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Weathering includes blending subtle and heavy effects - grime, rust, soot, dirt - and doing it in a way that matches how prototype locomotives, freight cars, and other details acquire their aged...

Just in time to trim your tree, Horizon Hobby has created an exclusive Athearn Locomotive ornament that pays homage to the widely recognized and fondly remembered F-unit locomotives historically seen...

Features: Roadrailer Finale • by Ryan Crawford 2023 Locomotive Production • by Sean Graham-White Pan Am Railways GP40-2s: 500–519 • by Diesel Era Staff Departments: Rail News Books

Product News Locomotives & Rolling Stock Vehicles & Loads Structures, Scenery & more Books & more HO-Scale Reviews  A Legend Returns   from Athearn Roundhouse New Life for Train Set Classic   from...

Burlington Northern was formed through the mergers of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific.

Burlington Northern was formed through the mergers of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific.

James Kinkaid and Ken Donnelly To the casual railfan and modeler, tank cars come in two varieties: those with domes and those without domes. But given the highly regulated nature of the car type,...

ames Kinkaid and Ken Donnelly To the casual railfan and modeler, tank cars come in two varieties: those with domes and those without domes. But given the highly regulated nature of the car type,...

Bob Schmidt & Michael Caramanna From the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of California in the West to the Gulf of Mexico in the East, and from the U.S. Border in the North to the Yucatan Peninsula in the...

Jeremy F. Plant & Brian D. Plant Explore the changes over time that affected Guilford and its successor, Pan Am, from motive power and operations to the variations in name and ownership. Coverage in...

Flock’s excellent camera skills captured Southwestern PA’s class 1s, short lines, industrials, and trolley lines. Coverage wasn’t limited to trains and motive power – it also includes equipment and...

Model Railroader's Guide to Designing Yards -- Softcover

Olev Taremae The Delaware Lackawanna Railroad's Alco power has ruled Northeast Pennsylvania for over 30 years. Using the best work from 13 photographers, this book chronicles the variety of Alco...

James Kinkaid and Ken Donnelly The conclusion to the three-part series! Featuring refrigerator cars, stock and tank cars and early piggyback equipment. Plus, express, milk, pickle cars, and...

Kurt Reisweber Offers a grand scenic tour of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway across Virginia as it existed as a part of the Chessie System in the 1970s-‘80s. Many out-of-the-way locations in the Old...

Features: Journal Spotlight  CPKC’s “Final Spike Tour” Anthony Haswell, a Remembrance New Life for Detroit’s Michigan Central Station  The on-again, off-again Adirondack at 50 Celebrating...

Just Geeps in Color Volume 2: GP9, GP18, GP20 & GP28 from Morning Sun Books explores the 1954-release of model GP9, a wildly popular copy of the design, of which over 4,200 units were produced at...

Canadian Pacific Power In Color Volume 5: Modern Four-Axle Road PowerStephen M. Timko Concludes coverage of the company’s diesel motive power fleet. Featuring modern four-axle road power, RDCs, Yard...

Erie Lackawanna Equipment: A Sampling of Freight, Passenger, & Non-Revenue Rolling Stock Used on the EL (Softcover) Robert Yanosey The 1960 marriage of the Erie and Lackawanna lasted only 16 years,...

Built 1970s w/ Roller Bearing Trucks.Used into the 80s.