Rail Trek, Volume 2, The Midwest (Best of the 1960s & ’70s)
Original price was: $24.95.$21.45Current price is: $21.45.Amtrak’s debut, South Shore, Rock Island, fantastic Joliet action, and several rare short lines are all featured.
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Amtrak’s debut, South Shore, Rock Island, fantastic Joliet action, and several rare short lines are all featured.
“The Hub City” seems a pretentious claim for this place of under 10,000 persons. But, it has the Lincoln Highway, two interstates, and two double track railroads to back up that title. For us, we concentrate on the many trains, and varied motive power, of the two big railroads.
The task boys, is to “Restore a Big Boy to operation!” And it was done.
Follow the renovation efforts as the guys survey sites to rework, head into the field to research real scenes, and then plot out practical benchwork, trackwork, wiring, and scenery solutions for Chuck’s and other home layouts too.
Unleash the power and history of the iconic 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotives with our latest DVD installment in the Great American Steam Locomotives series. Watch as we take a detailed look at these steam locomotives from their development in the early 20th century through their use in the 21st century.
Tour the UP and DRGW in the 1980s. Freight pulled by now-gone diesels, including DD40X units, and see 844 and 3985 pulling excursions!
Due to the possibility of fire from coal embers, K-36 #481 can only be run in the winter – but boy does she look good in the winter!
In Part One of this heralded former New York Central mainline, we observe CSX operations on the Chicago Line between Syracuse and Ripley, NY near the Pennsylvania border.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s Hinckley Subdivision carries a variety of railroad traffic from the Twin Ports of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The Hinckley Sub is an important route for commodities moving to and from the shipping ports on Lake Superior.br>This line will excite you as…
Green Frog revisits the former Illinois Central Mainline of Mid-America.
Watch Trains Magazine cover 19 of the most memorable moments in railroading over the past year! Travel across the country hitting high spots, witnessing important locomotives and restorations, and experiencing history.
We focus on two routes through Virginia, the NS Christiansburg District between Roanoke and Montgomery, and CSX between White Sulphur Springs in the Alleghany Sub to Buttons Bluff in the James River Sub.
The former Pennsy crested the Alleghenies through tunnels between Gallitzin and Cresson. Always a favorite railfan location!
Ayer, Massachusetts, was an important junction city on the Boston and Maine. It still is for the Guilford Rail system and MBTA.
The ‘Ole Weak and Weary came to be in 1916, operating from Winchester to Gore, Virginia, and beyond.
Included are Hartwell, Georgia Northeastern, Georgia Marble, Sandersville, Chattahoochee Industrial, Chattahoochee Valley, Apalachicola Northern, Oneida and Western.
Exploring West Virginia in May 2017, we feature the fascinating gear-driven Shay and Heisler steam locomotives to be found on the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad and working the steep climbs of the Cass Scenic Railroad.
In our second visit to New Mexico, The Land of Enchantment, we concentrate on operations in the eastern half of the state, featuring the BNSF Southern Transcon, but also showing Union Pacific trains on the route between Logan and Vaughn that heads south to el Paso. Featured locations include Vaughn, Mountainair, Willard, Fort Sumner, Clovis,…
Conway Yard, near Pittsburgh, was the Pennsy ‘s major classification yard. Under Conrail and now NS, it is still very busy.
Head to the Iron Range in Minnesota and visit the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range railroad. This classic ore hauling railroad operates with stunning maroon and gold locomotives that pass through some of the most beautiful landscapes in the state!br>Our cameras capture the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range in its final months before the rail…
Shoreham Hill After the Milwaukee Road Merger Following the Soo/Milwaukee Road merger, the Soo’s Twin Cities to Chicago Main was downgraded to a secondary route. The Soo’s double track main line through Northeast Minneapolis had been dormant for most of the winter of 1985. On January 11, 1986, the Soo ran a Roseport bound potash…
Including the SOO. Industry deregulation began. Line rationalization, abandonments, reorganization and even bankruptcy would ultimately affect traditionally steady Midwest carriers like the Rock Island and Milwaukee Road. Despite difficult years in the 1980’s, the Soo Line remained a fascinating railroad. Technology alone would create an entirely different landscape and appearance to a road that would…
We travel Missouri Pacific territory in Illinois as new owner Union Pacific was taking hold between 1986 and 1988.
This is the busy Water Level Route from Berea Tower near Cleveland, to Millbury Jct on Toledo’s east side. Part 3 of the 4 part Water Level series.
We follow the former New York Central mainline from Frontier Yard in Buffalo, New York to Erie, Pennsylvania. We also look at Norfolk Southern’s parallel mainline, and new General Electric locomotive testing at the Erie plant. Part 1 of the 4 part Water Level series.
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