme: Rock Island Description: The Rock being pulled by The Rock at The Rock […]
A westbound BNSF intermodal train leans into the famous elevated curves at Siberia, Calif., in April 2014. Four photos, Drew Halverson I witnessed an endless array of trains while growing up in the Midwest. Despite the diversity of railroads, the surrounding landscape was lacking. I needed mountains and deserts to go with the ubiquitous cityscapes […]
