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Erie freight on Starrucca Viaduct
Jan 3, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Erie freight on Starrucca Viaduct

An Erie Railroad 2-8-4 Berkshire type leads a train of refrigerator cars over Starrucca Viaduct, on the road’s main line…

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Bachmann HO GE 44-ton diesel
Jan 3, 2025·Staff Reviews·Model Railroader

Bachmann HO GE 44-ton diesel

The Bachmann HO GE 44-ton diesel locomotive is the subject of our latest product review video. Join Model Railroader Senior…

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On the old Buffalo & Susquehanna
Jan 1, 2025·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

On the old Buffalo & Susquehanna

Consolidation 3127 rambles along Baltimore & Ohio’s former Buffalo & Susquehanna near West Bingham, Pa., in September 1955. Philip R.…

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Windy City arrival
Dec 29, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Windy City arrival

Southbound from Milwaukee, Amtrak E9 No. 434 makes its way into Chicago Union Station in 1975. The locomotive is former…

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Wide-open
Dec 27, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Wide-open

Illinois Central 4-8-2 No. 2606 speeds south with freight CN-3 near Monee, Ill., in June 1953. The tabletop landscape provides…

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Wheat Kings
Dec 26, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Wheat Kings

Two Canadian Pacific Geeps switch several 40-foot grain boxcars at the wooden Alberta Wheat Pool elevators at Lomond, Alberta, in…

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Two, please
Dec 23, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Two, please

In June 1955, Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1498, built in 1923, shoves two empty hoppers toward a mine near…

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Boxcar storage shed revisited
Dec 22, 2024·Prototype Railroads·Model Railroader

Boxcar storage shed revisited

In November 2021 I wrote about modeling a boxcar storage scene based around an ex-Milwaukee Road car in Milbank, S.D.…

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Twilight in daylight
Dec 20, 2024·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Twilight in daylight

Three Delaware, Lackawanna & Western F3s power the Twilight at Morristown, N.J., in the early 1950s. The railroad had 71 FT and…

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MTH DCS Wi-Fi Interface Unit (WTIU)
Dec 19, 2024·Product Reviews·Classic Toy Trains

MTH DCS Wi-Fi Interface Unit (WTIU)

Classic Toy Trains‘ Editor Rene Schweitzer and Trains.com Staff Writer Lucas Iverson unbox and demonstrate the new DCS Wi-Fi Interface…

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