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Electro-Motive’s four-wheel road-diesel truck, named for the mechanical engineer who designed it, Martin Blomberg, was introduced on the NW3 and…
Read moreElectro-Motive’s four-wheel road-diesel truck, named for the mechanical engineer who designed it, Martin Blomberg, was introduced on the NW3 and…
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Retired Model Railroader Managing Editor Jim Kelly remains active in honing his N scale skills and craftsmanship. The result has…
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The problem faced by Steven Tripp about 10 years ago was a familiar one among model railroaders: How could he…
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The trailing truck for Lima’s 1925 demonstrator locomotive No. 1, the first 2-8-4 Berkshire type, featured four wheels to support…
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One of the Interstate Railroad’s ten Alco RS3 diesel locomotives switches hopper cars in the road’s yard at Andover, Virginia,…
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You never know what will inspire someone to plan a layout with its own special personality. Dinarte Ferro saw pictures…
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Freight on the Iron Range The Canadian-owned Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific line (now part of Canadian National) links the Midwestern…
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Few Railway Post Office cars survived the big cuts of 1967. Among the handful that remained was the St. Paul…
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Between 1961 and 1963, author John Pryke spent 1,500 hours scratchbuilding this New Haven class R-3a 4-8-2 steam locomotive. The…
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Some O gaugers spend years designing and building their layouts, and others go at it with the speed of a…
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Ken Kirkwood sent in this photo of an unfortunate golfer who hit her ball into a really big sand trap.…
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More and more of the O and S gauge railroads presented to Classic Toy Trains strive for realism. There’s nothing…
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