Trackside Photos is a showcase for the work of Model Railroader readers. Send your photos (digital images 5 megapixels or…
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Company service Texas Electric Utilities E25B No. 2304, southbound with coal for Monticello, Texas, in May 1984, represents the first…
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When you think of engine facilities on the BNSF Ry., images of large, multi-bay structures; wash racks; and sand towers…
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Overland Route A trim Southern Pacific 4-6-2 makes better than 60 mph with Overland Limited east of Elko, Nev., in…
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Shasta Daylight The Oakland-bound Shasta Daylight rumbles over the big, curved trestle at Redding, Calif., in mid-1950. The Shasta was…
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Railroad man Gainesville Midland Railroad conductor L. C. Birchfield is perched in a caboose cupola in the late 1950s. The…
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Want to model modern mainline action with one engine and two cars? Don’t worry – there’s a prototype for everything!…
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Rolling fortress With two big engines leading a dozen heavyweight cars into the desert, the Southern Pacific’s Sunset Limited looks…
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Keeping an even keel It was important for boxcar loads of grain to be level. Sometimes workers had to enter…
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Cab-forward conveyance A puff of oil smoke hangs in the air over Truckee as AC 4-8-8-2 No. 4185 gets the…
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